Digital currencies

Authorities looking into Barclays CEO’s dealings with Jeffrey Epstein; controversial pick Judy Shelton, critics charge, would jeopardize Fed independence.

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell told senators that the central bank is willing to explore a credit-sensitive interest benchmark in addition to the secured overnight financing rate, which some banks say could cause problems during economic stress.

Traditional ATMs are vanishing in the U.K. and other parts of the world, but there may be a growing market for their crypto counterparts.

It’s not even a month into 2020 and some analysts are already predicting a record-setting year and mass adoption for bitcoin.

Criminals are filling the void left by lax U.S. regulation of cryptocurrencies.

There is another phase of development for digital currency, waiting to take the spotlight — and it may not be driven by banks.

The changes will mean a bigger gap between the best and worst borrowers; the bank will require companies they take public to have a ‘diverse’ board member.

Some of the world’s major central banks are teaming up to assess potentially developing their own digital currencies, acknowledging that their role is being challenged by new technologies and private sector initiatives such as Facebook Inc.’s Libra.

The body will include the Bank of England, Bank of Canada, the Bank of Japan and the European Central Bank, but not the Federal Reserve or the People's Bank of China.

The investment bank is raising its return on equity target following a record earnings year; Democrat lawmakers say JPMorgan's response on racial discrimination questions was inadequate.