FINANCE & BANKING

The Business Blockchain Conference will be held in Toronto on 18-20 April.

EXCLUSIVE: Dr Lee Braine from Barclays details the bank's latest smart contract initiative.

In July 2015, former FCA boss Martin Wheatley announced his resignation from the role.

Card issuer says card transactions jumped 11% in 2015 and contactless payments have trebled over last 12 months.

The move is in line with the central bank's efforts to keep borrowing costs in check.

Managing directors and partners are expecting their bonuses to be 61% of their salary.

Businesses operating in the financial services industry are particularly keen to hire.

IBTimes spoke to Dr Gideon Greenspan, founder of Coin Sciences and MultiChain, about enterprise blockchains.

The current account switching service, which monitors how many people move their accounts, dropped by 15%.

The likes of JPMorgan, ABN Amro, BNP Paribas and Santander invested in the start-up.

JP Morgan CEO mocked by cloud mining operation.

Deutsche Bank is set to report its first full-year loss since 2008 in its full-year results on 28 January.

BTL is launching remittance platform Interbit at the BC Tech Summit on January 18th & 19th in Vancouver.

Net revenue fell by 5% to $7.27bn, but it was the settlement fine that ramped up costs.

R3 announced first distributed ledger experiment using Ethereum and Microsoft Azure's Blockchain as a service.

Cryptocurrency in the form of nanopayments can provide content providers with an alternative revenue stream.

Carney says the Bank of England will wait longer before raising interest rates from the current level.

The Canadian Prime Minister's office has said Trudeau is to speak on his economic pledges.

IBTimes UK spoke to the digital identity expert about transparency as a starting point for blockchains.

Setting up of AIIB a diplomatic triumph for China.

Russia's super rich nursing wounds of huge financial losses as the rouble plummets in value.

A fashion myth to most if you can afford one, they are literally worth more than their weight in gold.

The investment bank has predicted a $1.5bn drop in fourth-quarter earnings.

Every DGX token represents 1 gram of gold, and can be recasted back into a physical gold bar for redemption.

BoE executive Megan Butler oversaw FCA decision to drop banking probes, despite denials from City regulator.

IBTimes spoke to Armin Ebrahimi, CEO of ShoCard, which is close to announcing bank and KYC firm partnerships.

Bank forecast oil prices to fall to $16 a barrel and China crisis to worsen.

IBTimes spoke to Jessi Baker about Provenance and a busy year ahead improving supply chains.

EEF/Aldermore annual survey highlights concerns over state of UK's manufacturing sector