The U.S. Federal Trade Commission said on Friday that it had filed an administrative complaint aimed at preventing title insurance provider Fidelity National Financial, Inc. from buying rival Stewart Information Services Corp .

Prudential Financial Inc is set to buy online insurance startup Assurance IQ Inc for $2.35 billion, the latest in a series of moves by traditional insurers to up investment in technology and data crunching by buying Silicon Valley startups.

Japan's Daiwa Securities and credit card company Credit Saison on Thursday announced a capital alliance in which they will develop new services, including a smartphone payment system.

Lloyds Banking Group has agreed to buy Tesco Bank's 3.7 billion pounds ($4.54 billion) UK residential mortgage portfolio, in a move likely to consolidate its dominance of Britain's ultra-competitive market for home loans.

One of British Steel's units, TSP Projects, has been sold to the UK subsidiary of French engineering group Systra, a move that will save over 400 jobs, Britain's Official Receiver said on Friday.

SBI Card & Payments Services Ltd, the credit card subsidiary of State Bank of India (SBI) , plans to raise about 80 billion Indian rupees ($1.12 billion) via an initial public offering this year, a senior SBI executive involved in the process said.

Apollo Global Management and Athene Holding said on Thursday they would buy PK AirFinance, an aircraft lending business that is a part of GE Capital's aviation services unit for an undisclosed amount.

United Arab Emirates-based Utico FZC said on Thursday it was confident a restructuring deal with Singapore's indebted Hyflux Ltd could be reached, after the two sides earlier issued conflicting statements about progress on an agreement.

Singapore's indebted Hyflux Ltd said no definitive restructuring deal with Utico FZC has been reached yet after the United Arab Emirates-based utility company said a deal had been agreed where it would take 88% of the water treatment firm.

Gazprombank said on Wednesday it had completed its handover of a stake in Russian-Venezuelan lender Evrofinance Mosnarbank, which was placed under U.S. sanctions, to Russia's state property management agency.