With the volatility of cryptocurrencies likely to persist — Bitcoin alone traded in a $30,000-to-$44,000 range last week — more people are wondering whether this will spell trouble for other financial assets such as stocks and bonds. The answer to this “crypto contagion” question, if considered narrowly, is no. It gets more complicated, however, in the broader market context, particularly ...

Good luck finding a major bank in Europe that hasn’t breached money laundering regulations. In Denmark, the two largest banks, Danske Bank and Nordea, are both currently subject to criminal investigations. BNP Paribas received the highest-ever fine in 2014, when it settled with US authorities and had to pay $9 billion for sanctions violations. Many others — from HSBC and ...

Bloomberg A good decade ago, Airbus SE added more fuel-efficient engines to its A320 aircraft family, giving its already bestselling model a dramatic demand boost. Now the European company is seeking to repeat that success, this time with a new set of wings. Airbus aims to produce a composite wing that’s both affordable and capable of a high production rate, ...