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ECB's Guindos Restates Call for Fiscal Policy to 'Play Its Part' Bloomberg News
ECB's De Cos calls for coordinated structural policies in Europe Reuters
Jean-Claude Juncker doubts chances of striking Brexit deal Financial Times
The Political Will to Avert a No-Deal Brexit Is Ebbing Fast Bloomberg News
Banker tells German court of 'vast network' at center of fraud trial Reuters
Banker Calls Out Barclays, ICAP Among Players in Cum-Ex Scandal Bloomberg News
Banks gear up for high-risk debt sales in 'once in a lifetime' market Reuters

UK AND IRELAND

Eleven-day deadline for written plan is 'last chance' to gain Brexit deal The Times
Brexit: UK has 12 days to set out plans - Finnish PM BBC News
Brexit Has Cost London Just 1,000 Investment Bank Jobs So Far Bloomberg News
UK lawmakers ask whether BoE governor appointment delayed Reuters
Facebook met UK officials three times before Libra announcement Reuters
Northern Ireland's DUP sees Brexit deal if both sides 'flexible' Reuters
UK banks sign up to U.N.-backed responsible banking code Reuters
London Calling: London holds on to number two slot in financial centres ranking City A.M.
Financial services sector most frequently fined for GDPR breaches The Irish Times

Cenkos Securities
Cenkos founder leaves board as stockbroker grapples with activist investor City A.M.

Charles Taylor
Britain's Charles Taylor agrees purchase deal to go private Reuters

Lloyd's of London
Lloyd's reports £2.3bn H1 profit, but underwriting contribution minimal Reinsurance News
Lloyd's posts £2.3bn first-half profit driven by investment income Post
UPDATE 2-Lloyd's of London expects 'sobering' culture assessment Reuters
Lloyd's of London seeks 'culture change' at the 333-year-old firm Sky News
Lloyd's of London boss pledges action on sexual harassment The Guardian
Lloyd's execs encouraged by more disciplined underwriting Post
Lloyd's central fund ILS deal "not off the table" (but not actively pursued) Artemis

Revolut
Revolut hires Ulster Bank veteran to be its Irish chief executive The Irish Times

Standard Chartered
Standard Chartered Targets Retail Banking for Nigerian Expansion Bloomberg News

The Ardonagh Group
Ageas and Ardonagh's Uris extend deal with £200m contract Post

GERMANY, SWITZERLAND AND AUSTRIA

S&P downgrades outlook for some German banks amid risks for industry Reuters
Proceedings against central bank vice-president Kolm should be discontinued Der Standard

Acronis
Swiss Fintech Wins Goldman's Nod finews.com

Bankhaus Lampe
Oetker puts Bankhaus Lampe to the test Handelsblatt

Deutsche Bank

ECB takes action against Deutsche Bank Süddeutsche Zeitung
ECB weighs investigating Deutsche Bank over alleged unauthorized bond purchases: sources Reuters
Deutsche Bank May Face ECB Probe Over Dealings in Its Own Bonds Bloomberg News
Deutsche Bank faces ECB scrutiny over unapproved debt deals Financial Times
Deutsche Bank stake lifts German fintech company to €1bn valuation Financial Times
Deutsche Bank turns Deposit Solutions into a unicorn Handelsblatt

UBS Group
UBS considering expanding corporate cash charges if SNB cuts rates Reuters
UBS Dubai Wealth Head Exits finews.com
Credit Suisse Wins Vs UBS in Raid finews.com

FRANCE AND BENELUX

Low rate: no fees on deposits of "usual individuals" and SMEs, promises the Bank of France Le Figaro
Emmanuel Macron wants to scare the big investments towards the tech L'Agefi
France's Caisse des Depots, Euronext launch tech investment program Reuters
Caceis launches friendly bid for Kas Bank L'Agefi
The Hexagon settles in a steady pace of growth L'Agefi
Belgians are increasingly taking out bicycle loans De Tijd
National Bank is concerned about our economy De Standaard
National Bank sees no recession in Belgium De Tijd
'Billions of damage companies under insured pension schemes' De Telegraaf

Aegon
Aegon neutralizes stock dividend De Telegraaf

ING Groep
Payroll company of ING partner TCP is now also bankrupt Het Financieele Dagblad

Société Générale
SocGen to present French retail restructuring plan to unions - Challenges Reuters

Natixis Investment Managers
MOVES-Jean-François Baralon leaves Natixis IM for Dorval Reuters

SPAIN AND PORTUGAL

The Bank of Spain and 16 study services believe that the State will fail to meet even the softened deficit target El Mundo
The Bank of Spain believes that Libra could destabilize the economy Expansión
The Bank of Spain warns of the "systemic risk" of Google, Facebook, Amazon and Apple for banking El Mundo
The governor of the Bank of Spain makes a closed defense of Draghi's measures El País

Banco Santander
Santander launches with Digital Bank Openbank in Germany Handelsblatt
Openbank lands in Germany with a waiting list of 5,000 customers Expansión
Santander Group digital bank enters Portugal by year's end Jornal de Negócios

CaixaBank
Sabadell and CaixaBank launch the 'digital alms' Expansión

ITALY AND GREECE

Greece to Offer $10 Billion to Help Banks Cut Down Bad Debt Bloomberg News
Greece moves ahead with 9 billion program to help banks Jornal de Negócios
Greek banks already benefited from expected government assistance Het Financieele Dagblad

Banca Carige
Italy's Carige says events after June 30 did not affect capital increase adequacy Reuters
Italy's bad loan manager AMCO looking at other NPL portfolios besides Carige-CEO Reuters

National Bank of Greece
Greece's NBG to sell four soured loan portfolios by year-end -bankers Reuters

NORDIC COUNTRIES

Danish Central Bank Doesn't See Minus 0.75% as Lower Rate Limit Bloomberg News

Danske Bank
Danske Bank Overtakes Rivals With Shrewd Debt-Issuance Tactics Bloomberg News

Nordea Bank
Nordea CFO Rees to leave company Reuters
Nordea CFO Departs Amid Wider Management Reshuffle The Wall Street Journal

Svenska Handelsbanken
Handelsbanken picks FSA's Noreus as compliance officer Reuters
Handelsbanken picks top manager from FI Svenska Dagbladet
Quarantine for FI manager changing page Sydsvenskan

EASTERN EUROPE

Banks have opened the hunting season Kommersant
Start-ups: banks already lend beginners E15
The government will sign a memorandum with the banks to create a development fund ČTK
Half of new Turkish NPLs from energy, construction -bank association Reuters
Bosnia's central bank increases charge on banks' surplus reserves Reuters

Česka pojišťovna
Czech insurance company and Generali insurance company will be connected by the end of the year ČTK

PrivatBank
Latvia's financial watchdog fines PrivatBank for lax money-laundering controls Reuters

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