Bank bosses are stepping up surveillance of bankers’ use of voice notes amid a spike in use of the short audio recordings. Ryan Kahan, executive vice president of voice interactions at digital ...

US Treasury secretary Scott Bessent has put forward a stark critique of the Federal Reserve. Since the 2008 financial crisis, Bessent argued in a recent article, the Fed has conducted what he calls a ...

Artificial intelligence is advancing at unprecedented speed, fuelling an exuberant surge in investment. The World Economic Forum estimates financial services will spend nearly $100bn on AI by 2027.

Michael Hsu, the former acting head of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, has warned that the deregulatory push under President Donald Trump could set the stage for another financial ...

AI is reshaping banking, from hyper-personalisation to fraud detection, transforming customer service and the digital banking experience ...

BBVA has accused rival Banco Sabadell of obstructing its shareholders from accepting its €17bn all-share takeover offer, filing a formal complaint with Spain’s market regulator. The lender claims ...

UK retail lender NatWest has disclosed that it is targeted by more than 100 million cyber attacks each month, while HSBC chief executive Ian Stuart told MPs earlier this year that he is “kept awake at ...

After more than a year of caution, European corporates are returning to international capital markets with renewed confidence. The first half of 2025 marked a clear turning point in corporate issuance ...

Calls to overhaul who supervises cryptoasset service providers under the EU’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation have exposed stark divisions between member states, with France leading efforts to ...

UK savers are sitting on record cash piles in low- or no-interest accounts of almost £650bn, according to new research, with banks accused of failing to meet the needs and expectations of their ...

While the number may seem modest, experts stress that “fraud from within” is among the most pernicious forms of financial crime. The findings were collated by the Credit Industry Fraud Avoidance ...

Environmental and shareholder advocacy groups have accused Wells Fargo of “greenhushing” and expressed concern about its ability to meet climate disclosure requirements after a number of ...