By Lars Mucklejohn Meta is to partner with more UK banks for a data-sharing programme aimed at tackling fraud, as tech giants come under pressure to address a surge in scams on social media. Natwest and Metro Bank were the first banks to participate in a six-month pilot of the scheme, which allowed them to share intelligence directly with Meta – facilitated by cross-industry body Stop Scams UK. Meta, which owns Facebook, Whatsapp and Instagram, said that over the coming months it would onboard more banks to the programme, called the Fraud Intelligence Reciprocal Exchange (FIRE). It added that …