Bitcoin could stay below $69,000 peak for two years, says Binance boss

Changpeng Zhao says people would have been happy with current $20,000 value four years ago

MPs seek to avoid race to the bottom in post-Brexit City regulation

New subcommittee will scrutinise plans to change how watchdogs supervise the UK’s financial sector

TechScape: What the crypto big freeze means for your money

In this week’s newsletter: Crypto giant Celsius is freezing out users as it tries to solve a mammoth lending crisis. So what happens if money in the bank isn’t really there?

UK mortgage lenders told they can scrap affordability rule for buyers

Bank of England feels other measures will play stronger role in guarding against household debt

Starling Bank: questions over volume of customers taken on during Covid crisis

More than tripling of business customer base has raised questions about online lender’s ability to run proper checks

The Covid loans, the billionaire … and Starling, the very fast-growing bank

In 2019, it had lent just £23m. By June 2021, it had issued £1.6bn of bounce-back lending – and an ex-minister has questions

UK banks must be more flexible to help struggling borrowers, says City watchdog

FCA calls for payment holidays and waiving interest charges for customers hit hardest by cost of living crisis

Tough action on interest rates in the US. But how rattled is the US Federal Reserve?

Wall Street braces for rises in borrowing costs in July and September as 8.6% inflation spurs on central bank

Bank group accused of exploiting loopholes and ‘greenwashing’ in climate pledge

‘Net zero’ global alliance of financial institutions, begun at Cop26, can still invest in coal and other fossil fuels

Victims of one of UK’s biggest banking frauds ‘to be offered £3m compensation’

HBOS, now part of Lloyds Banking Group, was involved in major fraud at its Reading branch in early 2000s

Bank cards: where have all the numbers gone?

As more banks go numberless to help stop fraud, we look at what it means for security and ease of use

UK’s largest lenders no longer ‘too big to fail’, says Bank of England

Assessment finds customers could access accounts despite any collapse but three banks have shortcomings

Anti-money laundering proposals ‘uninspired and insipid’, say MPs

Law Commission review of corporate criminal liability in England and Wales also criticised by campaigners

City donations worth £15m raise concerns over influence on UK politics

Total donated to parties by financial firms and individuals tied to the sector over two years, report says

Credit unions are helping Britons survive – but can they really rival banks?

Zero-interest loans have helped financially vulnerable people pay for items from school uniforms to vital furniture