With summer events cancelled, the focus is on how to recoup funding and audiences

Although it suffers from lack of independence, it should be fixed rather than scrapped

Patrick Jenkins and guests discuss Facebook's recent talks with the world's central bankers on its plans for a digital currency, whether the UK's challenger banks can maintain their astonishing rate of expansion, and a potential scandal at JPMorgan as three of its metals traders are charged with market manipulation. With special guest Tom Merry, managing director at Accenture Strategy.

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ECB prepared to cut rates again, says its chief economist

Swedbank admits to money-laundering failings

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Contributors: Patrick Jenkins, financial editor, Mehreen Khan, Brussels correspondent, Nicholas Megaw, retail banking correspondent, and Henry Sanderson, commodities correspondent. Producer: Fiona Symon

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Patrick Jenkins and guests discuss push-payment fraud in the UK and who should compensate the victims, why Deutsche Bank is coming under pressure from investors to appoint a new investment banking chief, and why JPMorgan Chase in the US has been selling off loans from its balance sheet. With special guests: Stephen Jones, chief executive of the banking association UK Finance and Rushanara Ali, Labour MP and member of the UK Treasury Select Committee.

Contributors: Patrick Jenkins, financial editor, Caroline Binham, financial regulation correspondent, Stephen Morris, European banking correspondent, and Robert Armstrong, US financial editor. Producer: Fiona Symon

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Patrick Jenkins and guests discuss what the latest stress tests tell us about the health of UK banks, racism in US banking after recent revelations about the treatment of black customers at JPMorgan Chase, and predictions for the year ahead. With special guest Laurie Mayers, associate managing director at Moody's.

Contributors: Patrick Jenkins, financial editor, David Crow, banking editor, Nicholas Megaw, retail banking correspondent, and Laura Noonan, US banking editor. Producer: Fiona Symon

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Patrick Jenkins and guests discuss the latest from the World Economic Forum in Davos, the outlook for Bank of America, and JPMorgan Chase's decision to buy a second office in Paris. With special guest Brian Moynihan, chief executive of Bank of America. 

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UBS drops to second spot while Invesco slips to third in Z-Ben analysis of investment market

The US president holds ownership interests in golf resorts in Scotland and Ireland

A Chicago start-up has found a way of turning microbes into edible protein, part of a growing trend towards a microbial revolution in food. Leslie Hook discusses why investors are increasingly interested in this area with Emiko Terazono, commodities correspondent, and Clive Cookson, science editor.

Contributors: Leslie Hook, environment correspondent, Emiko Terazono, commodities correspondent, and Clive Cookson, science editor. Producers: Fiona Symon and Persis Love

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MEMX is hoping to disrupt the US equities market when it launches in July

Proxymity raises $20m in spinout from Citigroup as shareholder meetings go virtual

Amazon workers across the world are formalizing their activism with the creation of the Amazon Workers International. Its first action is a letter to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and Amazon Director of UK Customer Fulfillment Stefano Perego in which the group demands the company makes permanent certain steps Amazon has implemented amid the COVID-19 pandemic. […]

PwC has been appointed as a Skills Service Organisation by the Federal Department of Education and Training to work with Industry Reference Committees to develop modern and relevant training packages.

Xponential Fitness Founder and CEO Anthony Geisler shares the leadership secrets that have helped him build a boutique fitness empire.

The presenter, 54, said on Tuesday's Good Morning Britain that he will not be attending the star-studded ceremony as he's fed up of the camera catching his reaction when they lose the Daytime Award.

The broadcaster, 54, and his co-host, 49, poked fun at the feud between the two This Morning presenters during Wednesday's edition of the show, as they branded their interaction 'awkward.'

Three more events scheduled for May were postponed on Friday, but Diamond League organisers have claimed they're committed to delivering an 'extensive season' in 2020.

The Tour de France's organisers are focusing on a postponement of this year's race rather than a cancellation due to the coronavirus pandemic. 'Le Tour' was set to roll out of Nice on June 27th.

The Masters has been postponed with the world of sport rocked by the ongoing spread of coronavirus, its organisers have confirmed. No new date has been announced.

MIKE DICKSON IN SYDNEY: The forthcoming Australian Open may see an unprecedented amount of matches indoors to combat poor air quality if the country's bushfires persist this month.

Few of the athletes competing at the European Indoor Championships will have had to factor in room for textbooks in their luggage but Morgan Lake is making sure her school grades don’t suffer.

