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U.K. and EU to Step Up Brexit Talks as Parliament Showdown Looms Bloomberg News
ECB has room to ease but must consider stability risks: Lagarde Reuters
Lagarde: ECB has scope for interest rate cut Irish Independent
ECB's Nowotny Says 74 Years of Peace Have Unbalanced the Economy Bloomberg News
ECB's Knot Says Economy Doesn't Yet Warrant Resumption of QE Bloomberg News
Lagarde Reveals Dovish ECB View in Hint of Post-Draghi Policies Bloomberg News

UK AND IRELAND

Johnson faces legal challenges over suspension of parliament The Times
UK says it will hold twice-weekly Brexit talks with EU officials Reuters
Boris Johnson seeks to avert defeat by accelerating Brexit talks Financial Times
Tory rebels prepare for showdown with Boris Johnson Financial Times
Rebel MPs plan weekend parliament in bid to block no‑deal Brexit The Times
Ibec insists State must press EU for Brexit help Irish Independent
'Get ready' for no-deal Brexit, says £100m ad campaign The Times
UK government dares Brexit opponents: Change the law or change the government Reuters
UK says it is now up to EU: Insist on "vassalage" and we leave without a deal Reuters
Labour plans to use parliament to thwart no-deal Brexit Reuters
No-deal Brexit risk rises to 35%: JPMorgan economists Reuters
Brexit is damaging business confidence, say leading UK firms The Guardian
PPI claims: consumers hit by online and phone problems as deadline looms The Guardian
PPI mishap shows tech vulnerabilities of the banks City A.M.

Amigo
Amigo shares plunge as it overhauls lending model Financial Times

Burford Capital
Burford Capital's shares fall on fresh criticism from Canaccord analysts City A.M.

Global Risk Partners
GRP explores option of partial sale Post

J O Hambro Capital Management
J O Hambro Capital names new U.S. business head Reuters

Liberty Specialty Markets
Liberty Specialty Markets names Antoine Brodu Head of Financial Lines, France Reinsurance News

Prudential PLC
Prudential's $1.8 Billion Damages Claim Branded 'Absurd' by Lawyers Bloomberg News

GERMANY, SWITZERLAND AND AUSTRIA

Bundesbank Is Open to Possibility of Negative-Rate Mortgages Bloomberg News
Deutsche Bundesbank: Negative interest rates on real estate loans possible Die Presse
Swiss Private Banking: The delicate path of growth finews.ch
Banks assert themselves Finanz und Wirtschaft

Barclays Bank (Suisse)
Barclays Switzerland: New board members for the expansion strategy finews.ch

Basler Kantonalbank
Basler Kantonalbank sharpens digital spearhead Cler finews.ch

Deutsche Bank
Deutsche Bank Becomes Government Headache as Economy Tanks Bloomberg News

DZ Bank
DZ Bank raises its forecast for the year despite higher loan loss provisions Handelsblatt

GAM Holding
GAM Star Economist Exits finews.com

Hamburg Commercial Bank
Hamburg Commercial Bank regains its footing on the capital market - profits rise to 96 million euros Handelsblatt

Helvetia
Helvetia increases profits and business volume finews.ch

NordLB
NordLB increases net profit and reduces administrative expenses Handelsblatt

Oberbank
Oberbank against Bank Austria in court Die Presse

Swiss Re
Swiss Re moves above Munich Re as world's largest reinsurer: AM Best Reinsurance News

UBS Group
UBS Elevates More Women Bankers in Push to Diversify Leadership Bloomberg News
UBS hires former Credit Suisse star Khan as part of broader shakeup Reuters
UBS Nabs Top Ex-Credit Suisse Banker The Wall Street Journal
«We have at least three good internal candidates» Neue Zürcher Zeitung

FRANCE AND BENELUX

FMO development bank creates 227,000 jobs Het Financieele Dagblad

BNP Paribas
BNP Paribas plans bid for Deutsche Bank's equity derivatives Reuters

BNP Paribas Fortis
BNP Paribas Fortis sets all savings rates to a minimum De Standaard
BNP Paribas Fortis sets savings interest at minimum De Tijd

ING Groep
ING has to prune again in the market division De Tijd

SPAIN AND PORTUGAL

BBVA
BBVA warns of the risk of being fined for the 'Villarejo case' Expansión

CaixaBank
CaixaBank carries out the first project to apply quantum computing Cinco Días

Caixa Geral de Depósitos
Caixa and BPI deny BCI involvement in Mozambican bank president case Jornal Económico

ITALY AND GREECE

Fraud on pensions and health care, over 150 million burned in six months Il Sole 24 Ore
G. Stournaras: 20 months delayed by a taciturn pillage procedure Kathimerini
Greek banks Alpha, NBG trim bad loan pile in second quarter Reuters

Alpha Bank
Greece's Alpha Bank grows Q2 profit on higher fee and commissions Reuters

Eurobank Ergasias
Eurobank: Letters to 35,000 home borrowers Kathimerini

National Bank of Greece
Greece's National Bank Q2 profit falls on weaker trading gains Reuters
National Bank: Operating Profit 260 Million Euro in First Half 2019 Naftemporiki
National Bank: Profit increase to € 253 million in first half Kerdos

NORDIC COUNTRIES

Svenska Handelsbanken
Lundberg buys 1 million bank shares Svenska Dagbladet

Swedbank
Swedbank CEO Defends Client Privacy Amid Money Laundering Probes Bloomberg News
New Swedbank CEO Under Fire for Past Ties to Scandal-Hit Bank Bloomberg News
The equity savers skeptical of Swedbank CEO Svenska Dagbladet
Seven challenges for the Swedbank manager Svenska Dagbladet
Swedbank's new CEO raises the annual salary to 13 million Svenska Dagbladet

EASTERN EUROPE

Banks Throw Money at Russians in Shadows to Beat Loan Clampdown Bloomberg News
Russians struggle under burden of soaring consumer loans Financial Times
Debt relief / Banks may oblige citizens to sell their loans at a large discount Kommersant
Czech central bank keeps countercyclical buffer rate at 2.00% Reuters
Turkey's cenbank governor says inflation continues to improve Reuters
Deposits of banking sector increased Hürriyet
Credit volume of banking sector increased Hürriyet
ÁKK sells HUF 40 bln of bonds at auction, under plan Budapest Business Journal
Bulgaria's tax agency fined $3 million over data breach, will appeal Reuters

Alior Bank
Polish banks Alior and Pekao are undervalued, says PZU chief Reuters
Alior Bank passed end-H1 impairment test for PZU; 'no risk' of major write down - PZU PAP

MKB Bank
MKB Bank H1 profit plunges 55% Budapest Business Journal
Hungary MKB Bank's H1 profit drops 55% Portfolio.hu

PZU
Corrected: PZU insurer meets consensus with PLN 734 mln in Q2 attrib net profit PAP
PZU insurer sticks to declaration of growing DPS despite "more challenging" environment - CEO PAP

Sviaz-Bank
Svyaz-Bank cleared of VEB Kommersant

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