EU chooses Spain's de Guindos for ECB vice-chair, paving way for German head Reuters
De Guindos heads for ECB VP post after Lane is withdrawn Financial Times
Luis de Guindos will be the vice president of the ECB thanks to the support of the Eurogroup El Pais
Guindos announces that he will resign 'in the coming days' to be vice president of the ECB on June 1 Expansión
Spain's de Guindos says he will defend independence of ECB Reuters
Centeno trusts that Guindos will develop 'independently' his role as vice president of the ECB Europa Press
De Guindos is to become ECB Vice President Börsen-Zeitung
Philip Lane withdrawn from race to become ECB vice president RTÉ
European Monetary Fund should be independent of Commission -Regling Reuters
Many euro zone states support bailout fund as backstop for bank fund- Centeno Reuters
Gallery of ECB Governors in Legal Woe Grows on Latvia Case Bloomberg News
EU's Moscovici: no comment on Latvia bank, c.banker, EU always condemns money laundering Reuters
Latvia c.bank governor detention matter for national authorities-EU Commission Reuters
Latvian central bank not affected by detention of governor - Centeno Reuters
Global regulators neutral on new rules for 'hyped' fintech Reuters
InsurTech success lies in 'identifying scalable niches & looking beyond insurance': IBM Reinsurance News
Ethereum Founder: Cryptocurrencies are not suitable for old-age provision Handelsblatt
Vitalik Buterin Warns About Cryptocurrencies finews.com
UK AND IRELAND
BoE's Carney says Bitcoin has 'pretty much failed' as currency Reuters
Carney Says Bank of England Is Already Fighting the Next Crisis Bloomberg News
BoE boss: Bankers do not have to go into the trade for the money De Telegraaf
David Davis pledges 'race to the top' of global standards after Brexit City A.M.
We will not undercut EU after Brexit, Davis insists The Times
Corbyn warns bankers: finance will serve Britain under Labour government Reuters
FCA signs agreement with US regulator to promote insurtech innovation Post
Ireland steps up plans to avoid market disruption from Brexit Financial Times
UK life and non-life insurance sector 'stable' in 2018: S&P Reinsurance News
Barclays
Hiscox
HSBC Holdings
HSBC annual revenues rise as pre-tax profits near $21bn in 2017 Financial Times
Gulliver Ends HSBC Tenure With Rare Profit Miss on Margins Bloomberg News
HSBC's 2017 adjusted pre-tax profit increased to $20.99 billion from $18.934 billion a year ago CNBC
Lloyds Banking Group
London Stock Exchange Group
Randall & Quilter Investment Holdings
Saga
Saga appoints Patrick O'Sullivan as chairman Post
GERMANY, SWITZERLAND AND AUSTRIA
Switzerland has not seen any major Saudi fund flows: Swiss Bankers Association Reuters
Deutsche Bank
Swiss Re
Swiss Re completes public share buy-back programme Post
UBS Group
UBS is finally on course by cost reductions in Germany Neue Zürcher Zeitung
FRANCE AND BENELUX
BNP Paribas
Euronext
BRIEF-Euronext FY EBITDA Up At 297.8 Million Euros Reuters
Euronext Plans More Acquisitions After Buying Irish Stock Market Bloomberg News
RCI Banque
RCI Bank finished 2017 in style Les Echos
SPAIN AND PORTUGAL
'Leave your financial solitude' and other slogans 'suspicious' for the CNMV El Mundo
The CNMV warns about an unauthorized company and draws up a list of 'suspicious' entities Europa Press
The banking sector reduces its losses due to deterioration by 12.2% in 2017 Europa Press
Banco de Portugal recommendations give scope for spreads to fall Jornal de Negócios
Banca March
Banco Santander
Banco Santander claims 21.9 million from Ángel Ron and his number two Expansión
Caixa Económica Montepio Geral
Novo Banco
ITALY AND GREECE
Greece closer to get disbursement of new loans: Eurogroup's Centeno Reuters
Greece closer to getting disbursement of new loans, says Eurogroup's Centeno Kathimerini
New Greek Loans Prove Elusive as Talks Near on Post-Bailout Life Bloomberg News
Greece fails to secure release of 5.7 bln euro tranche at Eurogroup Kathimerini
Moscovice: 99% of Greece's commitments were met Naftemporiki
Banco BPM
BRIEF-Banco BPM says ECB has authorised risk models, boosting core capital Reuters
Post Italiane
Poste Italiane reports 11 pct rise in 2017 net profit Reuters
UniCredit
MOVES-Kupfer to head UniCredit's CIB in Germany IFR
NORDIC COUNTRIES
Cashing out? Why notes and coins may become a thing of the past in Sweden The Guardian
'No Cash' Signs Everywhere Has Sweden Worried It's Gone Too Far Bloomberg News
Jutlander Bank
EASTERN EUROPE
Armenia and other EEU central banks to exchange information about hackers ARKA
The Ministry of Finance does not like the current order of payments for OSAGO Vedomosti
Latvian PM says central bank chief should resign Reuters
Latvian anti-corruption unit says c.bank chief held over bribe demand Reuters
Latvia's government bond hit by banking turmoil Reuters
ABLV Bank
Latvia Bank Accused of North Korea Links Expects to Keep License Bloomberg News
Binbank
Promsvyazbank
Sberbank
Dubai's Biggest Bank Plans March Bid for Sberbank Unit Bloomberg News
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