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Friday's headlines, Financials edition

Draghi's Bond-Buying Era Expected to End as ECB Gears Up for Talks Bloomberg News
Hope for European banks as speculation mounts over end to ECB stimulus The Irish Times
ECB Pushes Foot-Dragging Banks to Pick a New Lending Benchmark Bloomberg News
UPDATE 1-EU starts formal probe of Malta anti-money laundering agency over Pilatus bank Reuters

UK AND IRELAND

Theresa May gives way to keep David Davis on side with Brexit blueprint The Times
Theresa May Survives Another Political Crisis, But No One's Satisfied Bloomberg News
British lawmakers to discuss Brexit bill changes for two days next week Reuters
Bank of England interest rate setter hints at rise in August The Guardian
Bank of England to intensify climate change scrutiny of insurers Reuters
BOE's Ramsden Sees Economy Rebounding, Wage Growth Picking Up Bloomberg News
Data backs Bank of England view that first-quarter slowdown won't last: Ramsden Reuters
U.K. Minister Revives Criticism of BOE's Loose Monetary Policy Bloomberg News
UK financial watchdogs need competitiveness remit after Brexit: lawmaker Reuters
INBS 'advanced billions without proper scrutiny' Irish Independent
Irish banker's conviction marks end of long road to justice Reuters

Centaur Fund Services
Financial services firm opens second Irish office in Maynooth The Irish Times

CMC Markets
CMC Markets profits jump 24% after bet on wealthy clients pays off Financial Times

Co-operative Banking Group
Co-operative Bank chief Liam Coleman to step down Financial Times
UPDATE 1-Britain's Co-operative Bank CEO quits after less than 18 months Reuters

Lloyd's of London
Lloyd's wins Hilton hail coverage dispute Business Insurance

Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds sells £335m stake in Standard Life Aberdeen Financial Times

London Stock Exchange Group
London Stock Exchange hit by hour-long outage Financial Times
London Traders Left Frustrated Over LSE's Technical Glitch Bloomberg News

Metro Bank
Metro Bank chair comfortable with related-party transactions Financial Times

Royal Bank of Scotland Group
RBS boss Ross McEwan is 'confident' the bank will pass stress tests and could have news on a dividend by August City A.M.

Standard Life Aberdeen
Lloyds sells £335m stake in Standard Life Aberdeen Financial Times

TSB Banking Group
IT failures at British bank TSB cost $94 million so far, owner Sabadell says Reuters
MPs say they have 'lost confidence' in TSB boss Paul Pester Sky News
Treasury select committee questions future of TSB chief Pester Financial Times
Treasury Select Committee says its has 'lost confidence' in TSB boss Paul Pester City A.M.
TSB backs Pester after MPs call for his head The Times
TSB chairman says embattled CEO has 'full support' of board Reuters
UK lawmakers have 'lost confidence' in TSB boss over IT crisis Reuters

GERMANY, SWITZERLAND AND AUSTRIA

Mortgage debt in Switzerland reaches record high Neue Zürcher Zeitung
Switzerland votes on whether to stop banks'' money making machine Reuters

Deutsche Bank
Deutsche Bank Chair Has Talked to Shareholders About a Commerzbank Deal Bloomberg News
Deutsche Bank says chairman sees no need to bring up Commerzbank deal Reuters
Deutsche Bank Pursues $3 Billion Energy Portfolio Sale Bloomberg News
Ex-Deutsche Bank Trader Made 'Ridiculous' Request for High Rate Bloomberg News
Deutsche Bank to Trim Coverage in Asia Equities Business Bloomberg News

Julius Bär Gruppe
Julius Bär looks to fixed price system to bolster returns Reuters

PostFinance
Postfinance is in a complicated position Neue Zürcher Zeitung

UBS Group
Geopolitical risks cautious on UBS customers Handelsblatt
UBS Veteran Not Going Anywhere finews.com

