FINANCE & BANKING

The decision to start selling RBS this August seems to have been taken in isolation of the group's emerging capital surplus potential.

Bitcoin to be treated the same as traditional currencies, Australian Senate expected to announce.

Ripple Labs CEO Chris Larsen explains how distributed ledgers have halve the costs of global payment networks.

UK government bailed out Edinburgh-based bank in 2008 during the financial crisis.

Prime Minister David Cameron has welcomed the UK FinTech 2020 manifesto released by Innovate Finance.

Bloomberg Business study found Republican party's 2016 presidential hopeful has less money than he said.

Heavyweight boxing legend, who famously bit the ear of Evander Holyfield, is endorsing a bitcoin ATM.

Second quarter profits in its wealth management division were at its highest since 2009.

Days of champagne popping, cocaine snorting bankers is over as City high-fliers look to find love.

Sanctions on banking will stick for US, but open Iran financially to the rest of the world, says international trade lawyer.

Jeremy Corbyn, the Labour leadership candidate ahead in the polls, has unveiled his economic plan.

Apple is famous for boasting about its best selling new products - but not this quarter.

A background briefing with a well known central bank explored the case for a centralised but distributed ledger system.

Conservative chancellor will unveil his spending review near the end of 2015.

Restructuring and sale of Global Oil Merchanting has aided revenue boost.

After a decade of sell-offs and asset wrangling at the hands of various owners, profits are up for Travelodge.

PayPal Holdings shares jumped as much as 11% in their highly anticipated return to the Nasdaq

Payment delays are listed by consumers as one of their biggest irritations.

Exclusive: The SNP Treasury spokesman talks about life in the Commons and the election victory.

Slight raise in funding comes after eurozone bailout agreement.

The top Tory says the flat rate licence fee is 'regressive' and could be scrapped.

Prime minister Alexis Tsipras faced a revolt from his own party inside parliament, while a battle raged outside.

The European Commission proposed to give Greece a €7bn bridge loan to cover the country's financing needs.

David Cameron agreed there is a threat of Greece being pushed towards Russia's orbit.

After settlements in the US, investors to go after banks for alleged foreign-exchange manipulation in Europe.

Apple Pay has launched in the UK and we have tested it the contactless payment system to see how it works.

Users of the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus can now use Apple Pay to purchase items at retailers around the country

Open Europe tells IBTimes UK that Tsipras will have to form a 'national unity coalition'.

The NYSE was offline for over three hours but what was the cause of the problem - a glitch or a cyberattack?