Cryptocurrency regulation is inevitable – and this should be welcomed
Nigel Green, founder and CEO of deVere Group, says it's time to close crypto's regulatory vacuum.
Ethereum-based insurtech Etherisc announces token event
First decentralized insurance platform opens registration for Token Generating Event.
Open Banking could contribute £1bn annually to the UK economy, but will it?
Trustpilot recently commissioned the Centre for Economic and Business Research to investigate further.
GDPR: The biggest change to data laws in over 20 years but are companies ready?
Last year, financial services companies in the UK reported 17 incidents of data hacking attacks to the regulator, up from just four in the previous year.
UK Treasury mulls regulating cryptocurrency 'whilst not stifling innovation'
The inquiry will formulate a regulatory response to digital currencies from the Government, the FCA and the Bank of England.
Payments Big Bang: Impact of PSD2 on retail banking
Michael McKee, Partner, DLA Piper UK LLP discusses payments competition in European retail banking.
100 years ago the suffragettes got us the vote - now men must learn we're more than sex toys
Our daughters and granddaughters must live in a safer and more equal world.
Blockchain 2.0: Exchanging value in the physical and digital world, continuously and simultaneously
The Spherity team consider liquid supply medium exchange: continuous transactions, token streaming and digital twins.
Seven key facts about PSD2 that could cause some head scratching
Myles Stephenson is Chief Executive of Modulr, unearths obscure elements, complete with PSD2 jargon buster.
Open Banking: New standard brings change and opportunity for innovation
Richard Ransom, Solutions Lead, Bottomline Technologies says Open banking will be a chief innovation catalyst.
PSD2 will spark a revolution in financial services - but it won't happen overnight
Fidor Bank's Sophie Guibaud says some banks are doing the bare minimum to comply and most are unprepared for the opportunities PSD2 brings.
Bitcoin, ICOs and 'internet money': The not-so-distant future of regulations in the crypto marketplace
Kevin Murcko, CEO, CoinMetro and FXPIG, looks at regulation of cryptocoins and tokens.
FCA and Bank of England surge ahead in Hitachi-hosted TechSprint
The FCA's Christopher Woolard and Oliver Burrows of the Bank of England discuss the Hitachi TechSprint.
UBS, Barclays, Credit Suisse and Thomson Reuters explore Ethereum-based MiFID II solution
Barclays, Credit Suisse, KBC, SIX, Thomson Reuters and UBS collaborate using Microsoft Azure for MiFID II data reconciliation project using Ethereum smart contracts.
Open Banking, a new era for financial services and UK savers?
The advent of Open Banking Phase 2 could be a catalyst to empower customers to seek more attractive rates for their cash deposits, says Giles Hutson, CEO Insignis Cash Solutions.
In the battle for consumer hearts and minds, banks should take a leaf out of retail's book
Pini Yakuel, CEO of Optimove, explores why banks must update their marketing efforts in the fight for customers.
Lloyds Bank shareholders suing for being 'mugged' over HBOS takeover
The shareholders claim the bank failed to tell them HBOS was effectively bust before the transaction was completed.
Former minister calls for public inquiry on Monarch collapse
Britain's fifth largest airline ceased operating last week after forecasting losses of over £100m in 2018.
Catalan bank Sabadell moves legal base amid provincial independence turmoil
Spain's fifth-largest bank has triggered process to move to Alicante to ensure it stays within the ECB's framework.
Santander returns to R3 for FCA mortgage project
Santander, which is not named in the FCA mortgage prototype, turned in its R3 membership back in November 2016.
UK's financial watchdog flags risks associated with initial coin offerings
The investment sector has seen a boom this year with more than $1.5bn (£1.1bn) being raised through ICOs for different projects across the world.
Japan's Mitsubishi UFJ to shift 'dozens of jobs' out of London amid Brexit uncertainty
MUFG has decided to shift EU investment banking base to Amsterdam from London, reports say.
Bank of England Northern Rock bailout 'should have been kept secret'
Former BoE Governor Mervyn King claims bailout leaks triggered run on bank's deposits in 2007.
Flights from Mumbai halted after heavy rains flood India's financial capital
The latest spell of rainfall is the heaviest since the 2005 downpour that battered the western coastal city.
EuroFX: UK pyramid scheme collapses after thousands of Asian investors allegedly scammed
Investors enticed with promises of as much as 16% return per month.
Fake MP website gets socialist London art student reported to the police
Labour's Vicky Foxcroft described the stunt as "extremely irresponsible".
Brexit: The starting gun for key European Union agencies to leave London fires at midnight
Banking and medical agencies will quit the UK once it leaves the European bloc.
PSD2: A leap of financial faith?
Words from Christophe Vergne, Payment Solutions Head at Capgemini Financial Services France and Jan Dirk van Beusekom, Executive Director BNP Paribas Cash Management.
FCA launches probe into online retail funds 'supermarkets'
Watchdog aims to establish whether online platforms can 'distort' competition in the sector.
IBM mainframe revamped for the super-encrypted blockchain era
IBM Z protects cloud services, applications and data bases in one click.