Barnier Sticks to His Brexit Guns, Warns U.K. Against Dumping Bloomberg News
Brexit deal should strike 'fair balance', says Germany's Merkel Reuters
Industry ranks behind ECB to replace Eonia L'Agefi
"Now the anger is making its way" Tages-Anzeiger
IMF chief says 'Why not?' to European Monetary Fund plan: paper Reuters
Lagarde: 'Why not' turn EU bailout mechanism into a European Monetary Fund? City A.M.
The blockchain will save auto insurers up to 12% in claims Expansión

UK AND IRELAND

Brexit shutout fears spur asset managers into action Financial Times
U.K. Brexit Negotiators Lack 'Clear Political Orientation' Bloomberg News
UK banks facing further big hits for US fines, PPI payouts, and Carillion collapse The Daily Telegraph
Pressure mounts on FCA boss Andrew Bailey over handling of RBS scandal report The Daily Telegraph
Savers lose millions to retirement fraudsters The Times

Bank of Ireland Group
BoI chairman Kane to go as bank readies key dividend Irish Independent
BoI admits to €14m bank scheme error Irish Independent

Funding Circle
Funding Circle lines up Wall Street giant to lead £1.5bn float Sky News

Hiscox
Hiscox cleared in data dispute over £30k Swiss watch claim Financial Times

Lancashire Holdings
Lancashire shares penalised for second day on Q4 loss The Insurance Insider

Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds boss Antonio Horta-Osorio jilted Standard Life over £6bn Widows merger The Sunday Times
Lloyds killed plan for £300bn Standard Life insurance merger Sky News
Lloyds Bank insurtech and innovation head joins Oxbow as a partner Post

Permanent TSB Group
PTSB's car boot sale will expose deeper issues The Irish Times
PTSB's €4bn loan sale is a hard but necessary pill to swallow Irish Independent

Royal Bank of Scotland
City watchdog hands full report on RBS turnaround unit to MPs Sky News
City watchdog hands RBS scandal report to MPs without publishing The Daily Telegraph
Report on failing RBS small-business unit handed to MPs Financial Times
RBS tipped to break into black for first time in a decade The Sunday Times
RBS looks to be in the money – but looming fine may put paid to that The Guardian
Royal Bank of Scotland teeters on edge of profits for first time in a decade as British big bank results season begins City A.M.

GERMANY, SWITZERLAND AND AUSTRIA

Bank Regulator Stefan Ingves: 'Trading with Bitcoin is like going to the casino' Handelsblatt
Finma Grapples With ICO Rules finews.com
Swiss watchdog to treat some coin offerings as securities Reuters
Swiss financial watchdog publishes ICO guidelines swissinfo.ch
Federal Councilor Ueli Maurer with Swiss banks on mission in Arabia finews.ch
Geneva Banks Pool Fund Resources finews.com

Allianz Group
Allianz strives for higher productivity Börsen-Zeitung
Allianz holds the result despite the strong headwinds Die Presse
Allianz & Co.: Insurers are looking for new partners Handeslblatt

Bank Cler
Higher ordinations for Bank Cler employees finews.ch

Basler Kantonalbank
Basler Kantonalbank: These employees get into the wreaths finews.ch

Deutsche Bank
Deutche Bank ends bookbuilding for 1.2 mln BZ WBK shares at PLN 380 - source PAP Business
BRIEF-Deutsche Bank Says Sold 1.2 Mln Shares In Bank Zachodni WBK At 380 Zlotys/Shr Reuters

HSH Nordbank
HSH Nordbank to post higher earnings as nears sale: sources Reuters

ING-DiBa
ING-Diba takes over online credit marketplace Lendico Handelsblatt

Quirin Privatbank
This bank is telling customers advisers to fight finews.ch

Raiffeisen Bank International
Raiffeisenbank wants to build up its corporate business in Russia, DCM opportunities in the CIS Banki.ru

