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Monday's headlines, Financials edition

EU Agrees to Advance Brexit Talks to Trade The Wall Street Journal
EU warns Brexit deal by 2019 will be 'dramatically difficult' as talks move to next phase Sky News
EU set to focus on banking union, bailout fund in euro zone overhaul Reuters
EU sets bank union, ESM as euro zone overhaul priorities Reuters
EU Banks Told to Get Crisis-Ready by Removing Wind-Down Hurdles Bloomberg News
EU agrees stricter bitcoin rules against money laundering, terrorist financing Reuters
Bitcoin hits new record high as warnings grow louder Reuters
Blockchain consortium Hyperledger loses members, funding: documents Reuters

UK AND IRELAND

Brexit: UK public are becoming more pessimistic over economic impact of EU withdrawal, finds Bank of England The Independent
Investment banks split on shifting assets ahead of Brexit Financial Times
UK Finance pleads for focus on City in trade talks The Times
U.K. Watchdog Rings Alarm Bell Over Bitcoin Imitators Bloomberg News
UK watchdog to take closer look at initial coin offerings Reuters
Bankers set for $120m payday from shopping centre deals The Daily Telegraph
Spat between IA and funds inquiry chief hits crisis point Financial Times
Third of female asset managers suffer sexual harassment Financial Times
Insurance startup InsurePal to launch £15m initial coin offering City A.M.
AIB and KBC in focus as thousands more tracker cases identified The Irish Times
Watchdog to be shut down after botched bank probe The Independent

Barclays
Barclays' commitment to investment banking paying off in UK Financial Times
Barclays upgrades trading platform to comply with EU rules Reuters
Diamond mulls UK retail banking? return with Tandem stake Sky News
Ex-Barclays boss Bob Diamond's Atlas Merchant Capital mulls digital challenger Tandem investment City A.M.

Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds taps £20bn of Bank of England funds to boost profits not lending The Daily Telegraph
Withholding award from Eric Daniels 'was appalling' The Times

London Stock Exchange Group
LSE's fifth biggest shareholder set to back TCI in doomed campaign The Daily Telegraph
Hedge funds line up against institutional investors in endgame to London Stock Exchange chairman battle City A.M.
Vote to oust Donald Brydon likely to fail The Times
Finally, a British centurion: London Stock Exchange to notch up 100 floats for the year City A.M.

Standard Life Aberdeen
Standard Life Aberdeen suffers heavy investor outflows Financial Times
Standard Life Aberdeen merger fails to plug outflows The Daily Telegraph

GERMANY, SWITZERLAND AND AUSTRIA

Germany's conservatives plan to reform life insurance regulations Reuters
Lawsuit Quashed Over 'Hundreds of Millions' Hidden From Nazis Bloomberg News
Bundesbank boss against EU finance minister Handelsblatt
Swiss Insurance Association with new executive board member finews.ch

Credit Suisse Group
Credit Suisse: 166 Managing Directors more finews.ch

Deutsche Bank
U.S. court dismisses $3 billion suit against Deutsche Bank by Jewish family heirs Reuters
Deutsche Bank Was Asked for Information on Transactions Potentially Linked to Michael Flynn The Wall Street Journal
Deutsche Bank Queried for Info Possibly Tied to Flynn, WSJ Says Bloomberg News

Munich Re
Munich Re acquires additional 11% of Global Aerospace shares Reinsurance News
Ergo lowers policy interest rates of the former Hamburg-Mannheimer Handelsblatt

UBS Group
Invest in female-led companies for big returns, says UBS in Damascene conversion The Daily Telegraph
UBS chairman warns of 'bitcoin bubble' swissinfo.ch

Uniqa Insurance Group
Austrian insurance executive to be next finance minister - Kurz Reuters

FRANCE AND BENELUX

France moves to rein in corporate borrowing binge Reuters
French finance minister calls for bitcoin regulation debate at G20 Reuters

Amundi
Amundi finally takes a position on research costs L'Agefi

Axa
Axa to renew Thomas Buberl and Denis Duverne L'Agefi

BinckBank
BinckBank offers offering bitcoin futures Het Financieele Dagblad

BNP Paribas
BNP Paribas loan to the State of Rio Le Figaro
BNP Paribas announces two changes in retail banking L'Agefi

Rabobank
Rabobank sells Roparco Hypotheken De Telegraaf

Société Générale
Societe Generale wants to specialize its retail banking departments L'Agefi

SPAIN AND PORTUGAL

The Bank of Spain lowers one tenth the growth forecast for 2018 for Catalonia El País
Fitch must withdraw Portuguese public debt from "junk" Expresso

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria
González: "BBVA has learned from its mistakes and banks without a digital project will have no future" Europa Press

Banco Santander
Santander places 78% of the compensation bonuses among the former shareholders of the Popular El País
Banco Santander issues 764 million in loyalty bonds to compensate Popular shareholders El País

Millennium BCP
Millennium BCP branch closes today doors in Sardoal Jornal de Notícias

ITALY AND GREECE

Bank of Italy Chief Faces Lawmakers Over Lapses Costing Billions Bloomberg News
Banche Venete, Consoli: Bankitalia warmed up merger with Vicenza Il Sole 24 Ore
Bankitalia, debt rises to 2.289 billion ANSA
New ELA reduction for Greek banks by 1 billion Naftemporiki
Tsipras meeting with the Greek Banking Association Kathimerini

Azimut Holding
BRIEF-Azimut Announces $1.55 Million Flow-Through Private Placement Financing Reuters

Banca Akros
Banca Akros: Tiscali still needs to strengthen itself Milano Finanza

Banca Carige
Carige, over half unopened purchased in the first day offer Milano Finanza
Half of Carige's unexercised cash call rights sold on first day Reuters

Intesa Sanpaolo
Italy's CDP, Intesa set for role in ArcelorMittal bid for Ilva -source Reuters

Piraeus Bank
Piraeus Bank: Return to investment grade by 2020 for Greek bonds Kerdos

NORDIC COUNTRIES

Løkke leans that the EU Banking Union is a good idea for Denmark Berlingske Business
Therefore, the Riksbank is stubbornly attached to the target SvD Näringsliv

Danske Bank
Danske Bank's subsidiary June is blowing on the Bank's own ethical guidelines Politiken

EASTERN EUROPE

UPDATE 2-Russian central bank, in surprise move, chops interest rate Reuters
Watford Re to enter Romanian insurance market Artemis

Getin Noble Bank
Getin Noble Bank suffers rating cut from Moody's to Ba3, outlook still negative PAP

Industrial Construction Bank
BRIEF-Ardshinbank Signs $25 Mln Trade Finance Facility With Citi And ADB Reuters

PKO Bank Polski
Bank PKO BP groups asked to maintain FX mortgage capital buffer at 0.61 pps, stress test buffer at 2.86 pps PAP

Promsvyazbank
Russia hit by $3.4 billion Promsvyazbank bailout in latest bank blow Reuters
Owners of Russia's Promsvyazbank subordinated debt face write-off risks Reuters
Promsvyazbank reported problems with the mobile bank due to high load Vedomosti
Moscow Credit Bank withdrew from Promsvyazbank's capital Vedomosti

Sberbank of Russia
Sberbank became one of the leaders in the insurance market Vedomosti

Türkiye Halk Bankasi
Turkish banker on trial denies helping Iran evade U.S. sanctions Reuters

VTB Bank
VTB finished placement of bonds B-1-2 series in the amount of 10 million pieces Cbonds

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. Some external links may require a subscription. Language translations to English are provided by an automated service and may not be entirely accurate.