• May 28 2025
  Markets InsightIgnazio Angeloni

  Stablecoins and monetary sovereignty: the ball is in Europe’s court

  Asset-backed digital currencies should not be regulated or regarded as the same as central bank money

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• May 27 2025
  Management

  The most expensive coffee is the one you don’t buy

  Good regulation 🤝 free caffeination

  
• May 27 2025
  UnhedgedRobert Armstrong

  Stablecoins are bank deposits Premium content

  And stablecoin issuers are banks

  
• May 27 2025
  Business InsightSujeet Indap

  Texas vs Nevada — the battle to woo companies is heating up

  Two western states seek to challenge the dominance of Delaware with company-friendly law

  
• May 27 2025
  EU financial regulation

  EU plans sweeping stress test of non-banks

  Move likely to raise concerns among hedge funds and private credit groups of greater regulatory scrutiny

  
• May 26 2025
  News in-depthFintech

  Why Britain’s fintech dream is faltering

  London was a world leader for payments technology but now risks falling behind

  
• May 24 2025
  Private credit

  Rating agencies in public brawl over scores for private credit

  Spat stems from retracted study on grading of insurers’ portfolio holdings

  
• May 24 2025
  On Wall StreetBrendan Greeley

  The Fed’s not making a profit

  In these unusual times, Congress and the White House should be clear what they plan to do about a loss

  
• May 23 2025
  Financial services

  FCA bans third ex-Credit Suisse banker over ‘tuna bonds’ scandal

  Detelina Subeva’s decision to keep $200,000 in tainted funds revealed lack of ‘ethical compass’, says regulator

  
• May 22 2025
  US politics & policy

  US challenges asset managers over antitrust risks in ESG policies

  Lawsuit by Texas and other states accuses BlackRock and others of conspiring to slash coal production    

  
• May 22 2025
  Climate change

  Droughts are major threat to Eurozone economy, warns ECB

  Eurozone banks hold €1.3tn in loans to sectors most exposed to severe water shortages, including farming

  
• May 22 2025
  Bank of England

  BoE should stay in its ‘swim lane’ on climate risks, says deputy governor

  Central bank should steer clear of interfering in political debate around net zero, Sarah Breeden argues

  
• May 22 2025
  US financial regulation

  SEC vs FRB: private credit edition

  Joined up thinking

  
• May 22 2025
  Markets InsightWenxin Du

  A mooted fix for the Treasury market may actually increase systemic risk

  While an easing of capital rules is intended to boost banks, it could also bolster the huge bets of leveraged hedge funds

  
• May 21 2025
  US insurance industry

  US life insurers’ offshore reinsurance liabilities breach $1tn

  More than $130bn of liabilities offloaded in 2024 despite regulatory concerns

  
• May 20 2025
  US financial regulation

  Top US state Republicans urge SEC to consider delisting Chinese companies

  Letter asks regulator to protect American investors from opaque Chinese reporting policies

  
• May 20 2025
  UK banks

  BoE tightens rules for foreign banks with high-value deposits

  Change aims to close a gap in regulation exposed by collapse of Silicon Valley Bank

  
• May 20 2025
  US financial regulation

  SEC commissioner Crenshaw rips the agency’s ‘regulatory Jenga’

  ‘We are pulling apart our own regulatory foundation — block by block, case by case, and rule by rule’

  
• May 19 2025
  UK financial regulation

  UK to regulate ‘buy now, pay later’ lenders in legal overhaul

  New legislation will make companies such as Klarna and Clearpay answerable to Financial Conduct Authority

  
• May 19 2025
  LexUK financial regulation

  ‘Buy now, pay later’ rules will help rather than hinder big lenders Premium content

  UK legislation will reduce uncertainty and create an additional barrier to entry for would-be rivals

  
• May 19 2025
  UK financial regulation

  Bank of England explores ways to loosen ringfencing rules for UK banks

  Regulations intended to prevent a repeat of bailouts after 2008 crisis

  
• May 19 2025
  US banks

  Rise in loans to US non-bank financial groups raises systemic risk fears

  Lending to buyout firms and private credit groups is up 20% in a year to $1.2tn

  
• May 18 2025
  Special purpose acquisition companies

  Small banks fuel revival in blank-cheque Spac deals

  Boutique groups have rushed to fill the gap left by Wall Street heavyweights

  
• May 18 2025
  The FT ViewThe editorial board

  How to block the financial scammers on social media

  Big Tech should have a legal duty to check investment advertisers are authorised

  
• May 16 2025
  Isas

  UK ministers consider cutting tax-free cash Isa allowance

  City groups think such a move will attract money into equity funds and domestic shares

  

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