"All will change" for banks after Brexit - EU head Reuters
Boris Johnson, Ursula Von Der Leyen Set Out Rival Red Lines for Post-Brexit Bloomberg News
Brexit: Full UK-EU trade deal 'impossible' by deadline - von der Leyen BBC News
Hard Brexit at year-end may be as damaging as no-deal Brexit - ECB's Knot Reuters
Eurozone governments rein in borrowing despite ultra-low rates Financial Times
Raise taxes on the rich to tackle inequality, IMF says The Independent

UK AND IRELAND

Pimco picks up a potential £1bn from UK pension pool Financial News

Aon
Aon completes purchase of SME insurtech platform CoverWallet Reinsurance News

Barclays
Barclays' Qatar deal sealed with simple six-paragraph letter Financial Times

HSBC
MOVES-Singapore's OCBC hires former HSBC's Greater China chief Wong in senior role Reuters

Travelex
Travelex: Banks halt currency service after cyber-attack BBC News
Travelex Crippled Since New Year's Eve by Ransomware Attack Bloomberg News
Travelex 'working to restore systems' after cyberattack The Times

GERMANY, SWITZERLAND AND AUSTRIA

Bitcoin Suisse
Bitcoin Suisse Plans for IPO finews.com

Credit Suisse Group
CS shadowing case: Detective agency shows couple Khan Tages-Anzeiger
Private investigator in Credit Suisse spying scandal hits back at banker Reuters
Credit Suisse Appoints New Infrastructure and Renewables Head Bloomberg News

Deutsche Bank
Deutsche Bank loses Hypo-Vereinsbank's payment transaction mandate Handelsblatt

Globalance Bank
Globalance Bank launches world premiere in customer care finews.ch

Julius Bär Gruppe
Julius Baer Acts to Boost Swiss Business finews.com

Munich Re
Munich Re pegs insured nat cat losses at $52bn in 2019 Reinsurance News
Munich Re estimates typhoon Hagibis loss at $10bn, Faxai at $7bn Artemis

SIX Group
SIX raises hurdles for direct listings Finanz und Wirtschaft

FRANCE AND BENELUX

Large banks are going to build 'bank-neutral' cash machines De Standaard
The four major Belgian banks launch a joint network of distributors L'Echo

AXA Banque
Axa Bank chooses outsourcing to increase profitability L'Agefi

Carrefour Banque
Carrefour Banque ceases its neobank activities L'Agefi

CNP Assurances
CNP Assurances is no longer the only insurer for the Brazilian company Caixa L'Agefi

Indosuez Wealth Management
Indosuez Wealth Management Hires Quartet finews.asia

Société Générale
Societe Generale breaks the floor rates of life insurance L'Agefi

SPAIN AND PORTUGAL

Pedro Sánchez prepares to dig in as Spain's prime minister Financial Times

Banco Santander
Santander shoots 700% of its M&A business in Latin America and becomes a leader Expansión
Santander Consumer Finance and Santander UK launch two bond issues Expansión

Ibercaja Banco
Ibercaja advances its debt refinancing by six months Expansión

ITALY AND GREECE

Bank meetings with technical institutions Naftemporiki

Assicurazioni Generali
Generali closes purchase of Tranquilidade. Pedro Carvalho leads group in Portugal Diário de Notícias

Banca IFIS
Banca Ifis strengthens risk management structure in view of new plan MF

Banca Mediolanum
Banca Mediolanum raised 4.1 billion in 2019 MF

Banca Popolare di Bari
Popolare Bari's administrator says 1.4 bln euro capital gap is "initial estimate" Reuters
Pop. Bari, the commissioners: the decree is the condition for closing the agreement with Mediocredito Il Sole 24 Ore

Banco BPM
Fratta Pasini leaves Banco Bpm MF

doValue
Shareholder reshuffle at Italy's doValue cuts SoftBank stake, hands 9% to EJF Reuters

Eurobank Ergasias
Eurobank: Earnings bonus of over 25 thousand euros for transfer to FPS Kerdos

Intesa Sanpaolo
Intesa Sanpaolo stores up pounds MF

UniCredit
Another issue in Tier 2 format for Unicredit MF

NORDIC COUNTRIES

Riksbank Signals It Won't Raise Rates Again for a Very Long Time Bloomberg News
The Riksbank: The security requirements must be met SvD Näringsliv
After G4S exclusion, Norway wealth fund keeps wider check on rights Reuters

DNB
Richest Nordic Nation Gets a Banking Giant After Rates Diverge Bloomberg News

EASTERN EUROPE

Romania Prolongs Key-Rate Pause Despite Inflation Rebound Bloomberg News
Romanian central bank keeps benchmark interest rate at 2.50% Reuters
Hungary central bank maintains accommodative stance -Dec minutes Reuters
MNB intʼl reserves drop EUR 929 mln in December Budapest Business Journal
CBRT gave approximately 7 billion liras to the market through repo auction Hürriyet

Alior Bank
Alior Bank to present new strategy in late January – CEO PAP

EIG Re
Bulgaria's EIG Re to offer property, natural forces insurance in Netherlands SEENews

OTP Bank
Hungary's OTP interested in buying more Slovenian banks: CEO Reuters

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