FINANCE & BANKING

Omidyar Network and eCurrency Mint (eCM) say a central bank deployment of eCurrency is happening soon.

Everything you need to know from store delivery cut-off dates to postal delivery deadlines.

Swift will implement improvements to the existing correspondent banking system early in 2016.

The average salary of Members of Parliament was £67,060 ($101,520) before the pay rise in July 2015.

Victor Basta of Magister Advisors said Unicorns will have an aggregate valuation of $0.5 trillion at year-end.

IBTimes spoke to Ethereum's Alex Van de Sande about the possibilities opened by smart contracts.

IBTimes UK speaks to brothers Bobby Lee, CEO BTCC, and Charlie Lee, Litecoin inventor.

The asset purchasing programme will stay at €60bn a month.

The yuan was added to the Special Drawing Rights (SDR) basket alongside the dollar, euro, pound sterling and yen.

HSBC, Barclays, Lloyds, Nationwide and Santander cleared the BoE stress test.

Safaricom has invoked AML to shut out BitPesa - but doesn't this stifle innovation?

Wayne Hennessy-Barrett is CEO of 4G Capital which provides on-the-ground, unsecured loans in Kenya.

Alwaleed bin Talal secured the figure through affiliate Jeddah Economic Company

Falciani who is currently residing in France is unlikely to serve the sentence

BlockApps STRATO is being rolled out as part of the Microsoft Azure blockchain-as-a-service offering

Risk consultant Victor Hong claims former chief executive Fred Goodwin ignored advice about dangers.

Check the opening hours for the top discounted stores before you head out tomorrow for the Black Friday frenzy

The IFS says the chancellor has set himself a completely inflexible fiscal target.

The penalty related to a £1.88bn transaction involving politically exposed people in 2011 and 2012.

IBTimes spoke to Counterparty and Symbiont technology chief Adam Krellenstein about the blockchain landscape.

Chancellor George Osborne announced the the move during his Spending Review.

The Chancellor conducted a full U-turn on the issue after coming up against stiff opposition.

Hilton Worldwide says malware compromised its payment systems.

Bruce Buck thanked the club's fans for their support and highlighted benefits of the Chelsea Foundation.

Charity urges UK government to do more to help young people in Britain.

MiFID II is following the Financial Services Bill by the Bank of England.

IBTimes spoke to OpenBazaar lead developer Brian Hoffman ahead of the full version release next month.

EU ministers are in a crisis meeting to strengthen controls over electronic payments and trade of relics.

Mental health in the financial services sector is a growing issue.