Britain's Katarina Johnson-Thompson and Greece's Katerina Stefanidi said athletes felt forced to continue training despite the health risks because Olympic chiefs say the Games will still go ahead.

Corine Remande travelled to France from Egypt with husband Raphael to watch the showdown between Europe and the US, held at Le Golf National club in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines just outside Paris.

Qatar World Cup officials have asked Glastonbury Festival organisers to help them plan desert camp sites for fans ahead of the 2022 tournament, according to The Mirror.

The 26-year-old megastar, who headlined Glastonbury earlier this year, returned to Kensington Avenue Primary School in Thornton Heath, south London.

The controversial journalist, 54, blasted images from the 2020 edition, in which artistic moody shots replaced the formerly racy spreads in the calendar.

An Australian 'organisational queen' has revealed her best tips for keeping your kitchen cupboards, bathroom vanity and toy room clean with the help of IKEA and Kmart tubs.

Under-fire organisers of the US Open have admitted it is 'critical' they get it right at Pebble Beach this week after four years of controversy.

England No 8 Ben Morgan is set to see a specialist next week in the latest phase of his recovery from a broken leg. He is now destined to miss England's entire RBS 6 Nations campaign.

EXCLUSIVE: Once he had come round after emergency surgery, Ben Morgan asked the surgeon two pressing questions; would he ever play again and could he make it back in time for the World Cup?

Strictly Come Dancing tour organisers have been forced to apologise to fans after two live shows were cancelled due to a leaky roof at Glasgow's SSE Hydro earlier this month.

Gerard Butler and ladylove Morgan Brown hit the beach near Malibu  on Monday despite the Stay At Home policy in effect in California due to coronavirus crisis.

Organisers of the Beijing World Challenge have denied that they kicked out Justin Gatlin from their meeting and said they were 'perplexed' by the controversial sprinter's claim.

Piers Morgan has urged 'tone deaf' comedian Seann Walsh to 'shut the f*** up' as he continues to blame his fling with Strictly's Katya Jones for 'ruining his career'.

During Wednesday's instalment of Good Morning Britain, the presenter, 55, laid into those who have appeared on Strictly (which includes co-host Susanna Reid, 49)

The laws governing the labelling on organic foods do not extend to beauty products. A product can be called organic if it contains only tiny amounts of organic ingredients.

With the English domestic season now over following the FA Cup final, teams across the country will be looking to rebuild for the 2015-16 season.

'Let's show the world what two little Latin girls can do,' exclaimed Jennifer Lopez to Shakira on her Instagram page before their Super Bowl halftime show on Sunday.

CHRIS HATHERALL IN SOCHI: Zlatan Ibrahimovic may not be here with them but Sweden, with a team whose image is the antithesis of their former hero, came so close to becoming legends.

The Good Morning Britain host said MPs had tried to 'thwart the will of the people' who had voted to leave the EU in angry exchanges with the SNP leader today.

Piers Morgan challenged Nicola  Sturgeon to 'suck it up' comparing her defeat in the 2014 Scottish independence referendum to Scotland's rugby loss to Japan yesterday.

Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, director general at the WHO, urged other countries to 'step up' preparations for outbreaks. It follows news of a 'super-spreader' businessman from Brighton

Maria Butina, 29, was arrested in Washington D.C. and charged with acting as a foreign agent on orders from the Kremlin - a direct allegation of election interference.

So it was all fake news…The entire two-year Russia collusion frenzy was based on an absolute falsehood that Donald Trump and his team had colluded with Russians to fix the 2016 election.

The presenter, 55, posted the announcement to his Twitter followers on Thursday and told fans, who have missed him on the ITV chat show, to 'relax'.

Navy veteran Ken Benbow, 94, made an appearance on GMB to commemorate V.E. Day when he broke down in tears after praising his 'wonderful' carer Kia for the 'marvellous' life he has had.

It initially appeared Steve Harvey had named the wrong winner in the category on Sunday when he announced Miss Philippines had won as Shweta Sekhon stood beside him in full costume.

If I were Her Majesty the Queen, I would unceremoniously strip Harry and Meghan of all their titles with immediate effect and despatch them back into civilian life, writes PIERS MORGAN.

Piers Morgan tweeted Her Majesty's statement, saying: 'BREAKING: Harry/Meghan have successfully bullied the Queen into letting them have their cake & eat it.'

The Good Morning Britain presenter vented his anger on Twitter after Buckingham Palace released their statement about the Sussexes no longer being Royal Highnesses.