Loan scheme worth up to £100m a month would allow suppliers to assist struggling customers

First signs of severity of coronavirus pandemic on UK energy sector 

Supplier says sector should be ‘back of the queue’ for additional government support

Potential cost cuts should not be used as justification for a UK telecoms tie-up

Customers and investors may appear immune to staff complaints but regulators have not lost interest

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Investment group that owns US malls pledges to help groups weather coronavirus crisis

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Epidemiologist Anders Tegnell says other countries could face big ‘second wave’

The FT analyses the scale of outbreaks and the number of deaths around the world

Eighth consecutive cut could heap fresh pressure on already struggling lira

First-quarter volatility deals $39bn blow to SNB as it steps up fight for Swiss franc

Mike Mackenzie’s daily analysis of what’s moving global markets

‘Cat-and-mouse game’ pitches central bank against market forces

Large foreign financing requirement and small reserves leave Erdogan facing cash crunch

Currency softens beyond key level as investors brace themselves for more interest rate cuts

S&P 500 falls after Big Tech raises red flags over virus impact and US-China tensions ratchet higher

Market Questions is the FT’s guide to the week ahead

Rial to be changed to the toman after five decades of inflation

Sterling under pressure from US-China angst and renewed Brexit concerns

Analysts fear unintended consequences of central bank’s vast foreign-currency holdings

There’s a chronic paradox at the heart of stablecoin-based payment systems that will render them cost-prohibitive.

Country’s finance minister seeks to reassure investors on impact of Covid-19

Stuart Levey, known for tough enforcement of sanctions on Iran, will head digital currency project

Ankara’s banking regulator acts after currency slides below level reached in 2018 crisis

Governments should borrow more to stave off secular stagnation

Investors are looking to the future, but should beware of over-optimism

Regulators must ensure that lenders’ defences are sufficiently robust

Near-unconditional cash transfers are the most efficient form of relief

A bailout is the Mediterranean country’s only option to refloat its sinking economy

Replacing migrant fruit and vegetable pickers is harder than expected

Potential adversaries could seek to exploit vulnerabilities triggered by pandemic, warn analysts

Oil and gas company in Texas given approval to use unmanned aircraft to inspect vital infrastructure

‘We will be a smaller company for a while,’ says chief David Calhoun

Aircraft maker says strong demand for offering has removed need for government funding

Watchdog also offers concession on post-Brexit share trading

Christian Noyer believes projects available to consumers are a way off yet

SEC sets out proposal to provide investors with faster, broader trading figures

Acquisition allows group to build bigger share of the $6.6tn-a-day market

UK interdealer broker forecasts low single-digit revenue growth for the year

US Treasury secretary floats idea of shorter trading hours as staffing hit by virus

Industry associations demand detail to manage risk of trading from home

Dutch bank was forced to close out positions at substantial loss

Watchdogs put 12-month extension on new margin requirements, citing coronavirus threat

US benchmark S&P 500 can drop a maximum 7 per cent before first protection kicks in

Frantic trading across financial markets pushes revenues up at the exchange and financial data group

Shares in brokerage firm drop overnight after it discloses payments to clearing houses

Filing opens door to potential sale of half of Virgin Group’s holding in space venture

Hedge fund calls for court investigation into 2018 transfer of MyTheresa

John Malone shows his adroitness in deal between Liberty Global and Telefónica