Credit Agricole Bank

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  Reliance Industries Raises $573 Million Loan For Ethane Carriers

  The very large ethane carriers would transport ethane from US to Dahej in Gujarat.

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  Three French Banks Refuse to Fund Adani Project in Australia

  The three banks - BNP Paribas, Credit Agricole and Societe General - said they will not be involved in proposed mines for the coal-rich Galilee Basin region of Queensland.

• Essar Opens Geneva Trading Office, Expands Europe Footprint

  Essar Group has set up an office in Geneva to trade crude oil, refined petroleum products, coal, iron ore and steel, the head of the new company told Reuters on Wednesday.

• European Stocks Hold Nerve as Russia-Ukraine Warnings Ratchet Up

  European markets cautiously set aside warnings that Russia's conflict with Ukraine was sliding out of control on Monday, as investors focused on the European Central Bank's meeting this week and hopes it will strengthen its stimulus plans.

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  After BNP, US May Hit Other Banks for Sanctions-Busting

  After French giant BNP Paribas, other big European banks like Credit Agricole, Deutsche Bank and UniCredit may be in the cross-hairs of US authorities for sanctions-busting.

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  US Imposes Record Fine on BNP in Sanctions Warning to Banks

  The guilty plea is the direct consequence of a broader US Justice Department shift in strategy that is expected to try to snare more major banks for possible money laundering or sanctions violations.

• European Commission fines banks $2.3 billion for interest rate rigging

  The banks named as participating were Barclays, Deutsche Bank, Royal Bank of Scotland, Societe Generale, Credit Agricole, HSBC, JPMorgan, UBS, Citigroup and RP Martin.

• European Union to fine Deutsche, JPMorgan and others in rate probe: report

  The penalties, which will also target Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), Credit Agricole and Societe Generale, represent the first punishments from Brussels as a result of its inquiry and are the latest costly payouts for an industry struggling to draw a line under past misdeeds.

• EU to fine Deutsche, JPMorgan, others in forex probe: report

  European Union (EU) antitrust regulators are set to fine six global banks including Deutsche Bank, JPMorgan and HSBC for suspected rigging of benchmark euro zone interest rates, a person familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.

• Saudi Arabia's Mobily in $650 million financing deal with Ericsson, Nokia Siemens

  Saudi Arabia's Mobily has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Nokia Siemens Networks and Ericsson to fund the purchase of $650 million of equipment from the firms, the telecom operator said on Sunday.

• BNP Paribas sees significant staff cuts in France

  BNP Paribas, France's No. 1 bank, told shareholders it expects a "significant" drop in staffing levels in its home market as it moves to offset the shrinking economy.

• Asian shares mostly retreat after rally; BoJ holds fire

  Asian shares mostly fell after two strong days of gains on Thursday, with investors focusing on meetings of the central banks of Britain and the euro zone for signs of more policy stimulus after the Bank of Japan kept policy on hold.

• Asia shares slip; Euro lower against dollar

  Asian shares declined on Tuesday and the euro hit its lowest in nearly seven weeks against the dollar as an apparently deadlocked election in Italy raised the spectre of a resurgent euro zone debt crisis.

• Asian shares decline on Italy election; yen retreats

  Asian shares fell on Tuesday, taking their lead from overnight plunges in global equities while currency markets remain volatile as no party has won a Senate majority in Italy's elections, extending fears of a resurgent euro zone debt crisis.

• Asian shares gain on improving sentiment, G20 eyed

  Asian shares rose on improving risk sentiment while the yen steadied ahead of the weekend meeting of G20 finance and central bank officials, whose views on global growth and differences over currencies will be scrutinised by investors.