Wall St futures rebound as oil retreats, investors weigh US-Iran tensions

Banking regulators are warning that frontier AI models could threaten the financial system. The European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB) and Bank of England (BOE) both issued reports Tuesday (July 7) on the risks of these artificial intelligence (AI) models to financial institutions’ cyber defenses. “Frontier AI models are a paradigm shift for cybersecurity,” the ESRB said…

Hoskinson argues Cardano’s years of research deserve recognition as Ethereum explores similar technical approaches. Charles Hoskinson has accused Ethereum of adopting ideas pioneered by Cardano without acknowledgment. The Cardano co-founder made the claim following a proposal by Ethereum researcher Toni Wahrstätter to bring native UTXOs to the network as a way of cutting long-term…

Time: 10am to 1pm | Location: Bank of England, Threadneedle Street, London, EC2R 8AH and MS teams Minutes Item 1 – Introduction The Chair opened the meeting, setting out the aim of the meeting: to agree which animals should be recommended to be included on a shortlist which the public would be asked to choose…

Personal Finance Published: Monday, July 6, 2026, 19:02 [IST] Gold has staged an impressive recovery after enduring weeks of heavy selling pressure, reviving investor interest in the precious metal. The rebound comes at a time when expectations around US interest rates have shifted, the US dollar has weakened and concerns over the global economic outlook…

Asset finance is seeing a huge surge in demand, according to new data from the Finance & Leasing Association, while bank lending to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) remains more or less flat Asset finance advances to SMEs grew 8% year-on-year in April, the FLA’s figures reveal, with lending across the first four months of…

The Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission today issued a joint request for public comment on potential opportunities to further update, clarify, and harmonize certain derivatives product definitions and interpretive issues. The request for comment is intended to support the Commissions’ ongoing evaluation of whether current regulatory definitions, interpretations, and jurisdictional…