trending Market Intelligence /marketintelligence/en/news-insights/trending/OXtsv_bEjUQcVfmBMNJq-w2 content esgSubNav
In This List

Wednesday's headlines, Financials edition

Podcast

Street Talk Episode 87

Blog

A New Dawn for European Bank M&A Top 5 Trends

Blog

Insight Weekly: US banks' loan growth; record share buybacks; utility M&A outlook

Blog

Banking Essentials Newsletter 2021: December Edition


Wednesday's headlines, Financials edition

Markets fear ECB tiering is an effective rate hike Reuters
Lagarde wins EU lawmakers' approval to lead ECB Reuters
ECB chief supervisor urges banks to seize the moment on debt Reuters
ECB's Villeroy urges Germany, Netherlands to tap 'fiscal leeway' Reuters
European banking watchdog's switch to lobby group angers MEPs Financial Times
Top EU Banking Regulator Moves to Lobbying, Sparking Criticism Bloomberg News
From the banking association to the financial market lobby: Farkas' change meets with criticism Handelsblatt
Facebook Says Central Banks Have Nothing to Fear From Libra Bloomberg News
Germany's Scholz: We cannot accept parallel currencies such as Facebook's Libra Reuters
Dirk Niepelt: Libra Paves the Way for Central Bank Digital Currency finews.com
Brexit Is Creating a Buying Opportunity, Blackstone President Says Bloomberg News

UK AND IRELAND

Record Numbers Seek Debt Help With U.K. on Brink of Brexit Bloomberg News
Boris Johnson Accused of Abusing Power Over Brexit Bloomberg News
UK Liberal Democrats face huge fight to stop Brexit: leader Swinson Reuters
We're still waiting for backstop proposals from UK, Simon Coveney says The Times
Looming election set to delay appointment of Bank of England governor Financial Times
Carney May Be Asked to Extend Term as BOE Chief Again, FT Says Bloomberg News
Bank of England must be ready to lift interest rates, says Times panel of experts The Times
City of London police chief urges banks to report cyber attacks after Wannacry 'silence' City A.M.
Credit card interest rates rise to highest levels in 13 years Financial Times
Credit card interest rates at their highest in 13 years, says Moneyfacts Sky News

Aberdeen Standard Investments
Aberdeen Standard to set up dedicated private markets division Private Equity News

BMS Group
BMS reorganises US reinsurance actuarial, analytics team Reinsurance News

Concirrus
Concirrus announces new cargo data analytics solution Reinsurance News

Ed Broking
Ed names Simon Stovell Divisional Director, Risk Solution Reinsurance News
Ed hires Simon Stovell as divisional director Post

Gocardless
UK fintech Gocardless to launch in the US City A.M.

HSBC
HSBC has started 'strategic review' of French retail operation: unions Reuters

Insurdata
Insurdata recruits Head of Client Success from Allianz Reinsurance News

Jardine Lloyd Thompson
JLT staff exits are "not a crisis," says MMC's Dan Glaser Reinsurance News

Lloyd's of London
Lloyd's to launch Miami office Reinsurance News

London Stock Exchange Group
More banks join LSE bridge loan for Refinitiv buy Reuters
Regulator 'watching' Hong Kong bid for London Stock Exchange The Times

Metro Bank
Watchdog grills Metro Bank staff over misreporting scandal Financial Times

Woodford Capital Patient Trust
Woodford fund says administrator cut valuation of BenevolentAI stake Reuters

GERMANY, SWITZERLAND AND AUSTRIA

Services Bafin: No major problems with new rules for online payments Handelsblatt
The Difficult Choices Facing the Swiss National Bank finews.com
SNB to Keep Its Powder Dry and Brace for Brexit: Decision Guide Bloomberg News
Negative interest rates drive up Swiss bank charges Neue Zürcher Zeitung
Bank customers face higher taxes Finanz und Wirtschaft
Swiss pensions allocate more to ILS, increasingly a core alternative asset Artemis

