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Friday's headlines, Financials edition

ECB to phase out €2.4tn bond-buying programme by year end Financial Times
Draghi Ends ECB Bond-Buying Era Saying Economy Can Beat Risk Bloomberg News
ECB to end crisis-era stimulus in December The Times
European shares rally after ECB pushes back rate hike bets Reuters
Euro falls as ECB set to keep interest rates steady until next summer Sky News

UK AND IRELAND

May's Brexit compromise hits snag, wrangling to continue Reuters
Government's Brexit deal amendment has been published - and it's not what Remainers expected
City A.M.
Brexit Postponement May Be an Option If Talks Get Messier Bloomberg News
Bank of England's senior staff diversity goes into reverse The Guardian
Bank 'needs to do more' to boost senior staff diversity The Times
Bank of England warns over 0% credit card offers Financial Times

Bank of Ireland Group
Banker bonus ban has limited BoI's ability to make senior hires, says chief executive The Irish Times
BoI chief focusing on front line as well as bottom line The Irish Times

HSBC Holdings
Former HSBC Executive Convicted of Fraud for Front-Running The Wall Street Journal

Legal & General Group
Legal and General Raids U.K. Rival finews.asia

Lloyds Banking Group
MPs threaten to publish internal Lloyds report into HBOS Reading fraud The Daily Telegraph
MPs to Lloyds Banking Group: 'We will publish report on HBOS Reading fraud' City A.M.

Permanent TSB Group Holdings
Judge upbraids PTSB in repossession case The Irish Times

Rathbone Brothers
Rathbone to raise £60m as it seals Scottish acquisition Financial Times
Rathbones agrees £104m takeover of Scotland's biggest wealth manager Speirs & Jeffrey The Daily Telegraph

Royal Bank of Scotland Group
RBS' Ulster Bank says to refund 18,000 overcharged business customers Reuters
Ulster Bank to pay €30m compensation to thousands of customers over fee blunder Irish Independent
REFILE-MOVES-Government bond traders leave NatWest Markets Reuters
UK watchdog to complete enforcement probe into RBS business unit in July Reuters

GERMANY, SWITZERLAND AND AUSTRIA

BaFin takes a look at big data Börsen-Zeitung

Credit Suisse Group
Credit Suisse scales back expansion plans for Ireland Irish Independent

Deutsche Bank
Deutsche Bank sells $1 billion non-performing ship loan portfolio: sources Reuters

Edmond de Rothschild Holding
Swiss Banker and Financier Dies finews.com

HSH Nordbank
Exclusive: Germany's HSH Nordbank says aims to buy shipping loans from other banks Reuters
HSH posts pretax loss on one-offs, privatisation costs -sources Reuters
HSH Nordbank wants to buy ship loans from other banks Handelsblatt

Pictet & Cie Group
Pictet wealth management CEO Gellerstad to step down Reuters

Raiffeisen Gruppe Switzerland
FINMA finds serious breach at Raiffeisen Switzerland Reuters
Financial supervisor finds 'serious breach' at Raiffeisen Switzerland Financial Times
Raiffeisen boss Gisel is relieved of the Finma for the time being Neue Zürcher Zeitung

UBS Group
UBS London headquarters sold for £1bn Financial Times

FRANCE AND BENELUX

ABN Amro Group
ABN's German Private Bank Boosts Client Assets, Cutting Jobs Bloomberg News

BNP Paribas
BNP Paribas Reim buys future offices of BoA in Paris L'Agefi
BNP Paribas Targets Germany's Rich With 150 Private-Bank Hires Bloomberg News

Crédit Agricole Group
Crédit Agricole: "Europe must have a political vision for its banking system" Les Echos

Euler Hermes Group
HSBC and Euler Hermes in blockchain mode L'Agefi

SPAIN AND PORTUGAL

The debt of Spanish banks with the ECB remains stable in May Europa Press
Spanish banks keep requests for funds from the ECB in May Expansión

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria
BBVA forecasts "sustained" growth of 0.8% in the second quarter despite uncertainty Expansión
BBVA Seguros highlights the positive outlook of the sector and the exponential growth of online hiring Europa Press

Banco Popular Español
A judge fines Saracho for not going to testify in the lawsuit against Popular Expansión

Caixa Geral de Depósitos
Caixa Geral de Depósitos closes at least three branches in universities as early as June Expresso

Liberbank
DBRS confirms Liberbank's 'BBB' rating (low) and raises its perspective to 'stable' Europa Press

Novo Banco
Impresa sells head office to the Novo Banco for €24.1 million Expresso

ITALY AND GREECE

ECB lowers emergency funding cap for Greek banks to 10.9 bln euros Reuters
Greek parliament approves bailout reform package, moves to no confidence debate Financial Times
Bankitalia: now we must monitor shadow banking MF

Intesa Sanpaolo
Even Intesa attacks the utp MF

NORDIC COUNTRIES

After Danske Bank Laundering Shock, Denmark Wants Bigger EU Role Bloomberg News
Danish banks have been better equipped for a new financial crisis
Berlingske Business
Norway approves merger of payments services Vipps, BankID, BankAxept Reuters

Danske Bank
Danske Bank to provide safe house for fintech entrepreneurs The Irish Times
Danske Bank turns Belfast spot into co-working space for fintech startups Finextra

Saxo Bank
Saxo Bank will appeal to the district court Berlingske Business

EASTERN EUROPE

Latvia Steps Up Efforts to Rid Banks of Questionable Cash Bloomberg News
Latvia's Finance Chief Says ECB Is 'Neutral' on Governor Scandal Bloomberg News
CORRECTED-(OFFICIAL)-Azerbaijan's central bank cuts rate to 10 pct from 11 pct Reuters
Banks from July 1 will inform the Central Bank of the damage from hacker attacks Vedomosti
Sberbank and Alfa-Bank go to the "sandbox" Kommersant

GetBack
GetBack CEO sees chance to return to development in 2-3 years Warsaw Business Journal

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