EU brings in tough rules to protect small traders Financial Times
Watchdog cracks down on CfD as retail traders lose out Irish Independent
ECB's Nowotny sees summer decision to slash bond purchases Reuters
Brussels to propose €50bn raid on ECB profits The Irish Times

UK AND IRELAND

Fresh solution to hard border is imminent, UK tells Ireland The Times
Prime Minister urged to consider City sanctions for Putin allies with extra checks on money going through London clearing houses City A.M.
Bank of England puts more crash protection on agenda The Times
Citigroup and Morgan Stanley among latest banks to disclose wide gender pay gaps The Daily Telegraph
Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch, Credit Suisse and Citigroup report gender pay gap City A.M.
Investment banks promise reform after admitting big UK gender pay gaps Reuters
Financial firms pay women a third less The Times
Construction SMEs hit by crippling new-loan rates Irish Independent
UK may ban use of credit cards for gambling The Irish Times
Crunch time for the UK's pension reforms as auto-enrolment hike looms City A.M.

HSBC Holdings
HSBC froze account linked to alleged $500m Angolan fraud Financial Times

Lloyd's of London
Lloyd's challenge for 2018: the pace of market wide adoption of tech upgrades Reinsurance News

Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds ordered to pay share award to former CEO Eric Daniels Financial Times
Former Lloyds Banking Group boss wins £1.35m in bonus legal battle City A.M.
Bank crash boss Eric Daniels wins legal battle against Lloyds for £1m bonus The Times

Permanent TSB Group Holdings
PTSB faces EU conditions to have home loans reclassified Irish Independent

Royal Bank of Scotland Group
Nationwide enters race for RBS funds Financial Times

TSB Banking Group
TSB to start linking to rivals' loan deals online in bid to boost competition The Daily Telegraph

GERMANY, SWITZERLAND AND AUSTRIA

Swiss financial watchdog warns over cyber attacks Swissinfo.ch
Cyber-attacks biggest risk for Swiss banks: watchdog Reuters
Finma warns against cyber attacks - and is against stricter capital regulations Handelsblatt
Finma warns against cyber risks Neue Zürcher Zeitung
Finma Censored More Bankers in 2017 finews.com
National Bank makes seven percent more profit DiePresse
National Bank delivers more to the state Der Standard

BKS Bank
BRIEF-BKS Bank: Wolfgang Mandl To Leave The Board Of Management Reuters

Commerzbank
BRIEF-Commerzbank four new shareholder representatives nominated for supervisory board Reuters

Deutsche Bank
Deutsche Bank seeks new CEO as it runs out of quick fixes: sources Reuters
Deutsche Bank Chairman Holds Talks With CEO Candidates Bloomberg News
Deutsche Bank Sparring Is Another Blow to the Lender Bloomberg News

PostFinance
Postfinance and Finma in the clinch Neue Zürcher Zeitung

Swiss Re
Swiss Re consolidates Western & Southern Europe leadership under Cordioli Reinsurance News

UBS Group
UBS Says Welcome to the Machines in Credit Trading Bloomberg News

FRANCE AND BENELUX

The Banque de France is pleased with the means of payment L'Agefi

BNP Paribas
BNP Paribas stops with an active Dutch equity fund Het Financieele Dagblad

Orange Bank
Orange targets Africa to increase mobile banking operations Financial Times

SPAIN AND PORTUGAL

The Bank of Spain carried out 570 detailed actions in less significant entities Europa Press
The Bank of Spain sees "essential" that the application of the regulation is homogeneous throughout the euro zone Europa Press
The Bank of Spain opened six files in 2017, almost all by mortgage credit Europa Press

Abanca Corporación Bancaria
Deutsche Bank sells its operations in Portugal to Abanca El Mundo
Abanca buys the retail business of Deutsche Bank in Portugal Europa Press

Banco Santander
Santander plans to assume on its balance sheet debt issues for individuals Cinco Días

Bankia
Nearly 200 Bankia workers have already left with the ERE Europa Press
The Bank of Spain values ??the trajectory of the executives of the agency that resigned for the 'Bankia case' Europa Press

Haitong Bank
Haitong Bank worsens losses in 2017 to 130 million Jornal de Negócios

Millennium BCP
Fosun strengthens in BCP to 27% Jornal de Negócios

Novo Banco
Novo Banco may have to pay back if it exaggerates impairment Jornal de Negócios

Unicaja Banco
Unicaja will take to its board the distribution of dividends, of 0.02 euros per share, which will take effect on May 10 Europa Press

ITALY AND GREECE

EU lawmakers urge ECB to investigate Malta after Pilatus case Reuters
Malta activists urge Greece to grant asylum to whistleblower Reuters
UPDATE 1-Euro zone approves new loans for Greece, helps set up cash buffer Reuters
Also the cyber risk in the stress tests to the insurances MF
The Veneto Banca process passes from Rome to Treviso MF

Banca Agricola Popolare Di Ragusa
BRIEF-Banca Agricola Popolare Di Ragusa: Submitts Offer To Buy Banca Sviluppo Economico Reuters

Banca Carige
BRIEF-Carige to sell 1 bln euros of bad loans, 700 mln euros of unlikely to pay Reuters
Carige: ok transfer Npl, stop a bond ANSA
Carige accelerates on the deteriorated. MF

Cyprus Cooperative Bank
Moody's: Deterioration of the Cyprus Co-operative Bank Naftemporiki

Intesa Sanpaolo
Intesa Sanpaolo, in Messina compensation for 4 million in 2017 MF

NORDIC COUNTRIES

Insurance broker is in jail for fraud Børsen

Nordea Bank
Cyberattacks Now Priced Into Debt at Biggest Bank in Scandinavia Bloomberg News

EASTERN EUROPE

Croatia central bank expects bad loans to fall below 10 pct in 2018 Reuters
Armenia's central bank keeps refinancing rate unchanged at 6 pct Reuters
Russian lawmakers discuss new mechanism to bail out insurance companies: finance minister Reuters
The Central Bank will share the losses from rehabilitation with the owners of banks Vedomosti
Rothschild pitches idea of pre-IPO sales for Kazakh privatizations Reuters

Bank of Georgia
Bank of Georgia owner BGEO to demerge to create two new FTSE 250 firms City A.M.

Bank Zenit
BRIEF-Bank Zenit FY Net Loss Narrows To About RUB 1.5 Bln-IFX Cites CFO Reuters

Credit Bank of Moscow
CREDIT BANK OF MOSCOW raises a syndicated term loan facility for USD 400 million Cbonds

mBank
mBank to boost Q1 results by PLN 177 mln Warsaw Business Journal
mBank to get PLN 177 mln boost to Q1 net profit from sale of part of unit mFinanse PAP

PZU
KNF fines PZU for PLN 1.7 mln Warsaw Business Journal
StockWatch: PZU insurer's fine PAP

Sberbank of Russia
Kiev turns down Paritetbank offer for Sberbank's Ukraine unit - central bank Reuters
Belarusian Paritetbank denied buying Ukrainian subsidiary of Sberbank Vedomosti
Ukraine does not let go Sberbank Banki.ru

Türkiye Halk Bankasi
Turkish banker convicted in U.S. of helping Iran seeks lenient sentence Reuters
Turkish Banker Asked His Country to Intervene in U.S. Case Bloomberg News

Vozrozhdenie Bank
Russia's Vozrozhdenie expects a net profit of 1.6 bln roubles Reuters
The Central Bank checks the bank "Vozrozhdenie", owned by the brothers Ananyev Vedomosti

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