Two year high for digital currency as its total value reaches £11.3bn, with most bitcoin trading located in China
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SWIFT Discloses More Successful Bank Heists
Attacks have continued since the Bangladesh heist, with one-fifth resulting in fraud
Can The UK Government Really Benefit From Blockchain?
IN DEPTH: Beyond the hype, can the government exploit Blockchain in the same way as other industries such as banking and insurance?
Barclays Trials Contactless Android Cash Withdrawals
The system lets users tap an NFC-equipped Android device or contactless card to receive cash on in-branch machines
How Barclays Avoids Downtime Chaos
Bala Chandrasekaran of Barclays, explains how the bank hopes to avoid a repeat of last year's Christmas banking disaster
Web Summit 2016: Tech Leaders Talk AI, 3D Printing, Digitisation And FinTech
Leading figures from Cisco, Facebook, Accenture and others talk about the future of technology at Web Summit 2016 in Lisbon
How Multi-Vendor Cloud & Donation Platform Help Comic Relief Cope With Red Nose Day Surge
Comic Relief CTO Zenon Hannick explains how downtime on Red Nose Day could cost charity tens of millions of pounds and how its IT is set up to avoid that
Tesco Bank Halts Transactions After Online Fraud
Cash taken from 40,000 bank accounts over the weekend, prompting Tesco to halt online transactions
Sainsbury’s Local To Get Contactless ‘Before Christmas’ But No Word On Larger Supermarkets
Sainsbury's lack of support for contactless has been noticeable, but the supermarket has confirmed the first stage of rollout
Switzerland To Ease Red Tape For Fintech Startups
Swiss government proposes new rules to help financial technology startups enter the market
Bitcoin Can Now Be Purchased At Swiss SBB Ticket Machines For Cold Hard Cash
The spread of Bitcoin is set to increase, bypassing traditional currency exchange
Banks Are ‘Hoarding’ Bitcoin To Pay Attackers
British financial institutions are reportedly looking into buying up stocks of bitcoin that could be used to pay off denial-of-service attackers
Bank Consortium Develops Open Source Blockchain Platform
The consortium hopes to create an industry standard for the use of blockchain technology in the financial world
Metro Bank And Co-op Enable iPhone And Apple Watch Payments With Apple Pay
Apple Pay is increasing its share of contactless payments by signing up two high street banks
FCA Approves Big Data Use By Insurance Industry
But the financial watchdog warns insurers not to use Big Data to penalise certain customers with higher premiums
Accenture Touts Need For Blockchain Editing Tool
Editable blockchain controversery, but Accenture insists it would only be used under 'extraordinary circumstances'
SWIFT Offers Daily Reports To Help Tackle Bank Fraud
Customers to receive 'anti-fraud reports' as security clampdown continues for banking messaging system
Bank Of England To Rewrite Core Payment Tech By 2020
The update to the 20-year-old bank-to-bank settlement service is to take into account new technologies such as blockchain ledgers
Accenture London’s Fintech Innovation Lab Aims To Boost Financial Tech Startups
HSBC, Lloyds, RBS and other banks will offer mentoring and support to fintech startups
SWIFT Warns Banks Of Ongoing Cyber Attacks
Sophisticated new hacking attacks against banking system are ongoing and persistent, warns SWIFT
Startup Showcase: Azimo
Marta Krupinska, general manager and co-founder of Azimo, talks about money transfers, Facebook Messenger integration and Brexit
Wales Is ‘Fastest Growing Digital Economy’ Outside London
Cheap rents and sources of investment see modest increase in number of digital tech firms in Wales
Linux Trojan Written In Go Mines For Cryptocurrencies
'Linux.Lday.1' exploits unprotected Redis servers and infects PC with cryptocurrency mining software
ATM Hack Gives Attackers Cash And Account Data
BLACK HAT 2016: Rapid7 researchers discover how hackers can steal account details from an ATM by bypassing anti-shimming measures
Bitcoin Confidence Takes A Hit As Heist Nets Criminals £54m
Digital currency rocked by another Bitcoin theft, but Bitfinex cannot confirm whether it was insider job or hack
Mobile Banking Surges As Internet Banking Slows
There's an app for that. Mobile banking surges as BBA warns of a “consumer-led revolution” in personal finance
Blockchain Moving Beyond Finance; Still in Early Stages
Blockchain is attracting huge interest from financial sector - but it's not the only area that can benefit
MasterCard Buys UK FinTech Firm VocaLink For £700m
MasterCard hopes buying BACS and LINK operator will allow it to take a greater interest in mobile payments in the UK
Does £24bn ARM Sale End UK’s Last Hope Of Creating A Tech Giant?
ANALYSIS: ARM will stay in Cambridge and its UK workforce will double, but the UK's biggest hope for a tech titan is now lost
FakeBank Android Malware Steals Cards And Blocks Calls To Banks
A new family of malicious code aims to make it harder for users to cancel affected bank cards