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Norway's central bank said on Monday that rules for mortgage lending to households should not be tightened as proposed by the Financial Supervisory Authority in September.

Six of the Nordic region's biggest banks have agreed to invest in pan-Nordic instant payment system P27, aiming to integrate payment services in the region into a single platform to help boost business.

Faroese fish farmer Bakkafrost <BAKKA.OL> has agreed to buy a 68.6% stake in rival The Scottish Salmon Company <SSCOM.OL> from Northern Link Ltd and will bid for the remaining shares, Bakkafrost and The Scottish Salmon Company said on Wednesday.

Danish tax agency has demanded Nordea <NDAFI.HE> repay 900 million Danish crowns ($133 million) in relation to a dividend tax refund case.

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Finland's Nordea <NDAFI.HE> said on Tuesday that two senior executives, including its chief operating officer (COO), would leave the banking group, marking the first moves under newly appointed CEO Frank Vang-Jensen.

Banks in Norway should tighten mortgage lending to households, the financial supervisory authority recommended on Tuesday.

* Safran jumps after raising FY profit forecast (Updates to close)

Finland's Nordea <NDAFI.HE> on Thursday named Frank Vang-Jensen, head of personal banking at the Nordic region's biggest bank, as its new chief executive, who pledged to keep a close eye on costs at the group.

Danske Bank <DANSKE.CO> named Stephan Engels from Commerzbank <CBKG.DE> as its finance chief on Thursday, in an ongoing overhaul by the Danish lender's new boss to restore trust after its involvement in a damaging money laundering scandal.

Finland's Nordea said on Thursday it had appointed its head of personal banking at the Nordic region's biggest bank, Frank Vang-Jensen, as its new top executive.

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Swedish Finance Minister Magdalena Andersson said on Saturday the center-left coalition government would introduce a bank tax to help fund greater defense spending from 2022.

STOCKHOLM, Aug 31 (euters) - Swedish Finance Minister Magdalena Andersson said on Saturday the centre-left coalition government would introduce a bank tax to fund greater defence spending from 2022.

Brazil's foreign minister and President Jair Bolsonaro's son met with U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday to discuss the fires ravaging the Amazon rainforest, although no concrete measures to deal with the blazes were announced.

The asset management arm of Nordea <NDAFI.HE>, one of the Nordics' biggest banks, said it is suspending purchases of Brazilian government bonds, the latest Nordic investor to take action in response to the outbreak of Amazon forest fires.

The head of the Finnish government's investment firm Solidium said on Wednesday it made sense to concentrate its holdings and lower the number of companies in which it has stakes from 14.

Norwegian banks expect only minor changes in credit demand, credit standards, loan conditions and lending margins in the third quarter, both for households and companies, a central bank survey of the industry showed on Thursday.

Finnish insurance group Sampo could increase investment across the Nordic financial sector with surplus capital after reducing its stake in regional bank Nordea, its chief executive said.