Yellen and Draghi Both Defend Post-Crisis Financial Regulation Bloomberg News
Draghi Holds Off on Monetary Policy Clues, Criticizes Deregulation Push The Wall Street Journal
Draghi urges patience on ECB's ultra-easy monetary policy Reuters
Draghi says ECB's quantitative easing program working Reuters
Draghi Says Slow Inflation Progress Means Accommodation Needed Bloomberg News
ECB needs fresh powers to intervene in bank failures, supervisor says Reuters
ECB wants to freeze banks Börsen-Zeitung
ECB's asset buys do little for inflation: Bundesbank research Reuters
As Investors Think Taper, ECB Is Set to Buy More Bonds The Wall Street Journal
World's biggest banks square off over Noble credit default swaps Financial Times
Risk of sharp currency moves drives investors into hedged ETFs Reuters
Investors pull back from European equity funds Financial Times
Bank pay rebounded faster in the US than Europe Financial Times
JLT & Munich Re partner on parametric typhoon cover for Philippines Artemis

UK AND IRELAND

U.K.'s Labour Backs Single-Market Membership During Brexit Bloomberg News
Johnson Says U.K. Will Pay as Brexit-Backers Fall Into Line Bloomberg News
BRIEF-UK's CMA provisionally cleared deal by Cardtronics of DirectCash Reuters
Risk adviser in £13.6m buyout The Sunday Times
Interest rates set to stay low for at least another two years The Telegraph
OBR warns of rates threat to public borrowing costs The Times
Britain appoints syndicate to manage sale of 2065 gilt Reuters
Draghi sends pound to eight-year euro low The Sunday Times
Pound won't reach parity with euro, say analysts The Irish Times
German lender promising cheap loans meets resistance as politicians 'seek to protect AIB and BoI' Irish Independent
Central Bank seeks help as 70 seconded Irish Independent
Ex-employees have up to £1trn left in deferred pensions The Times
Insurers welcome government's self-driving lorry trials Post

Aviva
British insurer Aviva to sell Italian joint venture to Banco BPM Reuters

Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Bank prepares to sell off its London headquarters Financial Times

Novae Group
Axis raises bid for insurer Novae after shareholder dissent Reuters
Axis increases Novae takeover offer to 715p per share Post

Permanent TSB Group
Permanent TSB introduces new mortgage cashback initiative The Irish Times
Analysts say cash-back offer will boost PTSB in market Irish Independent

Provident Financial
Provident Financial reorganises home credit unit after profit warning Reuters
Provident Financial shakes up management at doorstep lending arm Financial Times
Provident Financial shares bounce back after management shake-up at troubled credit arm The Telegraph
Provident Financial faces risk of £200m bill The Sunday Times
Provident woes mount as £35m boss walks The Telegraph

Royal Bank of Scotland Group
RBS accused of mistreating businesses in leaked report BBC News
RBS mistreated ailing businesses, says watchdog The Times
Controversial RBS unit responsible for 'inappropriate action' against majority of firms, leaked report claims The Telegraph

GERMANY, SWITZERLAND AND AUSTRIA

Bundesbank Is Said to Narrow Favored Locations for Headquarters Bloomberg News
Influential German finance minister Wolfgang Schäuble won't say if he'll stay on after election City A.M.
Frankfurt hopes to become 'little London' after Brexit Reuters
German open accounts for foreign financial apps Börsen-Zeitung
Moody's increases the outlook for Austria's banks Börsen-Zeitung
Avaloq increases half-year profit Börsen-Zeitung
Unigestion bears research costs Börsen-Zeitung

Allianz Group
Allianz employees given suspended sentences for leaking customer data to CMCs Post

Berner Kantonalbank
The Berner Kantonalbank loses its spokesman finews.ch

Südwestbank
Wolfgang Jung leaves the board of the Südwestbank Börsen-Zeitung

Zürcher Kantonalbank
ZKB: Provisions for Bonuses finews

FRANCE AND BENELUX

AXA
French insurer AXA to cut about 250 technology jobs in Hong Kong - sources Reuters

Société Générale
France's SocGen says it is co-operating over U.S. Libor probe Reuters

