FINANCE & BANKING

The number of people saving for a deposit has fallen by 6%.

However, they have also paid 60% of their profits in fines

New cryptocurrency has aspirations to be bigger than bitcoin, though some fear LEOcoin is a scam.

Bank of England regulators have announced the "stress test" for UK banks in 2015.

The Conservatives have been campaigning heavily on the economy ahead of the general election.

Balls is also expected to reveal that Labour would reverse the government's corporation tax cut.

Shrem names prison version of bitcoin Mackerelcoin, or MAK, which could be used by inmates for various transactions.

Interpol cyber threat research finds fixed open space on blockchain where data can be stored and referenced within encrypted transactions.

Greek finance minister's style has riled some fellow eurozone finance ministers.

Accenture asks if the City of London can capitalise on the Fintech revolution happening on its doorstep in EC1.

The prime minister promised a Tory government would not raise the rate from 20%.

Google's secret 'Pony Express' project will allow people to pay their bills within their email inbox.

Balfour Beatty made a loss of £59m in 2014 and reported that it will not be paying shareholders a dividend.

Not many people in Europe have taken advantage of stock market indices reaching all-time highs.

FTSE-100 breaks 7,000 barrier for first time as US Federal Reserve chief says it will keep interest rates low.

The Chancellor took the opportunity to blast Labour's finance plans, during the FSB conference in Birmingham.

EXCLUSIVE: Altmann tells IBTimes UK the move would 'send the wrong message' to savers.

Yellen said that US rates may not reach long term 'normal' levels for some time.

But the shadow chancellor claims his budget would have been less 'nasty'.

Osborne delivered a confident budget but his bank levy raise will be keenly felt.

Chancellor unveils higher bank levy in 2015 budget which claims will raise £4.4bn.

The Labour leader made the allegations after Osborne gave his budget speech in the Commons.

Osborne described it as a 'radically more flexible ISA'.

The chancellor said the reduction would pay for a cut in tuition fees to £6,000 a year.

It's half what the bank paid out last year.

The Office for National Statistics says the job rate hit 73.3% in the three months to January.

George Osborne has unveiled a £1 coin ahead of the budget speech

Thousands of protesters clash with riot police near new European Central Bank building in Frankfurt.

The Treasury says the new system can be accessed through PCs, smartphones and iPads.