Bitcoin

Payments company reports double-digit increases in both profit and revenue; card company faces intense competition.

Traders waiting for a pullback in bitcoin’s price to rebuild positions in the world’s largest cryptocurrency may have the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission to thank.

Quarterly earnings at big five banks could have been worse; Chase to buy WePay, which helps online marketplaces and crowdfunding websites process payments.

Royal Bank of Canada's David McKay said he has "real concerns" about bitcoin. But unlike JPMorgan Chase's Jamie Dimon, fraud isn't one of them.

JPM chief says digital currency “has no actual value,” but likes the blockchain technology behind it; lender will wait until “the time is right” before re-applying.

"Jamie Dimon gets paid to worry about bitcoin because he's a rent-taker," said Mike Novogratz, a former principal and macro fund manager at Fortress Investment Group. "The decentralized revolution is about going after the rent-takers."

The convenience of receiving payments within seconds, with the minimal transaction fees that bitcoin provides, means a lot to a business, writes Mariam Nishanian from Dentacoin.

JPMorgan Chase joined Wall Street rivals in expressing a willingness to get involved with cryptocurrencies like bitcoin, which surged to a record on Thursday.

Deutsche and Barclays chiefs are under different pressures to turn their banks around; with mergers and acquisitions at a low, deal for OneMain would be big.

Former Equifax CEO and Wells Fargo chief both expected to issue mea culpas to Congress; Goldman apparently likes digital currency.

The comments by JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon on bitcoin demonstrate a distinct lack of understanding of the reality that the virtual currency has an incredible value proposition.

A number of banks and business groups sue to block prohibition on mandatory arbitration; credit bureau weighs how far back to look in denying compensation.

Jamie Dimon's comments on bitcoin don't consider the virtual currency's value and potential, writes Bharath Rao, CEO of Leverj.

Morgan Stanley Chief Executive Officer James Gorman takes a more measured view on the cryptocurrency than crosstown rival Jamie Dimon, the JPMorgan Chase & Co. head who earlier this month called it “a fraud” that’s in a speculative bubble worse than tulip bulbs.

Very large, established industries like financial services have strongly entrenched ways of doing business that, over time, have become inefficient, writes Mariam Nishanian, a representative for Dentacoin, adding blockchain can change that.

New policies in China and Hong Kong may be a way to clear the path for those issuers that wish to launch legally compliant and responsible token sales, writes Joshua Ashley Klayman, an attorney at Morrison Foerster.

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.

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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.