Advanon
Feted Start-Up Advanon Retreats finews.com

Deutsche Bank
Deutsche Bank CEO Mulls Outside Hire to Lead Investment Bank Bloomberg News
Equities specialist quits Deutsche's 'bad bank' after two months Financial News
Deutsche Bank Rivals Swiss on Sustainability finews.com

J. Safra Sarasin Holding
Private bank J. Safra Sarasin sued insurers Handelsblatt

UBS Group
This man soon operates at the heart of UBS finews.ch

FRANCE AND BENELUX

French economy to resist euro zone downturn: central bank Reuters
French central banker rejects 'green' asset buying Financial Times
France announces €5bn push for tech start-ups Financial Times
France seeks to raise 5 bln euros in private funds to foster start-ups Reuters
The French have a paradoxical view of their banks L'Agefi
'Banker to the stars' Frédéric Levesque goes on trial in France The Guardian
New ECB measures will save Belgian banks 80 million L'Echo
Dutch Break Debt-Cutting Habit With Plan for Investment Fund Bloomberg News

SPAIN AND PORTUGAL

Spain to hold fourth election in four years BBC News
Banking executives and consultants, the most paid in Spain: an average of 300,000 euros El País
The bank pays the best salaries in Spain, with salaries of up to 300,000 euros El Mundo
ECB gift also hits Portuguese banking Jornal de Negócios

Banco Santander
Santander weathers the crisis in investment banking despite the fall in commissions Expansión
Santander admits that Popular bought out of time Expansión

BBVA
BBVA extends its loan for green cars to SMEs Expansión

CaixaBank
CaixaBank captures 1,000 million with a 5-year social bond Expansión

Novo Banco
Novo Banco throws deficit to 0.8% of GDP in first half of 2019 Expresso
Government ignored Parliament's recommendation on audit of Novo Banco Expresso

ITALY AND GREECE

Italy reserves right to use special powers to protect Milan bourse: document Reuters
Italy Considers Penalty on Cash Withdrawals to Fight Tax Evasion Bloomberg News
BTP-Bund spread opens at 134 basis points ANSA
Analysts are optimistic about the prospects of Greek banks Kathimerini

Mediobanca
Italian billionaire Del Vecchio buys 6.94% of Mediobanca Reuters

Piraeus Bank
The transformation of Piraeus Bank is "underway" Naftemporiki

NORDIC COUNTRIES

Riksbankers Assert 'Freedom' from World in Bid to Raise Rates Bloomberg News
The Riksbank diminishes need for interest rate hikes - Swedish krona weakens Børsen

DNB
DNB manager ends after disagreements E24

Swedbank
Swedbank admits to money-laundering failings Financial Times
Swedbank to allow prosecutor to question lawyer over money laundering Reuters
Swedbank Appoints Ingrid Harbo as Chief Compliance Officer The Wall Street Journal

Sydbank
The chairman and deputy chairman of Sydbank resign after disagreement Børsen
Chairman and Vice Chairman resign at Sydbank after disagreement Finans
Disagreement splits Sydbank's board: Chairman resigns Politiken
Experienced head of table end after board chaos in Sydbank Finans

EASTERN EUROPE

Kremlin Plan to Tap Wealth Fund Fuels Tension With Central Bank Bloomberg News
Turkey tells banks to write off $8 billion in bad loans Reuters

Akbank
Akbank cuts mortgage interest rate to 1.17 percent Hürriyet

JSC CB PrivatBank
Kiev moots Privatbank deal with Kolomoisky despite $5.5bn scandal Financial Times
Ukraine PM denies report on negotiations over PrivatBank Reuters
Ukraine leader orders probe after home of ex-central bank chief torched Reuters

Sberbank
Sberbank will risk a mortgage Kommersant

Sviaz-bank
Sviaz-bank is ready for a change of ownership Kommersant

The Daily Dose Europe "Headlines" edition aggregates banking, financial services and insurance headlines from the websites of a limited number of major European publication titles and newswires, with an editorial deadline of 6 a.m. London time. Language translations to English are provided by an automated service and may not be entirely accurate.

Some external links may require a subscription. Links are current as of publication time, and we are not responsible if those links are unavailable later.