FINANCE & BANKING

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.

Research shows 60% of female workers in the UK are likely to be underpaid, compared with 40% of men.

Exclusive: Factom signed an MoU with technology consulting firm iSoftStone to shape a smart city strategy.

Toronto-based Equibit Development Corporation closed its angel round of financing with a $3m valuation.

Uproov also has a KYC photo tool using smartphones in development, said co-founder Jon Bulich.

Virtual currencies such as bitcoin are facing increased regulation to curb terrorist funding streams.

The bank completed CHF1.2bn (£817.7m) in cost savings,a third of the CHF3.5bn spending cuts promised by 2018.

Blockstream has just announced $55m Series A funding and a partnership with PwC.

A report by Oliver Wyman and Euroclear considers a brave new financial system.

Singapore-based Digix are formally collaborating with ConsenSys to integrate uPort on the Digix Gold platform.

Only little over half of SP account holders will benefit from the cut that will not be active until 15 March.

IBTimes spoke to Joyce Kim, CEO of Stellar and Antonio Separovic, MD of Oradian, about the new Nigeria pilot.

Clydesdale Bank said it received pressing rating-agency questions regarding its deposit rating.

Who is the 'Queen of football' who brokered the Abu Dhabi takeover of Man City and is now suing bank?

A record 89% of people filing tax returns did so online on HMRC's website.

SatoshiPay's nonopayment system offers new ways of monetising web content and digital goods in general.

P2P lending platform Ezubao was entirely set up as a scam, and 95% of the scheme's projects were fake.

IBTimes spoke to Digital Currency Group founder Barry Silbert about banking blockchains, innovation and BitPesa.

IBTimes spoke to Skuchain about how blockchains will optimise antiquated, paper-based trade.

The bank generated a full-year revenue of €33.5bn, in line with expectations and a 5% increase from 2014.

Chancellor George Osborne has postponed the sale of the final stake in Lloyds Banking Group.

Pottermore cut ties with its development and distribution partner Sony in September 2015.

Algorythmix has picked up first prize for the most transformative use of blockchain in Citi Mobile Challenge.

Five out of the six brokers accused of rigging Interbank rate have been released after not guilty verdicts.

IBTimes UK learns how India is replicating the success of mobile money in Kenya.