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Wednesday's headlines, Financials edition

Facebook's Libra Currency Gets European Union Antitrust Scrutiny Bloomberg News
Facebook's Libra faces EU antitrust probe: Bloomberg Reuters
Greater chances for merger of Commerzbank with ING Group Rzeczpospolita
SEC fines Russian firm for failing to disclose paid-for ICO reviews Reuters

UK AND IRELAND

IT outage leaves UK bank customers unable to pay bills Financial Times
EU rejects Johnson's call to renegotiate terms of Brexit Financial Times
EU censures Johnson's plans to discard Brexit backstop The Times
EU Rebuffs Johnson Bid to Reopen Brexit Deal as Deadlock Remains Bloomberg News
UPDATE 1-EU being a bit negative but we will get there on Brexit deal -UK PM Johnson Reuters
Rebels can't halt no‑deal Brexit, Boris Johnson warns EU The Times
BoE governor Carney warns insurers over climate change Post
U.K. May Delay Naming Next BOE Governor Until After Brexit Bloomberg News

Barclays
Activist Bramson still pushing for Barclays overhaul Reuters

Beech Tree PE
Private equity firm takes majority stake in Avid Post

Hobbs Financial Practice
Pay cuts contribute to profits at Hobbs Financial The Irish Times
Profits rise 11-fold at Eddie Hobbs' company Irish Independent

HSBC
MOVES-HSBC Global Asset Management hires global head of credit research Reuters

Lendable
Credit Suisse anchors fintech lender's new fund with £225m pledge Financial News

Monzo Bank
Monzo customers to receive salaries a day early under new feature from app-only bank The Independent

Non-Standard Finance
UPDATE 1-Lender NSF posts bigger loss as costs of failed M&A pile up Reuters

GERMANY, SWITZERLAND AND AUSTRIA

Germany prepares to sell 30-year bond with no coupon Financial Times
Germany to Test Haven Demand as 30-Year Bond Coupon Set at 0% Bloomberg News
Investors Bet SNB Will Soon Cut Its Already Ultra-Low Benchmark Bloomberg News

Addiko Bank
Addiko Bank eliminates jobs and branches after profit slump Die Presse

Bank am Bellevue
Bellevue Sells Bank to KBL finews.com
Jürg Zeltner's private banking group buys the bank am Bellevue - and challenges the Swiss competition Neue Zürcher Zeitung

Commerzbank
No more taboos: Commerzbank checks closure of branches Handelsblatt
Commerzbank wants to close many bank locations De Telegraaf

Deutsche Bank
Humbled Deutsche Bank faces battle in its own backyard Reuters

Luzerner Kantonalbank
Luzerner Kantonalbank raises the bar finews.ch

NordLB
Capital injection for NordLB is likely to be delayed Handelsblatt

Thurgauer Kantonalbank
Drop in profits and disposals at Thurgauer Kantonalbank finews.ch

UBS Group
UBS names new CEO for European Union operations Reuters

VP Bank
VP Bank feels the Tom Meier effect finews.ch

Wirecard
Wirecard establishes new Softbank partnership Handelsblatt

FRANCE AND BENELUX

Banque de France goes hunting for "doves" and "hawks" Le Figaro

ASN Bank
ASN Bank and funds are climate neutral De Telegraaf

Coöperatieve Rabobank
Rabobank will refuse professional football clubs as new customers L'Echo
Rabobank fights football clubs De Telegraaf
'Rabobank refuses football clubs as a customer' Het Financieele Dagblad

SPAIN AND PORTUGAL

Civil Service Unions contest new bank of hours Jornal de Negócios

ITALY AND GREECE

Greece in the EU in the field of electronic payments Kathimerini

NORDIC COUNTRIES

Record conversion became acid test for the banks - Danske Bank and Nordea dumped Jyllands-Posten

Carnegie Fonder
Fund Manager With $7 Billion Is Raising Stakes in Swedish Banks Bloomberg News

Danske Bank
Danske Bank Does Away With Thousands of Job Titles Bloomberg News
Danske Bank goes with a hatchet by management army De Tijd
Therefore, the Danish Financial Supervisory Authority will call the police on Danske Bank for a fee Jyllands-Posten
The Danish FSA maternally with historical police report by Danske Bank Finans

Jyske Bank
Denmark's Jyske Bank imposes negative interest rates Financial Times
Danish Bank Will Start Charging Wealthy Clients for Their Deposits Bloomberg News
RPT-Denmark's Jyske Bank to charge wealthy clients for deposits Reuters
Jyske Bank imposes negative interest rates on rich customers' savings Politiken
Wealthy Danes will soon have to pay interest on their savings De Standaard
Danish bank lets savers pay interest De Telegraaf

Lunar Way
Danish banking app gets banking authorization and DKK 195 million DKK of investors Finans

Sbanken
The bank cuts the price of over 400 funds Dagens Næringsliv

EASTERN EUROPE

Russian banks increase Jan-July profit 52% yr/yr Reuters
Banks will open throughout the union Kommersant
The Central Bank may introduce its quick payment system in the domestic messenger Vedomosti
Retail lending is growing more slowly Vedomosti
Banks rolled out loans Kommersant
Central Bank completed repo tender Hürriyet
Turkey has increased interest of foreign investors Hürriyet
Fitch decides to keep Hungary's rating, outlook on hold Portfolio.hu
Uzbekistan scraps limits on exchange rate movements - report Reuters

KAFOLAT Insurance
Uzbek insurer KAFOLAT secures reinsurance from SCOR & Canopius Reinsurance News

NLB Vita
Slovenian bank NLB and KBC Insurance consider sale of NLB Vita Reuters

TCS Group
UPDATE 1-Russian lender TCS increases loan growth forecast, Q2 profit up 36% Reuters
"Tinkoff Bank" for half a year increased the loan to the population almost one and a half times Vedomosti

Texim Bank
Bulgaria's Texim Bank posts flattish H1 cons net profit, grows revenue SEE News

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