EU holding line against passporting for British banks after Brexit Reuters
EU seeks to soften rules for tackling failing banks Reuters
EU wants strong financial market convergence with UK - Dombrovskis Reuters
EU banking authority to test banks for 8.3% post-Brexit slump Financial Times
EU to put banks through Brexit mill in toughest stress test yet Reuters
European banks to face toughest stress test yet The Times
EBA stress test to gauge banks' response to doomsday Brexit, EU contraction Financial Times
EU panel says finance sweeteners for green projects may create bubble Reuters
EU moves to stop post-Brexit bonfire of regulation Financial Times
Morgan Stanley Boosts Dublin, Frankfurt, Paris Offices on Brexit Bloomberg News
EC report recommends adapting Solvency II Post
80% of allocators to stay invested in ILS after losses, 37% to increase Artemis
UK AND IRELAND
UK to release Brexit impact report after leak Financial Times
Brexit: EU rejects City plan for free trade in financial services The Independent
A fintech M&A bonanza drove deal value to its highest level last year, as the UK led the way City A.M.
Brexit No Problem for Leaders' Rosy Vision of U.K.-China Ties Bloomberg News
BRIEF-City Of London Group Provides Update On ?Banking Licence Strategy? Reuters
BRIEF-UK's FCA Saya Samrat Bhandari Sentenced In Prosecution Of 1.4 Mln Stg Investment Scheme Reuters
FCA set for further crackdown on high cost credit. Good The Independent
FCA to scrutinise 4 areas of concern in high-cost credit sector Financial Times
Ex-JPMorgan trader loses FCA fight linked to 'London whale' case Financial Times
Bank scandals turn MPs' focus to help for small companies The Times
MPs launch inquiries to learn lessons from RBS and Carillion mistreatment of small businesses The Daily Telegraph
UPDATE 1-UK banks secure cuts in cash machine network costs Reuters
UK could lose 30,000 free cash machines in five years amid fees shake-up Sky News
Central Bank can't revert to 'booster' role Irish Independent
AIB and Bank of Ireland to undergo ECB stress tests The Irish Times
Barclays
HBOS
HSBC Holdings
Ex-HSBC Wealth Manager Accused of $3 Million Drip-Feed Heist Bloomberg News
Liverpool Victoria Friendly Society
Up to 400 redundancies from LV/Allianz deal Insurance Age
LV prepares to overcome 'challenges' with re-entry to home market Post
Lloyd's of London
Lloyds Banking Group
UK must not be copier of EU rules after Brexit - Lloyds Banking chair Reuters
MS Amlin
Santander UK
TSB Bank
GERMANY, SWITZERLAND AND AUSTRIA
Tezos Foundation appoints new board member Reuters
Swiss insurers pass Finma test Neue Zürcher Zeitung
FMA announces Bitcoin company Optioment for suspected fraud Der Standard
Allianz Group
Basler Kantonalbank
DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale
'We have to get even faster' Handelsblatt
Deutsche Bank
Julius Bär Gruppe
Julius Bär's New CEO Aims for Expansion The Wall Street Journal
Julius Bär Hiring Slowdown Signals Pause After Collardi Era Bloomberg News
Julius Bär Acquires as Profit Rises finews.com
Julius Bär wants to hire more customer advisors Finanz und Wirtschaft
KfW
Swiss Re
Swiss Re Opens Asian Headquarters finews.com
Vontobel
FRANCE AND BENELUX
Axa
Bpifrance
Groupe BPCE
ING Groep
ING-Belgium sees profit decline De Standaard
ING CEO: 'I realize that it was hard for ING Belgium' De Tijd
Orange Bank
Orange Bank has opened more than 50,000 accounts at the end of 2017 L'Agefi
SPAIN AND PORTUGAL
The AEB applauds the recommendations of the European group of experts to homogenize sustainable assets Europa Press
Banco Santander
Botín (Santander) rules out cross-border mergers in Europe until the Banking Union is completed Europa Press
Botín (Santander) rejects a tax on banks: 'It is not justified' Europa Press
Botín (Santander) is 'in favor' of publishing the Deloitte report on Popular Europa Press
BRIEF-Banco Santander to cut scrip dividend payment to boost cash payment Reuters
BRIEF-Catalan uncertainty hit Santander Spain, conditions improving - chairman Reuters
Santander earns 6,619 million in 2017, 7% more Expansión
Santander will launch a tool to streamline cross-border payments with blockchain technology Europa Press
Santander will move the headquarters of Santander Spain to the new Popular building Europa Press
Caixa Económica Montepio Geral
ITALY AND GREECE
ECB to publish results of Greek banks' test in May Reuters
EBA's assumptions about the stress test of Greek banks Kerdos
Italy's Padoan warns against risk-weighting banks' sovereign bond holdings Reuters
NPL, a contract node for banks MF
Credito Valtellinese
BRIEF-Three new banks to enter Creval's share issue guarantee consortium Reuters
NORDIC COUNTRIES
BRIEF-Swedish c.bank will exchange EU payment in Feb Reuters
DNB warns against mail fraud after bank hacks De Telegraaf
Riksbank Tempts Krona Bulls as Comments Suggest Policy Shift Bloomberg News
Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken
Strong result from SEB - raising dividends SvD Näringsliv
EASTERN EUROPE
The first fund in the Czech Republic allows investment in cryptos CTK
The Central Bank will collect data on all loans to legal entities Vedomosti
Insurers again prepare for higher prices for OSAGO Vedomosti
Poland sells €1 bln green bonds Warsaw Business Journal
EC gives nod to Bulgarian Stock Exchange acquisition of IBEX SEENews
Slovenia's 'bad bank' issues call for binding bids for 14 plots of land in Ljubljana SEENews
Bulgarian banks' net profit falls in 2017 SEENews
Bulgarian banks' gross NPL ratio falls to 11.4% at end-Sept SEENEws
Moldova's c-bank holds key rate at 6.5% SEENews
Serbia's c-bank sells 15 mln euro to bolster dinar SEENews
Akbank
Bank Zachodni WBK
BZ WBK Q4 profit grows Warsaw Business Journal
Update: Bank BZ WBK sees 2 bps opening hit to solvency on IFRS9 PAP
BZ WBK bank expects to keep cost of risk at 80 bps ex-NPL sales in 2018 - CFO PAP
BZ WBK bank expects results increase in 2018 - CEO PAP
BZ WBK plans to set up mortgage bank Warsaw Business Journal
Central Cooperative Bank
Getin Noble Bank
Getin Noble Bank gets NBP consent to reduce mandatory reserve by 55% to end-2018 PAP
ING Bank Slaski
BRIEF-ING Bank Slaski Plans Dividend Of 30% Of Non-Consolidated Net Profit For 2017 Reuters
Promsvyazbank
UPDATE 1-Russian court freezes Vozrozhdenie shares as PSB pursues funds Reuters
Court seized shares of Vozrozhdeniye on the lawsuit filed by Promsvyazbank against 10 foreign companies Vedomosti
Russia's Promsvyazbank to be recapitalised using funds spent on troubled banks-sources Reuters
Tinkoff Bank
Türkiye Garanti Bankasi
BRIEF-Garanti Bankasi Fy 2017 Net Profit Increases To 6.34 Bln Reuters
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