Raiffeisen Gruppe Switzerland
Raiffeisen Draws Notenstein Closer finews.com

FRANCE AND BENELUX

Paris would support Luis de Guindos for the vice-presidency of the ECB L'Agefi

Axa
Axa not renewing its Calypso cat bond for 2018 Artemis

Crédit Agricole
Credit Agricole Said to Start $7.5 Billion Italy Loan Sale Bloomberg News

SPAIN AND PORTUGAL

The big bank cheated hundreds of companies over 10 years El Mundo
Spain is playing to return to the top of the ECB El Pais
ING, BBVA and Sabadell, the banks with the largest share of digital customers El Pais
Spanish banks believe that the ECB underestimates the benefits of diversification Expansión
Báñez: 'The Spanish pension system is viable and has a present and future' Expansión
CMVM and ASF will have the same status as the Banco de Portugal Jornal Económico

Banco Popular
Banco Popular suffered losses of 13,560 million euros in 2017 El Pais
Banco Popular lost 13,560 million in 2017 Europa Press
Failed Spanish lender Popular lost 13.6 bln euros in 2017 Reuters

Banco Santander
Ana Botín won 7.87 million as president of Santander in 2017, up 6.8% Europa Press
Santander Spain unifies its steering committee with Banco Popular Europa Press

Bankia
Bankia workers can join the ERE from Wednesday Europa Press

Liberbank
Liberbank reorganizes its commercial network and divides it into five territorial directions Europa Press
Liberbank reorganizes the structure of its commercial network Expansión

ITALY AND GREECE

Italians set to oppose Spanish minister for ECB job, according to reports The Irish Times
Argo seeks control of Italy's Ariscom for EUR20mn The Insurance Insider
BRIEF-?Fitch Upgrades Greece To 'B' From 'B-' Outlook Positive? Reuters
Final bailout review in focus at Eurogroup Kathimerini
Greece seeks to calm Brussels' bailout fears Financial Times

Anima Holding
BRIEF-CEO of Italy's CDP denies being contacted to take helm at Anima Holding Reuters

Banca Carige
Carige, Mincione acquires 5.428% Milano Finanza

Banca Popolare di Vicenza
Pop.Vicenza: defenses, hearings Rome or Milan ANSA

Credito Valtellinese
Consob free way to increase Creval ANSA
BRIEF-Creval says business plan envisages 803 mln euro capital strengthening Reuters
BRIEF-Creval says Italy market regulator approves prospectus for new share offer Reuters

NORDIC COUNTRIES

Danish banking supervision warns of risks with Swedish mortgage loans SvD Näringsliv
Swedish cbank sees modest impact on bank capital from IFRS 9 - commentary Reuters

Danske Bank
BRIEF-Danish FSA Says Danske Bank Should Consider Additional Measures To Reduce Risk on Swedish Property Market Reuters

EQT Partners
Private equity group EQT set for their largest-ever fundraising Financial Times

Nordea
Nordea expects less savings when moving to Finland Berlingske Business
Nordea lowers estimated savings from HQ move Reuters

EASTERN EUROPE

ECB's Rimsevics Detained by Latvian Anti-Graft Bureau Bloomberg News
Latvian central bank governor detained in financial probe Financial Times
Latvian finance minister says central bank chief should step down during investigation Reuters
Latvia's ECB rate-setter Ilmars Rimsevics detained by anti-corruption authorities City A.M.
Hackers stole $6 million from Russian bank via SWIFT system: central bank Reuters

ABLV Bank
ECB halts all payments by ABLV Bank amid probe Reuters

Binbank
Sanctified by the Central Bank Binbank changes the head Vedomosti

Promsvyazbank
Kostin did not rule out the transfer of part of the VTB team to Promsvyazbank Vedomosti
The court refused to suspend the Central Bank's decision on the rehabilitation of Promsvyazbank Vedomosti

Vozrozhdenie Bank
Russian lawmaker Kerimov strikes deal to buy Vozrozhdenie bank: sources Reuters
Senator Kerimov agreed with Ananiev to buy shares of Bank Vozrozhdenie Vedomosti


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