BIS Chief Sees 'Strong Case' for Cryptocurrency Intervention Bloomberg News
Bitcoin is a bubble, a Ponzi scheme and an environmental disaster, the Bank of International Settlements' head says City A.M.
Central banks must act against 'Ponzi scheme' cryptocurrencies - BIS head Reuters
EU plans to cut UK's market access if Brexit transition terms broken Financial Times
IMF chief economist sees strong world fundamentals despite market turmoil Reuters
InsurTech investment balloons in 2017: WTW The Insurance Insider
UK AND IRELAND
Bank of England signs up to code aimed at keeping forex markets clean Reuters
New BoE policymaker Stheeman says Brexit, real estate top focus Reuters
Ireland border 'fudge' threatens to pull apart Brexit talks Financial Times
Concerns over loss of value claims hit London A&H market The Insurance Insider
Irish insurance market is growing steadily, foreign business dominates premium income Reinsurance News
Venture investment in UK fintech more than doubles Financial Times
Broker Network
Hargreaves Lansdown
Rival's woes help boost new business at broker Hargreaves Lansdown Financial Times
Strong results from Hargreaves Lansdown fail to beat a FTSE slump City A.M.
UPDATE 1-Hargreaves Lansdown H1 profit up 12 pct on client asset boost Reuters
HSBC
Investec
BRIEF- Investec Plc Say Stephen Koseff, Bernard Kantor to step down Reuters
Investec's Koseff, Kantor Step Down After 40 Years at Helm Bloomberg News
Lloyd's of London
Permanent TSB Group Holdings
Pool Re
More UK terrorist attacks predicted for 2018: Pool Re Business Insurance
Prudential Plc
Royal Bank of Scotland Group
RBS bosses misled parliament over GRG scandal, claims MP The Times
Labour MP says FCA produced 'sanitised' summary of RBS report Financial Times
Santander UK
Standard Chartered
GERMANY, SWITZERLAND AND AUSTRIA
Banking supervision remains a construction site Die Presse
ECB Bond Program: Bundesbank should be able to meet purchase specifications Handelsblatt
Credit Suisse
Credit Suisse Says It Saw No Losses From VIX-Linked Securities Bloomberg News
BRIEF-Credit Suisse Announces Coupon Payments Reuters
Credit Suisse 'volatility' fund liquidated after market selloff Reuters
Credit Suisse liquidates ETN linked to volatility L'Agefi
Munich Re
UPDATE 2-Munich Re's Q4 results, 2018 guidance disappoint Reuters
Munich Re's fourth-quarter results, 2018 guidance disappoint Business Insurance
Munich Re hopes for rising prices Börsen-Zeitung
Munich Re Revenue breaks down - dividend remains stable Handelsblatt
Financial Officer of Munich Re sees market collapse left Handelsblatt
PKB Privatbank
FRANCE AND BENELUX
Mutuals' tariffs will increase again Le Figaro
ABN AMRO
'Leadership style' played role in ABN AMRO chairwoman's departure Reuters
ASR Nederland
ASR completes acquisition of Generali Nederland De Telegraaf
Assicurazioni Generali SpA completes sale of Dutch business to ASR Nederland Reinsurance News
Generali completes sale of Dutch subsidiary Post
BNP Paribas
BNP Targets Higher Profitability as Corporate Banking Misses Bloomberg News
BNP Paribas punished as profit falls short of forecasts Reuters
BNP Paribas raises its profitability objective L'Agefi
BNP Paribas sees the horizon clear L'Agefi
BNP Paribas gives the Belgian government financial windfall De Standaard
Eurazeo
ING
ING's CIB in France on the rise L'Agefi
Orange Bank
SPAIN AND PORTUGAL
António Costa reiterates to Rajoy support from Portugal for the candidacy of Luis de Guindos to the ECB Jornal de Notícias
Guindos says there are 'very high odds' of going back to the ECB but he does not reveal if he will be the candidate Expansión
Caixa Ontinyent ensures that the Bank of Spain warned each year of the risk of investing in land Europa Press
Faria de Oliveira defends 'a pause in the legislation and the regulation' of the banks Jornal Económico
Governor: 'It is imperative that the management of banks at the highest level have digital skills' Jornal Económico
Governor warns that bank scanning may lead to closing of more agencies Jornal de Notícias
Governor warns of new banking threats Diário de Notícias
Madalena Tomé: SIBS is developing with banks the OPEN Banking API Jornal Económico
Bankia
Liberbank
Liberbank and Bank of Castilla-La Mancha approve its merger Europa Press
Mapfre
Mapfre signs an agreement of intent with Banco do Brasil to increase its business in the country Europa Press
Millennium BCP
Norwegian central bank returns to qualifying holding in BCP Jornal de Negócios
Operation Fizz: BCP says that Carlos Silva does not have a place of work in the Bank's premises Jornal de Notícias
Novo Banco
Santander Asset Management
Mariano Belinky, new head of Santander Asset Management Europa Press
Unicaja Banco
Unicaja Banco earns 138 million in 2017 and will raise the dividend by 17% Cinco Días
Unicaja gains 2.5% more and increases dividend by 17% Expansión
ITALY AND GREECE
Greece takes rain check after savage equity sell-off Reuters
Greece delays bond sale as markets reel Financial Times
Banca Carige
Banca Carige transfers 56 employees to Credito Fondiario MF
Credito Valtellinese
BRIEF-Italy's Creval finalises share issue syndicate Reuters
Intesa Sanpaolo
Intesa Sanpaolo says to halve soured debts under new plan Reuters
BRIEF-Intesa Sanpaolo CEO says does not see cross-border merger as possible Reuters
BRIEF-Intesa eyes potential asset management partnership already in 2018-CEO Reuters
BRIEF-Intesa Sanpaolo can cut gross NPE ratio below 10 pct this yr-CEO Reuters
BRIEF-Intesa would keep majority in potential asset management partnership-CEO Reuters
Intesa Sanpaolo, 2017 profit rose 23% to € 3.8 billion MF
Intesa, a European-format plan MF
Messina, more volumes and less risk to become number one in Europe Il Sole 24 Ore
Finecobank
Denmark Sells Inflation-Linked Bonds for Only the Second Time Ever Bloomberg News
Danske Bank
Danica Pension invests 400 billion. kr .: The shares may fall further 5-10 per cent. Jyllands-Posten
Nordea
Nordea: Retrieves new CFO internally Berlingske Business
Resurs Holding
Swedbank
Tryg
EASTERN EUROPE
Emerging Europe's 'Next One to Hike' Goes Wobbly on Rate Liftoff Bloomberg News
Pekao should consider supermerger with PKO if Alior takeover fails -shareholder Reuters
Ukraine's investment shortage puts rebound at risk Financial Times
The Central Bank will check employees on the lie detector Vedomosti
Akbank
Bank BGZ BNP Paribas
VTB
VTB to invest 30 billion rubles in the creation of 40 logistics centers 'Post of Russia' Vedomosti
VTB found a member of the board in Sberbank Vedomosti
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