UK fintech agrees $38mn deal as it eyes international expansion and potential IPO

Revised impact assessment says ministers had been ‘deliberately cautious’ in their initial review

Crude revenues to be funnelled to American banks as Washington lifts some sanctions on Caracas

Interception follows failure of bid to capture vessel as it headed to Venezuela last month

Fund paid $81.6mn dividend to another group company controlled by billionaire financier

Donald Trump wants a Venezuelan oil reboot. But years of neglect have left corroded tanks, leaking pipelines and collapsing production

Board warns shareholders over ‘extraordinary’ amount of debt financing and $4.7bn of costs if it backs out of Netflix deal

Huge shake-up is show of force after corruption scandal last year weakened Ukraine’s government

His enthusiasm for big business and foreign intervention is more Reaganite than populist

Increased activity comes amid reports Moscow has sent submarine to escort vessel to its territory

The island is geologically analogous to Canada and countries in northern Europe

Josh Simons will look at expanding contentious scheme to be a catalyst for reforming public services

US capture of Nicolás Maduro lifts hopes that country will make good on some debt

Washington hopes Nicolás Maduro’s capture will hasten the downfall of the ossified communist regime in Havana

Trump administration signals support for proposal to divvy up sanctioned Russian company’s international businesses

Damage caused by US tariffs has so far been muted but that won’t last

Top state lawyers are joining together to challenge Trump and rein in big business

New charges to fund building of electricity pylons and Sizewell C nuclear power station will be added to bills from April

‘Deposit tokenisation’ could overhaul how customers use their accounts, says chief Charlie Nunn

Britain is a diagnostic market for carmakers such as the Chinese company

Prediction market disputes US raid amounted to an invasion in fight over more than $10.5mn in wagers

White House says annexation of semi-autonomous territory from Denmark is ‘national security priority’

Announcement comes as scrutiny of chatbot mounts after it created sexualised images of minors

Company confident ‘last details’ of deal with White House to resume AI chip exports will be finalised soon