Spain will take formal offers from potential buyers for Spain's nationalized lender Novagalicia Banco from Tuesday.

Index, a startup that provides software to enhance customer experience in physical stores, received USD7 million in Series A investment from investors including Innovation Endeavors, of which Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt is a co-founder.

Atomico's Fund III was intended to provide financial support to startups who are raising money via later-stage funding rounds to aid them in scaling their businesses.

The Wall Street Journal said it was highly unusual for a bank or an entity to withdraw from its role as an underwriter for an initial public offering or any similar deal, much less weeks before the deal is scheduled to begin.

Julius Baer Group said it will be acquiring WMPartners Wealth Management. The latter will then be merged with Julius Baer's Infidar Investment Advisory Ltd unit to form one of the largest independent asset management company in Switzerland.

Xiao Gang, head of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, said the new reforms planned by the government on public share sales will increase the role of free market forces.

Internet payment platform PayPal forged a partnership deal with car service firm Uber Technologies in a bid to reach modern marketplaces that cater to mobile-savvy customers.

Indian trading platform provider Financial Technologies Ltd decided to sell its Singapore Mercantile Exchange (SMX) unit to Intercontinental Exchange Group Inc (ICE) for USD150 million amid regulatory scrutiny.

Antony Leung, the Greater China Chairman of Blackstone Group, would be making an exit from the private equity company to become the Chief Executive Officer of Nan Fung Group Holdings Ltd.

Euronext attracted individual bids from three exchange firms just a week after the company was acquired by IntercontinentalExchange Group Inc, according to sources familiar with the matter.