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Although not much of UK households’ wealth is currently held in assets such as Bitcoin, they are becoming more mainstream, said deputy Bank governor Sir Jon Cunliffe.

Global food prices have hit the highest level in over a decade after rising by more than 30% in the last year, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) says.

Virgin Galactic has said it may sell up to $500m of shares after completing a successful space trip on Sunday.

G20 finance ministers have backed an "historic" plan which will see multinational companies pay their "fair share" of tax around the world. The plan to battle tax avoidance puts in place a minimum global corporate tax rate of 15%. It is likely to affect companies like...

Egypt will release the container ship that blocked the Suez Canal in March, after it agreed a compensation deal with the vessel’s owners and insurers.

June jobs growth is expected to outpace May and more Americans rejoined the workforce, even as companies continued to struggle to find employees to hire.

Consumers are flocking online to shop as people seek to avoid crowds due to the pandemic, but getting the goods into the hands of the buyer can be challenging.

A key inflation indicator that the Federal Reserve uses to set policy rose 3.4% in May from a year ago, the fastest increase since the early 1990s, the Commerce Department reported Friday.

A lawyer for two brothers who founded a South African Bitcoin investment firm has told the BBC they categorically deny any involvement in a “heist”.

Osamu Nagayama’s ousting comes after the company was found to have colluded with the government to suppress the interests of foreign investors.

Willem Jonker, CEO of EIT Digital, talks about the lack of digital skills in Europe and how this challenge can be overcome.

LONDON — British fintech start-up Revolut saw slower growth in revenues and mounting losses last year as the coronavirus pandemic hit payment volumes, though an increase in the value of cryptocurrencies gave the company a big boost.