The taxi app company Uber and the autonomous technology developer Wayve have been granted the first minicab licences in London, allowing them to offer self-driving taxi rides to paying customers – but with a human safet…
Next has raised hopes that UK shoppers are still willing to spend despite pressures on household budgets, after the hot summer boosted its clothing sales.
Co-chair David Geale welcomed attendees to the AI Consortium’s (AIC) fourth quarterly meeting, held at the FCA’s offices. Co-chair Sarah Breeden noted that the rapid pace of AI development in financial services undersco…
The International Monetary Fund released its July 2026 World Economic Outlook Update on Tuesday — and within 24 hours, the single most important assumption the entire report rests on had begun to collapse. The fund's pr…
Companies will benefit from easier initial public offering (IPO) listings thanks to changes to the rules from the FCA.
US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday, July 8, an interim agreement to end the war with Iran was “over” after Tehran carried out new attacks on US bases in the Gulf.
AI Security Institute says models by Open AI and Anthropic went rogue during a cybersecurity test and showed a new type of risk
Electronic Arts, the maker of video games such as The Sims, Madden NFL and Battlefield, has been bought by Saudi Arabia’s wealth fund and a group of investors for $55bn (£41bn).
August 5, 2026, 3:53 AM EDT.IPOs such as SpaceX and ChangXin Memory Technologies have generated worldwide interest, particularly across the tech and AI sectors. Still, with founders trying to maximize returns and invest…
Software group benefits from global systems and accounting practices ‘that enable tax to be shirked’, says union boss
It has been a stellar week for UK banks. Fuelled by high interest rates and market turbulence rippling out from the US war on Iran, major lenders have revealed soaring half-year profits that allowed bosses to boost bonu…
Circle Internet Group received final approval from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency on Friday to establish First National Digital Currency Bank, N.A. — a federally chartered national trust bank that will op…
Trump’s FCC is developing a measure to bar US imports of new models of Chinese datacenter devices, sources say
The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced its approval of the application by Coastal Bend Bancshares, Inc., of Corpus Christi, Texas, to acquire First National Bank in Port Lavaca, of Port Lavaca, Texas.
Eight of the biggest oil companies amassed profits of more than $90bn (£67bn) in just three months as the Iran conflict sent energy prices soaring and the emissions-fuelled climate crisis caused deadly heatwaves.
Poetry sales surpassed £8m in the first 30 weeks of 2026 and are expected to reach a record high this year thanks to blockbuster adaptation of Homer’s 2,700-year-old poem
With his $111bn deal to acquire the cable network’s parent company stalled in the courts, Ellison took to courting the public
Oil prices turn lower as Bessent says U.S. may have Iran deal "today or tomorrow"
Gatwick airport is to start development of its second runway after campaigners lost a legal challenge to the plans.
Campaigners have renewed calls for a windfall tax on UK banks that could raise £19bn towards Andy Burnham’s cost of living agenda, after HSBC raked in $10.1bn (£7.5bn) worth of profits in the second quarter of the year.
A Guardian investigation finds irrigation canals polluted with microplastics in Turkey, a major destination for UK waste
The Upper Tribunal upheld the FCA's decision to ban Richard Fenech and Heather Dunne from working in financial services.
Numbers using finance rises 170% in a year as leasing firms boom alongside leapin secondhand vehicle supply and surging fuel prices
Morgan Stanley on global equities, oil, Kharg Island, Palantir, Sysco and other headlines are moving the stock market this morning.