Bitcoin

European Central Bank Vice President Vitor Constancio laughed off any concern that bitcoin might challenge his institution’s control of euro-area money.

The Financial Stability Oversight Council meets Friday to discuss removing the label from the now shrunken insurer; Senate Banking Committee to hear Richard Smith on October 4.

Did hackers access the credit bureau's computers two months earlier than the company first thought?; the Fed's decision to start unwinding its balance sheet should raise rates and boost bank profits.

China’s crackdown on cryptocurrency exchanges raises questions about the future of digital asset innovation, a movement that some bankers view as a threat and others embrace as a boon to payments, P-to-P lending and other activities.

Investigation will include possible insider trading by company executives; “broad clampdown” on buying and selling digital currency.

The chief information officer and top security officer are retiring in the wake of the massive data hack; Mike Cagney is leaving the student loan lender.

Agency confirms it’s investigating the credit bureau; regulator gives green light to Upstart Network to use cellphone payments, etc., to underwrite loans.

More than 100 suits have been filed since the company revealed the massive data breach last week; price of digital currency is down 25% since hitting a record high a week ago.

The cryptocurrency has been declared dead more times than Rasputin, yet it keeps going higher.

Lenders aren’t happy with the way the credit bureau has responded to the data breach; JPM chief calls digital currency “a fraud.”