The rising tide of stablecoins, underpinned by the pro-crypto leanings of the second Donald Trump administration, has in the past 12 months become too great for banks to ignore.

The World Bank’s Global Findex 2025 report found that the global account ownership rate stood at 79 per cent in 2024, compared with 51 per cent in 2011 and 74 per cent in 2021. In prepared remarks ...

It is time to take the boot off and regulate for growth, not risk. That was chancellor Rachel Reeves’ core message in her Mansion House speech last night, where she unveiled the biggest financial ...

The bulk of the fine relates to Barclays’ dealings with gold bullion firm Stunt & Co, a customer of Fowler Oldfield, which was at the centre of a major money laundering investigation following raids ...