Triodos Bank
Triodos Bank increases capital Börsen-Zeitung

Van Lanschot Kempen
BRIEF-Van Lanschot Kempen completes acquisition of UBS's domestic wealth management activities in Netherlands Reuters

SPAIN AND PORTUGAL

Mangrove Partners increases its short positions in BME to 0.93% Europa Press

Banco Popular Español
An avalanche of information requests on Popular to the ECB Expansión

Bankia
Bankia pays 186 million euros to nearly 37,000 clients for reimbursement of floor clauses Europa Press

BBVA
BBVA allows you to group insurance on a single invoice and split your payment Europa Press

CaixaBank
Two out of three new CaixaBank mortgages are already fixed rate El País

ITALY AND GREECE

Venetian banks, within 15/9 member for Bim ANSA
Banks, bailouts cost over 24 billion Il Sole 24 Ore
Basic account, the new transparency rules of Bankitalia Milano Finanza
Cash set to flow again in Greece The Sunday Times

Azimut Holding
Azimut bounces back with the new purchase in Australia Milano Finanza

Banca Carige
Carige prepares the assembly Milano Finanza

Intesa Sanpaolo
Exclusive: Russia sanctions disrupt Italian bank's 5 billion euro loan deal Reuters

NORDIC COUNTRIES

Swedish Government Pulls Tax Increase Plans to Avert Crisis Bloomberg News
Swedish payment services firm Klarna H1 net profit 228 mln SEK Reuters
The banks are fighting blindly to hold on to the commission funds Finans

Alm. Brand
Alm. Brand plots real estate lending down by 153 million Børsen

Borbjerg Sparekasse
Robust local bank makes sense during the first half of the year FinansWatch

Jyske Bank
Jyske Bank's "super loans" round 8 billion. kr. FinansWatch

Klim Sparekasse
Sparekasse pursues a significant lending growth FinansWatch

Landshypotek Bank
Landshypotek Bank issued international bonds for SEK 1,000.0m maturing in 2019 Cbonds

PFA Pension Forsikrings
Leading Danish pension fund to keep faith in alternative investments Reuters

EASTERN EUROPE

S&P revises Hungary's credit outlook to positive Reuters
Hungary's banking sector achieves record profit Portfolio.hu
Banking sector profitability slightly up in H1 Budapest Business Journal
Banks' household loan portfolios grow nearly 3% in Q2 Budapest Business Journal
National Bank of Hungary to open office in New York Budapest Business Journal
MNB takes verbal measures against strengthening forint Budapest Business Journal
Moody's upgraded Ukraine's credit rating to Caa2 Vedomosti
Czech lawmakers won't give central bank more power on mortgages Reuters
Romanian government may cut private pension contributions Reuters
Local currency loans send lending up in Romania Romania Insider
Romania to change Fiscal Procedure Code Romania Insider
The Central Bank, the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Economic Development are preparing to subsidize rates on loans from regions Vedomosti
Polish Covered Bonds wanted Börsen-Zeitung

Bank Pocztowy
Bank Pocztowy approves PLN 500 million bond program Warsaw Business Journal

Eurasian Development Bank
Eurasian Development Bank May Pick Up Projects Ceased Over Anti-Russia Sanctions Sputnik News

Otkritie Holding
Russia prepares rescue package for Otkritie Financial Times
Billionaire Owners Watch Otkritie Flail as Russia Reboots Banks Bloomberg News
UPDATE 1-Shares in Russian bank Otkritie sink to 20-month low Reuters
FAS agreed to the bank "Otkrytie" acquisition of 100% of NPF "Lukoil-guarantor" Vedomosti

Promsvyazbank
Promsvyazbank will include in the additional capital "eternal" Eurobonds for $ 500 million Vedomosti

Sberbank of Russia
UC Rusal and Sberbank decided to postpone debt repayment for seven years on the security of Norilsk Nickel shares Vedomosti
Sberbank issues orders to collectors Kommersant

UNIBANK
Unibank's Garegin Nzhdeh branch extends working hours ArmBanks

VTB Bank
The court brought VTB to a lawsuit filed by Rosneft to recover $ 185 million from Swisspro Capital Vedomosti
Zadornov returns to the board of VTB Vedomosti

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