ECB to start rate hike discussions in January: Knot Reuters
ECB's Knot Sees Chance of Faster Return to Normal Interest Rates Bloomberg News
Timing of ECB rate hike still not fixed -Dutch central bank governor Reuters
ECB will avert eurozone crisis, if necessary - Italy minister Reuters
EU regulators studying crypto assets case by case Reuters
Europe steps up drive to exempt Swift from Iran sanctions Financial Times

UK AND IRELAND

Theresa May plays down EU's 'optimistic talk' over deal Sky News
Scotland should have its own Brexit backstop, Sturgeon says Reuters
UK watchdog proposes tougher rules for property funds Reuters
UPDATE 1-UK fund managers probably won't need to relocate after Brexit -Investment Assoc Reuters
British banks could benefit from US-China trade war: Barclays chairman CNBC
Marsh UK CEO defends broker facilities amid FCA's market-wide probe Post

Citibank Europe
Citibank Europe fined €1.33m by Irish Central Bank for manager loan breaches The Irish Times
Irish central bank fines Citibank Europe for lending failures Reuters

Exotix Capital
Exotix partners up with Saudi Arabia's NCB Capital Reuters

Lancashire Holdings
UK's Lancashire sees up to $45 mln quarterly catastrophe losses Reuters
Lancashire rains on insurers' parade with warning of catastrophe losses The Times

Legal & General
Legal & General completes £2.4bn deal for Nortel pension plan Financial Times
UPDATE 1-Legal & General strikes 2.4 bln stg pension de-risking deal Reuters

Panmure Gordon & Co.
Panmure Gordon swings to loss after Bob Diamond takeover Financial Times

Prudential Plc
Prudential Plc eyes takeovers, bank distribution pacts in Asia Reuters

Santander UK
Santander UK says Susan Allen to head retail and business banking ops Reuters

Schroders
Schroders targets British wealth boost with Lloyds tie-up Reuters

GERMANY, SWITZERLAND AND AUSTRIA

Bafin: Taxpayer no longer has to pay in case of bankruptcy Der Standard

Apollo Capital Partners
Apollo gives mandate to Goldman Sachs for the sale of Altamira Europa Press

Deutsche Bank
Citigroup, Deutsche Bank face Australian court in landmark cartel case Reuters

SIX Group
Swiss SIX Group licences SARON index to Eurex as Libor ebbs Reuters

UBS Group
UBS is strengthening with a countess finews.ch

Wirecard
Wirecard is transforming Germany, one mobile payment at a time Handelsblatt Global

FRANCE AND BENELUX

DNB: shock climate policy can hit financial sector hard Het Financieele Dagblad

Amundi
Amundi aims to have all its funds rated ESG by 2021 Reuters
Amundi is committed to becoming more responsible Les Echos

Belfius Banque
Belfius is interested in acquisitions in insurances De Tijd

BNP Paribas
UPDATE 1-BNP Paribas plans to sell part of its stake in India's SBI Life Reuters
BNP Paribas plans to sell part of stake in Indian insurer Les Echos

Generali France
At Generali France, Watson will soon answer customers' questions Le Figaro

LeasePlan Corp.
'Turkish setback at the LeasePlan listing' De Telegraaf

Vivat
Anbang confirms reviewing Dutch subsidiary Vivat for possible sale Reuters
'Vivat wants good price' De Telegraaf

SPAIN AND PORTUGAL

Banks ignore 56% of customer complaints to which the Bank of Spain gives the reason El País
BCP asks the European Court to assess whether contingent capitalization of Novo Banco is not State aid Jornal Económico

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria
25% of BBVA employees will be able to work in the evenings Expansión

Banco Santander
Santander launches a new investment fund to invest in companies that promote gender equality Europa Press
Santander starts taking over Deutsche Bank Polska Rzeczpospolita

Bankinter
Moody's confirms Bankinter's rating on 'Baa1', but improves the outlook to 'positive' Europa Press

CaixaBank
Fitch revises CaixaBank's rating one step up, placing it at 'BBB +' with a 'stable' outlook Europa Press

Millennium BCP
BCP suffers the biggest drop since May and already loses more than 17% this year Jornal De Negócios

ITALY AND GREECE

Italy's Salvini says ratings agencies must be fair, rules out euro exit Reuters
Italy's Tria Faces Off Against Opposition Lawmakers Over Budget Bloomberg News
Italy shares slide on deepening spat with EU Sky News
CORRECTED-Greek bank shares slide again, infected by "Italian virus" Reuters
Italy's Savona confident of agreement with EU over budget Reuters
Upgrade of Greek banks by Fitch Naftemporiki

Banca del Fucino
Banca Fucino: stop with Barents, new members ANSA

Banco BPM
Banco BPM thinking of hiring adviser for consumer credit business - source Reuters
Banco Bpm ready to sell Agos Ducato Il Sole 24 Ore

NORDIC COUNTRIES

EU bank watchdog examining Danish handling of Danske Reuters
Danish banking supervision is reviewed by the EU Sydsvenskan

Danske Bank
Danske Bank's Brutal Stock Selloff May Have Gone Much Too Far Bloomberg News

EASTERN EUROPE

Central Bank predicted the real interest rate for 2019 Vedomosti
Banks began to return the Central Bank occupied by repo funds Vedomosti
Turkey announces exemptions to forex contracts ban Reuters
UPDATE 1-Turkey banks group calls for restructuring of some short-term corporate debt Reuters
Albayrak: We will carry this solidarity much more Hürriyet
Polish banks net PLN 1.314 bln in August, PLN 2.603 bln in July-August - NBP PAP
Consolidation is getting ready in the Czech banking sector L'Agefi
New members of the CNB Council are advocating interest rate growth E15
Serbia CB Holds Key Rate Unchanged Sixth Time Markets Insider

CIB Bank
CIB Bank appoints deputy CEO, head of large corporates Budapest Business Journal

GetBack
GetBack debt collector tweaks offer to bondholders, offers more cash, less haircut PAP
GetBack with new offers to bondholders Warsaw Business Journal

Moneta Money Bank
Czech bank Moneta to buy tycoon Petr Kellner's Air Bank Financial Times
UPDATE 2-Moneta gains scale to take on foreign rivals in Czech banking deal Reuters

Sberbank of Russia
Sberbank raises employee salaries by 5% Vedomosti

Türkiye Kalkınma Bankası
Unknown Turkish Bank Rises 560% in a Month on Bare Hope: Chart Bloomberg News

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