Euro-Pound Parity Call Reverberates as Morgan Stanley Joins HSBC Bloomberg News

UK AND IRELAND

Brexit campaigners launch bid to oust pro-EU finance minister Reuters
Mastercard faces revival of £14bn class action lawsuit in UK The Irish Times
Lenders scolded after rise in British consumer credit complaints Reuters
Stonehage Fleming Takes From EFG finews
Davies Group acquires Claims Management Services Limited Post

Aviva
Aviva Investors and JP Morgan sign up for new London Stock Exchange clearing service to improve efficiency and reduce risk City A.M.

Barclays
Jailed Barclays Libor Trader Asks for Case to Be Reviewed Bloomberg News
Second Libor trader calls for jail term to be reviewed The Daily Telegraph

HSBC
HSBC names Dave Watts as chief finance officer for UK unit Reuters
HSBC UK fills up positions of ring-fenced lender's Birmingham-based board City A.M.
HSBC Hires Goldman Veterans for Asia Equities Bloomberg News

Paysafe Group
Paysafe threatens lower rating Börsen-Zeitung

Peel Hunt
City broker Peel Hunt will put up to 10 per cent of its team on a Mifid II taskforce City A.M.

RSA Insurance Group
Man sentenced for defrauding RSA with string of fake claims Insurance Times

Standard Life Aberdeen
Standard Life Aberdeen £11bn mega merger complete Sky News
Standard Life Aberdeen pledges to boost boardroom standards Financial Times
We're not going anywhere, promise Standard Life Aberdeen bosses The Times

GERMANY, SWITZERLAND AND AUSTRIA

German Fintech Startup Acquires Rival as Dealmaking Heats Up Bloomberg News
Sparkassen-fusion in the north perfect Börsen-Zeitung
BdB calls for fee transparency Börsen-Zeitung
BaFin raises cyber risk of insurers Börsen-Zeitung

Chubb
BRIEF-Chubb announces consent solicitation for holders of Chubb INA Holdings 6.8pct debentures Reuters

Deutsche Bank
Deutsche Bank AG (USA) issued international bonds for USD 1,000.0m maturing in 2019 with a 3M LIBOR USD + 0.8% coupon Cbonds

Deutsche Pfandbriefbank
BRIEF-CORRECTED-Deutsche Pfandbriefbank CEO says won't rule out asset purchases Reuters
Pfandbriefbank is more confident Börsen-Zeitung

OVB Holding
BRIEF-OVB now sees moderate decline in 2017 operating earnings Reuters

ProCredit Holding
Procredit expands microcredit portfolio Börsen-Zeitung

Talanx
Talanx raises 2017 profit guidance on P&C boost Reuters
Talanx Q2 profit rises by 11%, but misses consensus The Insurance Insider

UBS Group
UBS Swaps Kiwi Management finews
Swiss bankers from UBS hired bankers Zelinka. He will take care of the richest clients E15

Zürcher Kantonalbank
ZKB Plans Revamp of Private Banking Services finews

FRANCE AND BENELUX

Dutch banks and insurers have been fined for € 2.15 billion since crisis Het Financieele Dagblad
World Bank lists Mexican & pandemic cat bonds in Luxembourg Artemis

Euronext
Euronext completes acquisition of Fastmatch De Telegraaf

SPAIN AND PORTUGAL

Bankia and Sabadell lead in the first half the declines of the delinquency of the Spanish banking Expansión
Spanish banks' debt to the ECB falls by 0.5% in July, to 171,886 million Europa Press

Banco Santander
The agreement with Blackstone is positive for Santander's solvency, according to Moody's Europa Press
Santander exceeds four million shareholders Expansión

Bankinter
Bankinter launches the distance signature for the contracting of deposits Europa Press

ITALY AND GREECE

Veneto banks had failed ECB capital tests since 2014: documents Reuters

Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena
Mps pays debts on credits: red for over 3 billion. Fitch raises (little) rating Il Sole 24 Ore
Analysts, Mps finally in balance MF

NORDIC COUNTRIES

Norway's $975-billion wealth fund should improve ethical stance: NGO report Reuters
BRIEF-Axactor completes NOK 598 million private placement Reuters
Nichebank has provisionally cost capital manager 25 million. kr. FinansWatch
Bankinvest's major investment is losing money for the first ten years FinansWatch

Collector
BRIEF-Collector appoints Maria Lykken Ljungdahl as new CFO Reuters

Danske Bank
Danske Bank stops publishing Mobilepay messages FinansWatch
Danske Bank also chases the small money for asset management Berlingske Business

DNB
BRIEF-DNB ASA says share buy-back programme has been finalised Reuters

Nordea Bank
Nordea drops to have communications manager in Luxembourg FinansWatch

Vestjysk Bank
Vestjysk Bank issues new venture capital loans for DKK 380 million. kr. FinansWatch

EASTERN EUROPE

State banks reduce Ukrainian assets Kommersant
Crimea officially forgives debts Kommersant
Pan-Armenian Bank transformed into investment fund ArmBanks
Banks' investments in government bonds in Armenia shrink 3.8% to AMD 388.4 billion in June ArmBanks
Banking sector liquidity up in July, says MNB Budapest Business Journal
Insurance companies: The storms caused damages for many tens of millions of Czech crowns CTK

Magyar Export-Import Bank
Eximbank reclassification could hurt state debt ratio Budapest Business Journal

Sberbank of Russia
Sberbank for six months increased payments to the board by 11% Vedomosti

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