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Thursday's headlines, Financials edition

ECB hawk Lautenschlaeger resigns amid policy backlash Reuters
ECB's German board member quits over loose monetary policy Financial Times
Italy proposes Fabio Panetta for ECB executive board Financial Times
ECB's Coeure Sounds All Clear for Launch of New Short-Term Rate Bloomberg News
ECB's Coeure Warns Stablecoins Could Affect Monetary Policy Bloomberg News
EU states delay "green" finance guide, leave it open to nuclear power Reuters
Banks are hiring ... environmentalists Kathimerini
The European cyber insurance business is around 295 million Expansión
Deutsche chief Christian Sewing warns 'sky has darkened' for Europe Financial Times
Deutsche Bank CEO warns central banks have no tools left to 'cushion' a 'real economic crisis' CNBC

UK AND IRELAND

Bankers say Britain risks being shut out of EU financial market Reuters
UK will respect the law and leave EU on Oct. 31: PM Johnson Reuters
Boris Johnson Comes Out Fighting and Demands a Brexit Election Bloomberg News
PM Johnson goads opponents to call election as tempers flare over Brexit Reuters
Boris Johnson challenges rivals to table confidence vote The Times
If parliament rejects confidence vote, PM Johnson has green light for Brexit plan: spokesman Reuters
SNP spokesman: Remove PM Johnson and no-deal threat, then have an election Reuters
UK PM Johnson says he will not ask for Brexit extension Reuters
BOE's Carney: financial firms underestimating climate change risk Reuters
Members revolt as Bank of England sells country club The Irish Times
ESRI warns of Irish recession on back of disorderly no-deal Brexit The Irish Times

AIB Group
Irish authorities and AIB drawn into $9.6bn Nigerian dispute The Irish Times

Aon
Aon introduces AI-powered claims analysis platform Reinsurance News

HSBC
HSBC Sticks to Plan for Asia Wealth Hiring After Exits of Key Executives Bloomberg News
HSBC's SME loan fund to double help for international businesses City A.M.

London Stock Exchange Group
Hong Kong bourse 'may increase' £32bn offer for London Stock Exchange City A.M.

Prudential PLC
Prudential offers £100m dividend to sweeten M&G spin-off Financial Times

Sainsbury's Bank
Sainsbury's Bank exits mortgage market Financial Reporter
Sainsbury's plans local supermarket expansion as it quits mortgage market City A.M.

Santander UK
Fierce competition and Brexit trigger impairment at Santander UK Reuters
We’re staying, Santander says as it takes €1.5bn charge in Britain The Times

GERMANY, SWITZERLAND AND AUSTRIA

German fraud trial hears trader's journey from floor to jet-set Reuters

Commerzbank
Bettina Orlopp becomes the new CFO of Commerzbank Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
Commerzbank to name Bettina Orlopp as new CFO: FAZ Reuters
Commerzbank may need to keep Swiss franc mortgages if exits mBank -Polish regulator Reuters

Credit Suisse
Credit Suisse defeats lawsuits over huge U.S. 'volatility' crash Reuters
Credit Suisse CEO, Star Banker Fell Out at Party in January: T-A Bloomberg News
Credit Suisse Chairman's Role in Spy Drama finews.com

Deutsche Bank
German authorities raid Deutsche Bank in relation to Danske Bank Reuters
Deutsche Bank Comes Under Investigation Over Danske Bank Role Bloomberg News
Deutsche Bank co-operating with criminal money-laundering probe Financial Times
Money laundering suspicion against Deutsche Bank - Frankfurt prosecutor identified Handelsblatt

Glarner Kantonalbank
Glarner Kantonalbank buries its Robo-Advisor finews.ch
Glarner Kantonalbank abandons Robo Advisor Finanz und Wirtschaft
Glarner Kantonalbank is retiring the consulting robot after five years Neue Zürcher Zeitung

North Channel Bank
North Channel Bank Managing Director: "We have completed a major cleaning operation" Handelsblatt

UBS Group
UBS Chairman Weber Says Bank Running Khan Due Diligence Checks Bloomberg News
UBS Loses Key European Banker finews.com

FRANCE AND BENELUX

GCube sets up post-Brexit hub in Amsterdam, names senior underwriters Reinsurance News
Local finances enter a phase of uncertainty
L'Agefi

BNP Paribas
BNP Paribas lawyer leaves bank after supporting HK protests Financial Times

Crédit Agricole
Credit Agricole appoints Meriem Echcherfi as head of strategy Reuters

Euler Hermes Group
IBanFirst and Euler Hermes propose new import financing L'Agefi

KBL European Private Bankers
KBL Taps Operating Chief finews.com

SPAIN AND PORTUGAL

The Bank of Spain says that there is a lack of regulation for the reverse mortgage Expansión
"Fintech" of payments out of BdP's sieve Jornal de Negócios
These are the banks with the most complaints in Portugal Diário de Notícias
Banco de Portugal receives 44 complaints per day. Deutsche Bank, CTT Bank and Bankinter at the top Expresso
Bank customers made more than 1,300 complaints per month in the semester Jornal de Negócios

Banco CTT
Banco CTT is the most claimed in mortgage loans Jornal de Negócios

BBVA
BBVA could make a great acquisition in Spain Expansión

Novo Banco
Novo Banco forgives 25 million to Malo Clinic Jornal de Negócios

ITALY AND GREECE

Greece’s Mitsotakis Points to Reforms in Bid for Fiscal Leeway Bloomberg News
EET: New era for banking system-capital market Naftemporiki

Eurobank Ergasias
Eurobank: The first Greek bank to participate in JP Morgan's blockchain initiative Naftemporiki

NORDIC COUNTRIES

Danske Bank
Danske Bank Executive Ensnared in Money-Laundering Scandal Found Dead Bloomberg News
Body of Danske Bank's former Estonian chief found Financial Times
Former head of Danske Bank's Estonian branch found dead Finans
Danske Bank's former head of scandal-stricken branch in Estonia found dead Politiken
UPDATE 1-Trust in Danske Bank has collapsed, says its new chief executive Reuters

Nordea Bank
Erik Bruce becomes new chief strategist at Nordea E24

EASTERN EUROPE

Citizens pushed away from microfinance Kommersant
The Central Bank reported a double fall in cashing money through banks Vedomosti
Bank loan offers will be targeted Vedomosti
Brokers owe customers Kommersant
Last minute ... Central Bank Governor's inflation statement Hürriyet
The bitter day of BRSA President Akben Hürriyet
Pay attention to those who benefit from the bank! State assurance 150 thousand pounds Hürriyet
Estonian startup bourse gets Singapore license for global trading Reuters
Hungary's Csaba Kandracs nominated to be central bank deputy governor - parliament Reuters

Nota-Bank
The investigation did not let the ex-owner of Nota-Bank go to the colony Kommersant

Türkiye Halk Bankası
Halkbank CEO Osman Arslan: We restored economic stability in a short time Hürriyet

Türkiye Vakıflar Bankası
Vakıfbank has achieved a first in Turkey Hürriyet

VTB Bank
VTB will launch a virtual mobile operator based on Tele2 Vedomosti

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