Welcome to the United States of Amazon. Picture a not so far-off future where the online retailer has gobbled up all other businesses, automated all tasks and decisions previously carried out by human workers, and created a government full of AI bots uncorrupted by individual ...read more

The Bank of England's executive director has raised the prospect of official intervention against free banking in an effort to clamp down on mis-selling of financial products. Andrew Bailey also highlighted the debate about the speed at which banks are being required to hold ...read more