Virus jitters weigh on Asian markets
China has been praised by the WHO for its transparent handling of the outbreak.
Pound strikes five-month peak above $1.30
Global stocks generally rose on positive sentiment about US-China trade and healthy corporate earnings.
China in struggle to curb reliance on US market, suppliers
Beijing is responding to President Donald Trump's tariff hikes by pushing companies to trade more with other countries.
International Women's Day 2018: The world can't wait for women to lead
Business leaders Dr Amy Jadesimi and Gail Klintworth look at how how gender-balanced leadership benefits business.
Credit Suisse and ING do first securities lending on R3's Corda blockchain platform
Credit Suisse and ING swapped baskets of securities of value EUR 25 million using the HQLAx Corda-based collateral lending application.
Blockchain and economic advancement: The way forward
Simon Yu, CEO of StormX, Inc, says crypto will re-balance wealth in the future.
Identity as security: The key to eliminating fraud
Simon Rodway, UK pre-sales solution architect at Entersekt, discusses identity as security and how banks can make the authentication process easier for customers.
Manchester United target Manuel Akanji completes £20m move to Borussia Dortmund
FC Basel's Manuel Akanji has completed a move to Borussia Dortmund. The defender was previously linked with a move to Manchester United and Liverpool.
Liverpool transfer rumour: Reds looking to beat Borussia Dortmund in signing Basel defender Manuel Akanji
Manuel Akanji's contract at Basel will run down in 2021. His impressive form for the Swiss club has seen him attract interest from Liverpool and Dortmund.
FCA and Bank of England surge ahead in Hitachi-hosted TechSprint
The FCA's Christopher Woolard and Oliver Burrows of the Bank of England discuss the Hitachi TechSprint.
UBS, Barclays, Credit Suisse and Thomson Reuters explore Ethereum-based MiFID II solution
Barclays, Credit Suisse, KBC, SIX, Thomson Reuters and UBS collaborate using Microsoft Azure for MiFID II data reconciliation project using Ethereum smart contracts.
Star Wars Battlefront 2 loot box farrago 'a great learning experience' for EA
Electronic Arts boss Blake Jorgensen responds again to controversy over Star Wars Battlefront 2's implementation of loot boxes and microtransactions.
Why Star Wars Battlefront 2 avoided cosmetic items: 'Nobody wants a pink Darth Vader'
EA CFO Blake Jorgensen explains why Star Wars Battlefront 2 opted for loot crates instead of cosmetic changes.
Credit Suisse charts the evolution of artificial intelligence and investing
The distribution of AI-enabled research is seen across three classes of adopters: advanced trading, competitive data scientists and master data scientists.
R3, JP Morgan and Hyperledger compete in MAS blockchain beauty contest. And the winner is ...
The process of 're-imagining' Singapore's interbank RTGS system using blockchain involved R3 Corda, JP Morgan Quorum and Hyperledger Fabric.
Paradise Papers: UK government can no longer shelter tax havens for global elite
Molly Scott Cato, Green MEP for South West England and Gibraltar, has sat on three consecutive inquiry committees into tax avoidance as a member of the European Parliament.
Swiss bankers dismiss 'overtly pessimistic' UK finance job loss scenarios post-Brexit
Anecdotal evidence given to IBTimes UK in Zurich suggests the country's banks are actually looking to hire more employees in London.
Big data: RavenPack collaborates with Credit Suisse on new Artificial Intelligence Sentiment Index
The AIS Index tracks the performance of a US large-cap sector-rotation strategy, based on sentiment scoring extracted from news data.
Security guards who staged fake robbery to steal £7m in 'Heathrow Heist' get 20 years' jail
Loomis security guards Mohammad Siddique, 32, and Ranjeev Singh, 40, claimed they had been robbed after picking up the money for Credit Suisse at Heathrow Terminal 4.
Former Deutsche Bank MD Rhomaios Ram appointed as Utility Settlement Coin consortium executive
Ram spent more than 22 years at Deutsche, including spell as head of transaction banking for the UK and Ireland.
Why EU-domiciled banks should consider moving operations to the UK
London has survived numerous economic and political events, therefore it is unlikely that Brexit will take its crown as a leading financial hub.
AA boss fired over hotel punch-up blames cocktail of booze and pills, demands £70m payout
Bob Mackenzie sacked for gross misconduct after attacking the breakdown group's insurance head in a hotel.
BP to list US pipeline company on New York Stock Exchange
Multimillion dollar IPO expected stateside as oil major bids to raise cash.
Utility Settlement Coin: A blockchain stepping stone to fiat digital currency
Six additional major banks have joined the Utility Settlement Coin project.
Glamorous daughter of Putin ally, 19, mocked after embarrassing foray into politics
Yelizaveta Peskova tried to make the difficult jump from Instagram kid to ship building industry expert.
Wannacry and Petya: Companies hit by the attacks have lost hundreds of millions in costs
Reckitt Benckiser in the UK lost £90m in sales after the attack.
Stagnant wages could push Britain into recession within a year, economists warn
Analysts warn that if wages do not rise in line with inflation consumers' real purchasing power will decrease.
People hoping for $70-80 oil price living in 'fantasy land', says top financier
Standard Chartered's Peter Gaw says industry should get real and accept an era of low prices.
R3's Smart Contract Templates Summit: Time is right to start on standards
IBTimes UK speaks to Todd McDonald of R3, Clive Ansell of ISDA, Lee Braine of Barclays, Emmanuel Aidoo of Credit Suisse, and Daniel Franks of Norton Rose Fulbright.
Credit Suisse to cut 1,500 jobs in London due to mounting costs
The job cuts are part of restructuring drive that got underway at the bank in 2015.