Macron and Merkel at Odds Over EU Jobs, Decision Due End of June Bloomberg News
Sánchez sides with Macron to thwart Weber's Commission bid Financial Times
EU May Give Brexit Negotiator Barnier Top Job in French Push Bloomberg News
German CDU Industry Lobby Champions Weidmann in ECB Chief Race Bloomberg News
Isolated Italy excluded from EU top jobs race, faces pressure over debt Reuters
EU's Tusk wants at least two women in top EU jobs Reuters
France's Macron wants 'charismatic' men and women for top EU jobs Reuters
Italy's Salvini says need to change "defeated" EU budget rules Reuters
Lane confirmed as ECB's chief economist The Irish Times
Low ECB rates are justified, and not sole reason for weak bank profits: Villeroy Reuters
ECB Needs Time to Assess Negative Rate Impact, Villeroy Says Bloomberg News
ECB's de Cos Sees Downside Risks for Global, Euro-Area Growth Bloomberg News
Esma launches consultations on SFTR L'Agefi
European shares slip, possible fine on Italy hits bank stocks Reuters
Lending growth among EU member states diverges Financial Times
Increasing rates creating deeper, broader change in property market: AmWINS Reinsurance News
UK AND IRELAND
UK needs a new Brexit deal and new negotiating team, Jeremy Hunt says Reuters
EU tells Britain: There will be no renegotiation of Brexit deal Reuters
Irish PM sees growing risk of no deal Brexit, backs Weber for Commission Reuters
PM candidate Gove: Britain must leave the EU before holding election Reuters
Liberal Insiders See Carney as Trudeau Successor, Star Reports Bloomberg News
Funds protest UK drive to disclose more on boardroom chats Reuters
UK by far the biggest enabler of global corporate tax dodging, groundbreaking research finds The Independent
Mortgage approvals at highest level since Feb 2017 Sky News
Car theft insurance payouts soar to seven-year high as thieves target keyless vehicles The Independent
Insurers issue warning as keyless motor theft soars Post
Quinn Insurance inquiry hears board was unaware of €1.2bn of guarantees The Irish Times
Lockton appoints Jane Baron to lead Birmingham office Reinsurance News
Irish Said to Reap Central Bank Payment of About $2.4 Billion Bloomberg News
AIB Group
Former owner of La Stampa says AIB broke agreement on sale The Irish Times
La Stampa owner 'terrified and confused' at AIB receiver move Irish Independent
Algebris Investments
Algebris launches new fund targeting jumps in volatility Financial Times
Amigo Loans
Amigo Loans shrugs off regulatory concerns Financial Times
Sub-prime lender eyes 'cautious Irish growth' Irish Independent
Amigo pledges to fight 'urban myths' as regulatory pressure rises The Irish Times
Apis Partners
Apis-Led Consortium Buys South African Payments Firm Sureswipe Bloomberg News
Aviva
Aviva's 'digital garage' faces tighter cost control Financial Times
Barclays
A decade after the crash, Barclays bets again on bundling U.S. home loans Reuters
CFC Underwriting
Esure
Esure's Peter Wood leads £2.5m funding round for sharing economy insurtech Post
Helios Investment Partners
Helios Investment Plans $1.25 Billion Pan-Africa Fund Bloomberg News
HSBC
HSBC plans retail wealth headcount boost; eyes Singapore expansion Reuters
Provident Financial
Provident bidder suffers blow as M&G snubs deal Evening Standard
Schroders snaps up German property boutique Financial News
GERMANY, SWITZERLAND AND AUSTRIA
Cum-Ex Case to Review Banks' Role in $500 Million Tax Loss Bloomberg News
Ex-Berenberg Bankers Raise $2.2 Billion, Take On FX Markets Bloomberg News
Merkel Decides Her Chosen Successor Isn't Up to the Job Bloomberg News
Austria's Kurz leaves office, eyes return within months Reuters
Judge approves Autobank Börsen-Zeitung
Germans open up fintechs Börsen-Zeitung
Frankfurt gains in importance at CDS Börsen-Zeitung
Biodiversity of the banks is not in danger Börsen-Zeitung
Swiss Wealthy to Switch Allegiance finews
Crowdlending: Consolidation is here finews.ch
Allianz Group
Allianz gets High Court injunction against Tessline The Irish Times
Bâloise Holding
Baloise with brilliant business idea finews.ch
Bank Zimmerberg
Bank Zimmerberg: We'll be in Zurich finews.ch
Cashlink Technologies
Cashlink issues security tokens Börsen-Zeitung
Credit Suisse Group
Credit Suisse Hires to Eradicate Discrimination finews
Creditshelf
Creditshelf expands credit brokerage and fees Börsen-Zeitung
Deutsche Bank
Trump Suit to Block Deutsche Bank Subpoenas on Hold Bloomberg News
Christian Sewing is committed to the US business Handelsblatt
Just not a capital increase: Deutsche Bank is considering lowering the equity ratio target Handelsblatt
Deutscher Sparkassen Verlag
Sparkassenverlag benefits from card exchange Börsen-Zeitung
