U.S. Ready to Impose Sanctions on European Companies in Iran, Bolton Says The Wall Street Journal
Banks struggle to combat the cyber crime bad guys Financial Times
Positive reinsurance pricing trends likely unsustainable, warns Fitch Reinsurance News
UK AND IRELAND
May Says 'Trust Me' on Brexit Bloomberg News
Exclusive - Banks to seek special exemptions for foreign staff after Brexit: sources Reuters
Regulators need to show they care about whistleblowers Financial Times
Whistleblowing cases at asset managers hit new low Financial Times
Brexit seen as UK ILS deterrent for some sponsors Artemis
Potential for UK life insurers to broaden services and generate higher profits: Oliver Wyman Reinsurance News
Gallagher acquires U.K. insurance broker Business Insurance
MPs call for pensions watchdog to be scrapped over Carillion failings The Daily Telegraph
Gender pay gap hits 91% for financial services workers earning more than £1m a year The Independent
Moulton-backed litigation funder Manolete Partners lines up £100m London listing City A.M.
Legal firm Manolete Partners in £100m listing The Sunday Times
AIB Group
Cerberus said to lead race for AIB bad-loans portfolio The Irish Times
Ariadne Capital
Ex-Dragons' Den star Julie Meyer reported to the FCA for misconduct as her ex-adviser crowdfunds for legal battle City A.M.
Malta's financial watchdog targets former Dragons' Den star Julie Meyer The Sunday Times
Aviva
Barclays
MOVES-Barclays hires Citigroup's Clements, beefs up US CLO platform Reuters
Barclays CEO's Penalties Over Whistleblower Saga Top $1.5 Million The Wall Street Journal
Barclays CEO Jes Staley fined £640,000 over whistleblowing scandal Financial Times
Beaufort Securities
Bridgepoint Advisers
Bridgepoint Targets €750 Million for Maiden Credit Fund Private Equity News
HSBC Holdings
HSBC says performs first trade finance transaction using blockchain Reuters
HSBC claims first trade-finance deal with blockchain Financial Times
Legal & General Group
L&G announces two deals as it looks to ramp up GI premium Post
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Bank announces further £2bn funding for sustainable investment City A.M.
Report on HBOS collapse prompts scrutiny of bosses' conduct The Daily Telegraph
Royal Bank of Scotland Group
RBS boss plans to stay to oversee return to private ownership Reuters
RBS Chief Executive Ross McEwan Live On LBC LBC
GERMANY, SWITZERLAND AND AUSTRIA
German online bank uses Bitcoins to transfer loans Reuters
Berliner Volksbank
Deutsche Bank
Deutsche Bank looks to remove investment unit underperformers Financial Times
Ex-Deutsche Bank broker told to pay £1m over insider dealing The Guardian
Ex-Deutsche Bank Broker Pays $1.4 Million in Criminal Case Bloomberg News
Deutsche Bank shakes up leadership at its biggest unit Financial Times
Hannover Re
Hannover Re parent consolidating specialty operations Business Insurance
Julius Bär Gruppe
"I am convinced that we can still grow in Europe" Handelsblatt
Talanx
Wiener Privatbank
FRANCE AND BENELUX
ECB head Draghi backs France's call to complete banking union Financial Times
Bankers With Broken English Are Luxembourg's Brexit Bottleneck Bloomberg News
Banks are reluctant to accompany Belgian entrepreneurs in Iran L'Echo
Natixis
SPAIN AND PORTUGAL
Caixa and Sabadell: "With the speech of Torra it is not possible to return to the headquarters in Catalonia" El Mundo
Small insurers defend their independence against the appetite of large groups Expansión
Banco Popular Español
The banks surveyed to buy Popular estimated between 6,000 and 11,000 million the deficit of provisions Europa Press
Banco Santander
Santander to launch stand-alone UK digital bank The Daily Telegraph
Santander to build digital bank in the UK City A.M.
Santander proposes to unions to incorporate two weeks of leave before maternity leave Europa Press
Bankia
Bankia denies 55% of requests for geographical mobility by the ERE Europa Press
Caixa Geral de Depósitos
CGD moves from losses to profits in the quarter Jornal de Negócios
CGD with 100 million win in Brussels Jornal de Negócios
Unicaja Banco
ITALY AND GREECE
Italy's Politics Fail to Rattle Its Financial Markets The Wall Street Journal
Emergency central bank funding to Greek banks drops 25 pct in April Reuters
Attica Bank
Attica Bank pushes Kalogritsas group for a solution Ekathimerini
Banca Carige
Carige reviews the profit after 5 years. It aims to accelerate on the transfer of Npl Il Sole 24 Ore
Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena
Monte dei Paschi profit points to better times for Italy's banks Reuters
Mps returns to profit. On the stock exchange the title hangs up 3 euros Il Sole 24 Ore
Iccrea Banca
Mediobanca
Mediobanca logs growth in quarterly profit Market Watch
Mediobanca, profits to 682 million Nagel: no exit from the pact Il Sole 24 Ore
UniCredit
Unione di Banche Italiane
Ubi Banca: quarter profit + 75% ANSA
Unipol Gruppo
Unipol triples profit, rises to 476 mln ANSA
Unipol, profits up 3.8% to 163 mln Milano Finanza
NORDIC COUNTRIES
Norway cenbank gov says time soon right for rate hike - op-ed Reuters
Banks' fees increase four times as fast as regular prices Politiken
Large banks' bonuses have been halved SvD Näringsliv
EASTERN EUROPE
Russian bank head sees bailout costs rising Financial Times
Kazakh banker in Russia at home, but under arrest Kommersant
Akbank
Bank Handlowy w Warszawie
Poland's Handlowy sees further banking consolidation Reuters
Bank Handlowy's Q1 profit increases Warsaw Business Journal
Corporate Commercial Bank
Otkritie Bank
Russia's Otkritie saddled with $6.8 bln of troubled assets Reuters
OTP Bank
OTP's Croatian unit swings to net profit in Q1 on Splitska acquisition SEENews
Sberbank of Russia
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