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Thursday's headlines, Financials edition

ECB sees no need to intervene in Italy crisis: sources Reuters
EU industry lobby adds to pressure on Britain over Brexit talks Reuters
Top business bosses warn 'time is running out' over Brexit after PM meeting Sky News

UK AND IRELAND

Brexit Britain must not cede control of the City Financial Times
Starling Bank set to raise up to £80m in fresh funding, with its eyes set on the £120m RBS prize City A.M.
Smart expenses card startup Pleo raises £12m Series A, with European expansion on the cards City A.M.
Female-led startups get less than 1pc of Irish venture capital cash Irish Independent

Aviva
Aviva Investors merges businesses into new real assets unit Reuters

Hargreaves Lansdown
Hargreaves Lansdown's Select Fund takes a stake in Schroders to ride out increased volatility City A.M.

Standard Life Aberdeen
Standard Life Aberdeen sees extra 100 mln stg/year savings from Phoenix sale Reuters

Royal Bank of Scotland Group
RBS finance boss in line for rival role The Times
RBS finance chief in surprise exit ahead of British stake sale The Irish Times
UK government rejects RBS corporate governance proposal Financial Times
RBS bosses grilled by investors on branch closures Sky News
RBS Stake Sale May Be Delayed by Italian Turmoil, CFO Says Bloomberg News
RBS cautions against a restart of sale of taxpayers' 71% stake The Guardian

GERMANY, SWITZERLAND AND AUSTRIA

The mortgage business of the Swiss banks is threatened with disruption finews.ch

Allianz Group
Allianz Group to purchase 8% stake in Africa Re Reinsurance News

Credit Suisse Group
Credit Suisse: Lehman bankruptcy continues to cause pain finews.ch

Deutsche Bank
Deutsche Bank CEO Says Firm Is Committed to the U.S. Bloomberg News
Deutsche Bank looking to sell stake in Dubai-based Abraaj: sources Reuters

Deutsche Börse
Deutsche Boerse beefs up forex business with $100 million buy Reuters
Deutsche Börse buys and cuts jobs Handelsblatt
Deutsche Börse is expanding 350 jobs and putting the strategy into practice Neue Zürcher Zeitung

Graubündner Kantonalbank
Graubündner Kantonalbank: Premiere in the Bank Council finews.ch

Julius Bär Gruppe
Julius Baer Hires for Independent Boutiques finews.com

NORD/LB Norddeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale
Profit of NordLB collapses - Management Board expects difficult year Handelsblatt

PostFinance
Strong decline in earnings at Postfinance Neue Zürcher Zeitung

Raiffeisen Gruppe Switzerland
Raiffeisen fills the gap in Ticino finews.ch

Vontobel Holding
Vontobel is expanding its Struki platform finews.ch

FRANCE AND BENELUX

Knot Reappointed as Dutch Central Bank President for 7 Years Bloomberg News
Castel targets European growth with Dutch office launch Post
Caisse des Dépôts launches the Bank of the Territories La Tribune

Crédit Agricole Group
Crédit Agricole CIB strengthens its US team L'Agefi

SPAIN AND PORTUGAL

The risk of the Spanish bank shoots up to 110% in two weeks Expansión
BBVA, CaixaBank, Abanca and Bankinter stand out in the Spanish bank's Alvarez & Marsal exam Expansión
DBRS highlights positive evolution in Portugal's financial stability Jornal de Negócios

Banco Santander
Santander Consumer hit as Fiat Chrysler eyes financing arm Financial Times
BZ WBK bank establishes up to EUR 5 bln bond program - filing PAP
Álvarez (Santander) considers that the financial sector "is not as consolidated as it could be" Europa Press
Álvarez (Santander) sees in the 'blockchain' an "extraordinarily promising" technology Europa Press

Millennium BCP
BCP Administration back in broadening bank activity Jornal de Negócios
BCP shareholders approve 95.21% new management Expresso

Novo Banco
Centeno says that state commitments avoid liquidating the New Bank even in the worst case scenario Expresso

ITALY AND GREECE

Italy's Cottarelli opens door to possible eurosceptic government Reuters
GLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks rebound as Italian risk fades slightly Reuters
Credit ratings agency Moody's puts Italian banks under review amid political turmoil The Daily Telegraph
Blackstone's Gray sees scope for Italian deals despite political strife Reuters
Merrill Lynch rejects Italian banks, only Mediobanca is saved Il Sole 24 Ore

Banca Akros
Italian banks, Akros increases the cost of risk MF

Banca Carige
Carige signs the outsourcing agreement of the systems with Ibm MF

Eurobank Ergasias
UPDATE 1-Lower core income squeezes Greek lender Eurobank's profit Reuters

NORDIC COUNTRIES

Danske Bank
Estonian authorities after total confusion about responsibility for money laundering scandal: The case is closed with us Berlingske Business
Storbank only sees little risk of fines for Danske Bank Berlingske Business

iZettle
Izettle wants to continue growing in Stockholm SvD Näringsliv

EASTERN EUROPE

ECB takes Latvia to court, wants central bank chief's powers back Reuters
The ECB wants to see Rimsevics as central bank manager SvD Näringsliv
The CNB will lend tens of billions to the International Monetary Fund, guaranteed to become a loan E15

GetBack
GetBack ups 2017 estimated loss to PLN 1.33 bln, now PLN 622 mln negative equity PAP

Sberbank of Russia
Russia's Sberbank posts sharp increase in quarterly profits Financial Times
Sberbank collects on dividends Kommersant
Sberbank has met expectations for profits, significantly improving the profitability of capital due to the growth of retail business Banki.ru

Tinkoff Bank
UPDATE 1-Russia's TCS posts 70 pct jump in Q1 profit Reuters

Unibank
Unibank presents souvenirs to all its shareholders on the centenary of the First Republic of Armenia Armbanks

Vozrozhdenie Bank
Dmitry Ananiev has a week left to sell Vozrozhdenie Bank Vedomosti

VTB Bank
Russian bank VTB says new capital requirement will cost 140 billion rubles Reuters
MTS agreed with VTB on two lines of credit totaling 50 billion rubles Vedomosti

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