Re/insurers in Europe to focus on selling run-off business in 2018: Clyde & Co Reinsurance News
Bitcoin price dips below $15k City A.M.

UK AND IRELAND

Goldman Sachs denies moving operations from London to Dublin CBS News
Goldman Sachs eyes Dublin for European asset management unit Financial Times

Bank of Ireland Group
Bank of Ireland has €1bn fund for property development lending The Irish Times

Barclays
Barclays and Shell warn of billion-dollar hits from Trump tax reform Financial Times
BRIEF-Barclays Says Expects 1 Bln Pound Charge On Pretax Profit From U.S. Tax Reform Reuters ?

Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds urges firms to pay 'fair' taxes after stumping up £2.3bn to the Treasury The Daily Telegraph

Metro Bank
Ex-Metro Bank chief plans specialist lender The Daily Telegraph

GERMANY, SWITZERLAND AND AUSTRIA

Real-time payments will be a success Handelsblatt
US tax reform: UBS and Credit Suisse have to bleed finews.ch
Insurers stand for two billion euros Handelsblatt

Deutsche Bank
HNA is long-term investor in Deutsche Bank, HNA representative says Reuters

Hannover Re
Hannover Re facilitates $27m Seaside Re 2018-3 private cat bond Artemis

Lloyd Fonds
BRIEF-Lloyd Fonds Says Klaus M. Pinter To Be The Sole Member Of Management Board Reuters

Thurgauer Kantonalbank
Thurgauer Kantonalbank relies on Avaloq finews.ch

FRANCE AND BENELUX

Most asset managers will take the research at their expense Les Echos

ABN AMRO Group
Internet banking incidents affect ABN, SNS and ASN De Telegraaf

La Banque Postale
La Banque Postale wants to accelerate consumer credit Les Echos

Natixis
BRIEF-Natixis says ECB Left Its Prudential Capital Requirements Unchanged Reuters

SPAIN AND PORTUGAL

Santander and BBVA emerge unscathed from Trump's tax reform Cinco Días

Banco Santander
Santander Totta concludes absorption of Popular Expresso
Popular disappears from counters from January Jornal de Negócios

Bankia
Bankia will return to the promoter business in 2018 Expansión

Ibercaja Banco
Ibercaja achieves a gross capital gain of 13.8 million after selling a loan portfolio to Cabot El Mundo

Liberbank
BRIEF-Liberbank Signs Strategic Agreement With Evo Payments ??From United States Reuters

ITALY AND GREECE

Alpha Bank
Six years for Alpha Bank's "Hand Assistance" program Kerdos

Attica Bank
BRIEF-Attica Bank Says Transferred Non-Performing Loans Amount € 700.5 Million To Special Purpose Vehicle Reuters

Banca Ifis
Banca Ifis rises after new purchases MF

Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena
Mps, the securitization starts MF

Banco BPM
BRIEF-Banco BPM to hike NPL sale goal by 3 bln euros after new accounting rules - CEO to paper Reuters
BancoBpm, the Npl plan can rise beyond the targets Il Sole 24 Ore
BRIEF-Banco BPM says ECB set 2018 capital minimum threshold at 8.875 pct Reuters
Banco Bpm passes the ECB test with flying colors MF
Banco Bpm, the Antitrust go-ahead for the purchase of Avipop Assicurazioni MF

Eurobank Ergasias
Eurobank: "Cut" as 75% in consumer loans - 60,000 letters were sent Kerdos

National Bank of Greece
National Bank: K. Michailidis assumes the office of President Naftemporiki

NORDIC COUNTRIES

Bank strike in Finland Dagens Nyheter
The Riksbank is the best of all at the economic forecast SvD Näringsliv
Bank customers cheated for hundreds of thousands in bitcoin fraud E24

Danske Bank
Danske Bank again unpopular in the United States for Israeli boycott Berlingske Business

Pareto Bank
Frederik Mohn buys again in Pareto Bank Dagens Næringsliv

EASTERN EUROPE

KNF sets temporary MiFiD II rules Warsaw Business Journal
Serbia's c-bank buys 45 mln euro to stem dinar gains SEENews
Slovenia's 'bad bank' extends deadline for bids for claims against NUBA SEENews
Slovenian banks' 10-mo net profit rises SEENews
Association: Banks want to speed up the transfer of payments next year CTK
EBRD unlocks 70 million euros for Bosnia after delayed laws passed Reuters

Alfa-Bank
Alfa-Bank will provide a "Children's World" loan of up to 9 billion rubles Vedomosti

Banca Transilvania
Romanian lender's deputy CEO leaves office after 15 years Romania Insider

Bosna sunce osiguranje
Bosnian insurer Bosna Sunce Osiguranje to absorb local peer Zovko SEENews

Credit Bank of Moscow
Credit Bank of Moscow sells Irish aircraft leasing business The Irish Times
BRIEF-Credit Bank Of Moscow Divests Its Stake In Promsvyazbank Reuters

Promsvyazbank
BRIEF-Moscow Exchange To Move Promsvyazbank Shares To Third Level Of Listing Reuters

Türkiye Sinai Kalkinma Bankasi
BRIEF-Turkiye Sinai Kalkinma Bankasi Secures Loan Worth $85 Mln From EBRD Reuters

VTB Bank
Net profit of VTB for 11 months increased 2.2 times Vedomosti

Yapi ve Kredi Bankasi
BRIEF-Yapi Kredi Ceo Faik Acikalin Resigns From His Position As Of Dec 29? Reuters?

The Daily Dose Europe "Headlines" edition aggregates banking, financial services and insurance headlines from the websites of a limited number of major European publication titles and newswires, with an editorial deadline of 6 a.m. London time. Some external links may require a subscription. Language translations to English are provided by an automated service and may not be entirely accurate.