Bitcoin

In a new twist to the cryptocurrency craze, Venezuela, the South American oil giant in default on some of its dollar bonds, plans to issue its own digital unit, dubbed the petro.

The South Korea Financial Services Commission has acted on its concern that the growing popularity and speculation in bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies would become dangerous.

The rout in bitcoin is also taking down stocks with ties to cryptocurrencies.

With so much uncertainty, the only thing that's clear is how different the sector may look a year from now. Here's an overview of the leading trends in technology that will impact banking in 2018.

Bitcoin fluctuated near $16,000 after the cryptocurrency’s biggest rally in two weeks ended a rout that wiped more than $9,000 off the price.

Banks plan to spend more on blockchain and AI in the coming year, and appear willing to explore new technology partnerships.

Banks plan to spend more on blockchain and AI in the coming year, and appear willing to explore new technology partnerships.

Bitcoin rallied past $15,000 on Tuesday as traders of the world’s biggest digital currency sought to draw a line under its roller-coaster five-day slump.

Is it a bubble? Is it a fraud? There are many ways to look at the highly volatile bitcoin, few of them banker-friendly.

Major retailers accept bitcoin, and BitPay reports that it will process more than $1 billion in payments this year. Even McDonald's is reportedly considering that it will accept bitcoin payments, writes consultant Collin Canright.