Helaba
Helaba profit drops by one-fifth Handelsblatt
Helaba lags far behind the previous year Börsen-Zeitung
N26
Some local banks play safe with transfers to N26 accounts Handelsblatt
NordLB
Nord/LB Looks to Offload Assets Worth $59bn As it Exits the Shipping Lending Business Hellenic Shipping News
NordLB writes profit - Banking Supervision criticizes securitization Handelsblatt
Nord/LB 2024" is followed by "One Bank" Börsen-Zeitung
PostFinance
Postfinance: Slump in Interest Income finews
Signal Iduna Lebensversicherung
Signal Iduna increases at the beginning of the year Börsen-Zeitung
Swiss Life
Swiss Life: Swiss CEO takes over sales finews.ch
Swiss Re Corporate Solutions
Swiss Re Corporate Solutions, Airbus Ariel partner on flood modelling tool Reinsurance News
UBS Group
UBS believes regulatory costs have peaked, compliance chief says Reuters
FRANCE AND BENELUX
French regulator urges SCOR and Covea to end conflict Reuters
Supervisor calls on banks to speed up restructuring Les Echos
Competition launches study on trade unions and professional bodies L'Agefi
Amiral Gestion
Amiral Gestion diversifies the source of its outstandings Les Echos
Lyxor Asset Management
No 3 ETF provider Lyxor names European sales chief Financial News
Scor
SCOR's Atlas Capital UK 2019 cat bond priced at low-end of raised guidance Artemis
SPAIN AND PORTUGAL
Bank of Spain calls for EU banking union implementation, warns of economic risks Reuters
The Bank of Spain calls for cutting tax benefits and a reform of pensions Expansión
The Bank of Spain warns that the technology companies are already a real threat to the entities El País
Banking sells structured bonds to retailers to strengthen their solvency Expansión
Abanca Corporación Bancaria
Spain's Abanca close to financial backing for Liberbank bid: Bolsamania Reuters
Abanca completes the financing to launch a new OPA on Liberbank Bolsamania
Banco Popular Español
The Frob accumulates more than a thousand claims for the sale of the Popular Expansión
Banco Santander
Santander closes 878 offices by overlapping and 251 by the transfer of business to agents Cinco Días
Santander offers early retirement from 55 years with up to 65% of salary Expansión
Bankia
Lazard informed Bankia that there was a window to go public, but at a certain price Expansión
Liberbank
Liberbank climbs 5.5% in the heat of a possible merger Expansión
Mapfre
WiZink and Mapfre sign an agreement to distribute car and home insurance Expansión
ITALY AND GREECE
Brussels set to intervene over Italy's 'fiscal shock' plans Financial Times
Greek bank deposits rise in April for second month in a row Reuters
Banks: They are preparing for new issues after the polls Naftemporiki
General election date set for July 7 Ekathimerini
Banca IFIS
Cassa Centrale Banca Gruppo Bancario
Italy's Cassa Centrale Banca to sell 300 million euros of bad loans Reuters
NORDIC COUNTRIES
Swedish FSA says banks need more capital for commercial real estate risks Reuters
Crisis warning: Banks can lose SEK 771 billion SvD Näringsliv
Banks in Firing Line If Danish Opposition Wins: Handelsbanken Bloomberg News
UPDATE 1-Norway's pension fund KLP bans investment in alcohol, gambling firms Reuters
Norway's biggest pension fund cracks down on 'sin stocks' Financial Times
Estonian FSA revokes license of payments provider GFC, citing AML Reuters
EASTERN EUROPE
Hungary Readies June Review as Central Bank Maintains Policy Bloomberg News
Turkey asks local banks to buy its bonds; lenders want 10-year paper -sources Reuters
BRSA's decision was published in the Official Gazette! New bank established Hürriyet
Polish Premier Poised to Oust Finance Chief, Boost Own Role Bloomberg News
Polish Rate Hawk Zubelewicz Sets Sights on Single Rate Increase Bloomberg News
Poland's development fund PFR to take over management of demographic reserve fund FRD PAP
Poland publishes draft bill winding down pension funds OFE PAP
Bulgaria's Finance Assistance Management gets license to act as SPV SeeNews
Slovenian banks increase first-quarter profit slightly, bad loans fall Reuters
Ukraine rules out any possibility of default Le Figaro
U.S. to boycott flagship Russian investment forum over detained investor Reuters
Bank Millennium
Bank of BCP in Poland has green light to buy Eurobank
Jornal De Negócios
Elana Agrocredit
Bulgaria's Elana Agrocredit shareholders approve lower dividend SeeNews
OTP Bank
Hungary's OTP buys treasury shares for HUF 1 bn Portfolio.hu
Texim Bank
Bulgaria's Texim Bank turns to Q1 cons net loss SeeNews
United Bulgarian Bank
United Bulgarian Bank planning 90 mln euro dividend for 2018 SeeNews
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