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JPMorgan analysts have suggested that Bitcoin could join gold as a reliable way to store wealth. The report follows the bank’s chief executive and chairman, Jamie Dimon, warning that the [...]

UBS and Campden Wealth study has found that just 10 out of 262 of the world’s richest families suffered a decline in wealth in 2016. Three-quarters of the families increased their wealth, while [...]

HSBC, Barclays and the Government Digital Service have partnered with Orange, OT-Morpho and the Open Identity Exchange to test a system through which French citizens can open a bank account in [...]

R3, the blockchain consortium, is close to coming to market with its first commercial pilot product. A group of 11 banks, including HSBC and RBS, are poised to start testing an application that [...]

HSBC’s China fund management venture has been punished for misconduct related to IPO subscriptions, as part of a broad campaign by regulators against financial corruption. Nine funds from HSBC [...]

Virgin Money has reported that underlying profit before tax increased to £128.6m in H1 2017 compared to £101.8m in H1 2016, with retail deposit balances rising to £29.6bn, +5% on FY 2016 and [...]

Bank of England has been told by a number of small banks that they could be forced to retreat from doing business in either the UK or Europe should Britain leave the EU with no deal in 2019 [...]

HSBC has been given the go-ahead from the China Securities Regulatory Commission for its securities joint venture in China. HSBC owns 51% of HSBC Qianhai Securities. Qianhai Financial Holdings [...]

Voice-recognition software used by HSBC to stop fraud was fooled by a BBC reporter and his twin brother. HSBC is reviewing ways to make the ID system more sensitive Research, conducted among 2000 [...]

Monzo has prioritised launching current accounts for its 190,000 customers over the development of a full featured public API. However, the bank still intends to launch a public API and developer [...]