Vienna Insurance Group
Vienna Insurance Group expands in Poland Reuters

FRANCE AND BENELUX

The Banque de France is taking over the blockchain L'Agefi
Top French banks appoint graduate school contemporaries of Macron Reuters

Bpifrance
Bpifrance and Siparex set up a Franco-Canadian fund L'Agefi

Groupama
Groupama reinforces its mutualist anchoring Les Echos
Groupama: 'The main threat will come from insurers who will modernize faster than us' Les Echos

KBC Group
KBC restricts transactions with Iran after reintroduction of US sanctions De Tijd
Belgium's KBC to limit Iran transactions after U.S. sanctions move Reuters

Société Générale
SocGen CEO dismisses talk of pending cross-border mergers in Europe Reuters
SocGen executives ordered Libor rigging, US prosecutors believed Financial Times

SPAIN AND PORTUGAL

Banco de Portugal worried about more than 30% increase in house prices Jornal Económico

Banco Santander
Popular will disappear definitively in a year and Santander expects to generate 1,500 million until 2020 with the entity that bought a euro El Mundo

Bankia
Rato will sit on the bench again on November 26 for the Bankia IPO El Pais

CaixaBank
Invesco increases its stake in CaixaBank to 2% Europa Press
CaixaBank strengthens BPI position and holds more than 94% of the share capital Expresso

Montepio Geral – Associação Mutualista
Montepio members request transparency, suitability and rigor from Mutualista Expresso

ITALY AND GREECE

Italy Banks From UniCredit to Intesa May Face Costly Ringfencing Bloomberg News
Italy''s state council to rule Oct. 18 on 'popolari' banks reform Reuters
Bcc and popular towards the moratorium MF
Pension funds, poor contributions MF
Greece optimistic for June debt relief deal: official Reuters

Banca Mediolanum
Banca Mediolanum, slows down the collection MF

BPER Banca
BPER CEO says fighting pressure to cut bad debt with collection unit sale Reuters

NORDIC COUNTRIES

Denmark, pension funds launch $650 mln sustainable development fund Reuters

Nordjyske Bank
Jyske Bank's offer to Nordjyske lapses Berlingske Business
Jysk Bank Fusion voted by a large majority Politiken
Ringkjøbing Landbobank shareholders approve merger with Nordjyske Berlingske Business

EASTERN EUROPE

UPDATE 1-Czech c.banker Mora: weaker crown could prompt rate hike before end of 2018 Reuters
The Central Bank and the Federal Antimonopoly Service want to set a minimum deposit rate and equalize the fees for transfers Vedomosti
The Central Bank wants to block the departure of owners of sanitized banks abroad Vedomosti
Russian central bank proposes asset freezes on banks being bailed out Reuters
One of the largest private banks will become a little public Vedomosti
The third move ... The Central Bank has increased interest by 5 points since April 25th Hürriyet
Turkey's Hike Is Just What's Needed to Break Vicious Debt Circle Bloomberg News
UPDATE 2-Turkish lira rallies after central bank hikes interest rates Reuters
Ukraine has resolved the highest anti-corruption dispute Kommersant
Ukraine approves corruption court to meet IMF demand Financial Times
Orbán ally forges largest Eastern European investment company Het Financieele Dagblad
Fitch Ratings to update Armenia's rating next week Armbanks

Alior Bank
Alior Bank still eyes 4.6% NIM in 2018, CoR at 1.8% - dep CEO PAP

Bank Otkritie Financial Corp
Bank Otkritie must sue Boris Mints in London, and not in Russia Vedomosti

Sberbank of Russia
Sberbank increased its net profit by a quarter Vedomosti

VTB Bank
Russia's VTB has no plans to buy pension funds - CEO Reuters
VTB confirms interest in buying the 'Renaissance' Vedomosti

Ziraat Katilim Bankasi
Ziraat left behind third year of participation Hürriyet

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