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Monday's headlines, Financials edition

Backstop for EU bank fund to be set up soon: SRB chair Reuters
Switzerland readies counter measures as bourse row with EU intensifies Financial Times
Germany's Olaf Scholz suggests euro clearing be moved to Frankfurt Financial Times
Germany's Scholz proposes Europe-wide unemployment insurance scheme Reuters
Business needs to prepare for worst-case on Brexit - German finance minister Reuters
Brussels changes rules to boost trust in green financial products Financial Times
France, Germany still split on eurozone reforms, French official says Reuters
No agreement yet on the Franco-German timetable for the euro zone Handelsblatt

UK AND IRELAND

U.K. Mulls Keeping N. Ireland in Single Market Rules Bloomberg News
British PM May says hopes UK lawmakers will not block EU exit laws Reuters
Big fund managers cagey on revealing post-Brexit plans Financial Times
MPs demand tough penalties for financial IT blunders Financial Times
Argo plans London's first cryptocurrency listing Financial Times
Argo aims to become first main market-listed crypto-miner as it launches new mining subscription service City A.M.
Research suggests that women are now leading the market for crypto investment City A.M.
PRA proposes Solvency II risk margin reforms to UK Treasury Reinsurance News

Beaufort Securities
Lord Lee to grill MPs over Beaufort row The Telegraph
Most Beaufort Securities customers to be spared insolvency costs Financial Times

CYBG
Sir Richard Branson's blessing for Virgin Money sale to CYBG The Sunday Times

HSBC
Ex-HSBC banker Westerman and Greek tycoon launch investment firm Reuters

Irish Nationwide Building Society
Michael Fingleton influenced INBS credit committee, inquiry hears The Irish Times

Legal & General Group
Legal & General to step up activism over climate change Financial Times
Investor LGIM seeks removal of eight company chairs over climate change inaction Reuters
Race to lead £1tn UK fund manager LGIM fires up Financial Times

Royal Bank of Scotland
Government may be inspired by UK sale of RBS shares Irish Independent
NatWest tests cardless online paying The Telegraph

Standard Chartered
Harassment Woes Plague Standard Chartered, Even in Compliance Bloomberg News
Standard Chartered compliance chief leaves bank after investigation Reuters

Standard Life Aberdeen
Aberdeen Standard Investments tells lawyers to investigate legality of Persimmon boss payment City A.M.

TSB Banking Group
TSB denies boss Paul Pester misled MPs over extent of computer issues City A.M.
TSB report raises further questions over parliament appearance The Guardian

GERMANY, SWITZERLAND AND AUSTRIA

Swiss Voters Reject Radical Sovereign Money Plan in Landslide Bloomberg News
Swiss voters reject campaign to radically alter banking system Reuters
Austrian insurer's unit acquires Bosnian peer Business Insurance

Commerzbank
Commerzbank attacks savings banks with halved interest rates Handelsblatt

Credit Suisse Group
Credit Suisse must provide data to the Weko Neue Zürcher Zeitung
Credit Suisse cashes defeat before Federal Administrative Court finews.ch

Julius Bär Gruppe
Julius Baer Revs Up in Asia finews.com

UBS Group
UBS reduces stake in Arytza as Saudis prepare for Galway Utd bid The Irish Times

FRANCE AND BENELUX

ING Groep
Promotion for remediation of ING Belgium De Tijd

KBC Group
KBC no longer invests in the nuclear weapons industry De Standaard

Natixis
Natixis centralizes in Paris its raw material financing L'Agefi

Société Générale
SocGen President hopes for "pan-European banks" Les Echos

SPAIN AND PORTUGAL

Banco de Sabadell
Sabadell makes cash with goodwill and reduces its exposure to Italian public debt by almost half Expansión

Bankia
Bankia Fintech by Innsomnia launches its fourth edition of fintech startups for its acceleration program Europa Press

CaixaBank
CaixaBank repurchases 51% of Servihabitat for 176.5 million El País

Caixa Geral de Depósitos
CGD may have to issue more debt in 2019 Jornal de Negócios
Eurobic invests in the recapitalization of Caixa Jornal de Negócios

ITALY AND GREECE

New Italian economy minister vows to stay in euro, cut debt level Reuters
UBS and CS are taking little risks in Italy Neue Zürcher Zeitung
BlackRock in talks to buy stake in Italian fund house Financial Times
Greece submits reforms to parliament, aiming to unlock last bailout loans Reuters

Alpha Bank
Alpha Bank: On 29 June, the General Meeting of Shareholders Naftemporiki

Unione di Banche Italiane
Ubi Banca strengthens investment banking: the mid market objective Milano Finanza

National Bank of Greece
National Bank of Greece receives Chinese bid for insurance arm Reuters

NORDIC COUNTRIES

Debt Fears Are Mounting for the Euro Zone's Only Nordic Member Bloomberg News

Jyske Bank
Jyske Bank sends a billion-dollar issue to its shareholders Politiken

EASTERN EUROPE

Trump says Russia should be at G7 meeting, Moscow not so sure Reuters
Hungarian central bank has no exchange rate target -deputy governor Reuters
IMF-backed reforms in hand says new Ukraine finance minister Financial Times
The CNB will soon announce a tightening of the mortgage rules E15

Ameriabank
ADB takes stake in Armenia's largest bank Reuters

Bank Handlowy w Warszawie
Bank Handlowy announces dividend of PLN 4.11/shr Warsaw Business Journal
Bank Handlowy to pay PLN 4.11 DPS from 2017 profit - market filing PAP

Bank Otkritie Financial Corp
Russia's Otkritie bank aims for $1 bln net profit in 2020 Reuters
Russia's Otkritie bank plans to sell 20 percent stake in 2021 Reuters

Sberbank of Russia
Russia's Sberbank to get 40 pct of Croatia's Agrokor after debt conversion Reuters
Russia's Sberbank says stake talks China's Alibaba have failed Reuters
Sberbank and Dom.rf lowered mortgage rates Vedomosti
Gref offered to privatize Sberbank Vedomosti

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