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Barclays is selling its Spanish retail and corporate banking operations to Caixabank, the two companies said on Sunday, as the British bank starts shrinking its struggling European divisions as part of a major overhaul.

Alternative lenders are filling in the shoes of commercial banks in Europe that have reduced lending, allowing small firms to still raise funds, Bloomberg reported.

China-based coal bed methane producer AAG Energy Ltd may revive its plan for an initial public offering (IPO) in Hong Kong which was shelved last year, to raise funds for its 2014 operations.

UK-based lender Barclays denied allegations that it manipulated electricity prices in California. It asked the the court to stop the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission from collecting fines.

Bob Diamond, the former Chief Executive of Barclays, will be returning to banking by listing a company that will be investing in the African financial sector, a source interviewed by Reuters said.

The potential sale of the indices platform of Barclays, which includes the Barclays US Aggregate Bond Index, came at the heels of an approach by MSCI, an equity index provider, to acquire the index business.

Three financial sources said Russia-based oil firm Bashneft selected Morgan Stanley, Sberbank, and Barclays as global coordinators for the company's planned secondary listing in London.

A UK court had started to hearing evidence about the alleged London Interbank Offered Rate or Libor manipulation brought against Barclays and Deutsche Bank.

Named 'The Cartel', US regulators are reviewing how these individuals comprising the group may have influenced or attempted to manipulate the market.

Presented evidence on another case is being used as evidence to prove Barclays' hand in the recent LIbOR rigging scandal.

The recent privatization of Royal Mail creates an 'equity culture' in the UK.

Bob Diamond, the former CEO of Barclays, said he planned to purchase more Barclays shares in the bank's rights offering.

The First Gulf Bank said it is not interested to bid for Barclays business in the UAE.

In a finding by the Financial Conduct Authority, Barclays payments to investors post-2008 without proper disclosure was called reckless.

Barclays said would spend GBP 1.4 billion to revamp its consumer banking unit.