FINANCE & BANKING

Steve Webb says chancellor may scrap tax breaks on pension contributions in favour of Isa-style system.

Lunar New Year helped lift inflation in China and provided a great opportunity for foreign companies.

BigchainDB co-founder Bruce Pon says the team has been inundated with inquiries since releasing its white paper.

The market crisis could directly affect the richest economies, Moody's said.

Susanne Tempelhof of BitNation was joined by Alex van de Sande of Ethereum, making the live broadcast.

Learn the background to the scandal that has engulfed Malaysia's rulers and is reverberating around global financial hubs.

Tim Leissner is reportedly under investigation by the FBI over his links to Malaysia PM Najib Razak.

Arul Kanda studied in London and has been trying to save the embattled Malaysian fund over the last 12 months.

Coinprism is one of six startups to spend 12 weeks working with likes of Credit Suisse, RBS, Citi and State Street.

IBTimes chatted to Jason Nabi who is heading up itBit's new EMEA divsion and who also advises the PTDL group.

This relates to Vodafone's purchase of billionaire Li Ka-shing's Indian mobile telecom business in 2007.

Education alone could cost parents about £141,863 if a child was sent to day school.

The company is looking to reinvent its smartphone strategy to address dipping sales.

The number of jobs shifted to Paris would depend on the terms of the Brexit deal.

Former model's husband was dealmaker for Goldman Sachs, which was linked to 1Malaysia Development Bhd.

Zoltan Istvan is the founder of the Transhumanist Party and its 2016 Presidential candidate.

Employment market now candidate-led as 24% say they'd prioritise flexibility over salary, research shows.

Banker has since returned to the US from his post as chairman of Goldman's Southeast Asia operations

A statement said the bank was also looking to do KYC checks on 'a public blockchain network'.

Daniel Friedberg, a principal at law firm of Riddell Williams PS in Seattle, considers the legal implications of a hard fork.

Mining pools representing 70% of bitcoin network's total hashing power will not be supporting Bitcoin Classic.

The Hyperledger Project also announced a technical steering committee to review contributions.

Synthetic Credit Portfolio included trades by Bruno Iksil, often referred to as the 'London Whale'.

The Nimbus/uPort/Ubuntu proof-of-concept will be unveiled at Mobile World Congress February 22nd, 2016.

HSBC's decision on the move is expected to come well ahead of its full-year reports out on 22 February.

Dividend hike will benefit Stelios and his family who jointly own about 34% of the budget carrier.

Plutus targets contactless payments for groceries, bills, and Transport for London using token-based rewards scheme.

Part 1 of gaming and blockchain article IBTimes spoke to Tyler Smith of FreeMyVunk, and Jon Neverdie Jacobs.

IBTimes UK spoke to AI finance startup Walnut Algorithms about machine learning and the financial sector.