Bosses from three of the world's leading bitcoin companies discuss the future for banks and card providers.

UK is gripped by online shopping fever and BooHoo and Sports Direct look good as long-term online retail plays.

More than 14 million people in the UK have downloaded mobile banking says British Bankers Association

A woman who says she owns the sun can bring eBay to court for preventing her selling plots of land on its site.

The growing popularity of mobile payments could increase the sense of cash becoming redundant.

Reuters separately reported that Alibaba is working with 17 shoe manufacturers in Fujian province to cultivate home-grown brands online.

China wants to expedite the development of fibre optic broadband and high speed 4G mobile networks.

Brands had a better chance of succeeding in clamping down on counterfeit trade if they talked to Alibaba instead of suing it, says company top executive.

Service, codenamed 'Tahoe', will be similar to Amazon Prime, and is intended to boost Wal-Mart online business.

JD Worldwide will help consumers purchase authentic imported products and lower entry barriers for global brands.

Flipkart said it will not partner with Airtel Zero following customer protests.

Britain has become a global digital leader and we can't let Labour ruin it.

Google would see 15.7% search ad revenue growth in 2015, increasing to $44.46bn worldwide, according to eMarketer.

Rakuten to turn Ohio-based OverDrive into a wholly owned subsidiary.

Japanese retail giant Rakuten to enable bitcoin payments and darkcoin rebrands to DASH.

Alibaba CEO Jack Ma demonstrates smartphone payment system which uses face recognition for authentication

Rakuten's move will see it join Amazon.com and travel agency Expedia in accepting the digital currency.

Stripe is leading an online payment revolution by removing clunky interfaces and systems and allowing anyone to set up a business online

Alibaba's US deals are key to its strategy of becoming the world's dominant e-retailer.

Growth in the fiscal year ending 31 March is expected to hover at 7.4%.

China is expected to average annual retail volume growth of 8.7% in the next two years, despite its economic slowdown.

Chinese ecommerce giant Alibaba is looking to increase its presence on smartphones by taking a minority stake in hardware maker Meizu.

San Francisco-based Lending Club is an online match-maker connecting borrowers with lenders for a fee.

Amazon will charge $4 per month for each inbox with 50GB of storage.

SAIC says e-commerce giant Alibaba failed to protect consumer rights and did little to tackle unlicensed merchants.

The deal will create the second-largest US packaging firm behind International Paper.

The e-commerce platform hits 50,000 service providers and $350m project value to date.

Latest investment is expected to value Paytm at $1.5-1.9bn.

It has pinpointed 16 December as the peak of the Christmas season.

Investors submitted orders of at least $57bn for company notes.