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Thursday's headlines, Financials edition

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
EU rebuffs City proposal for Brexit deal on financial services The Daily Telegraph
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
MPs to investigate treatment of small businesses in wake of RBS GRG scandal and Carillion collapse City A.M.
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
Barclays underwrites loan for HNA Group's Swissport Financial Times

HBOS
Noel Edmonds secures funding for HBOS lawsuit Financial Times

HSBC Holdings
Ex-HSBC Wealth Manager Accused of $3 Million Drip-Feed Heist Bloomberg News

Liverpool Victoria Friendly Society
LV=/Allianz deal – job losses revealed Insurance Times
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
Lloyd's courts Belgium ahead of Brexit The Insurance Insider

Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Bank chairman wants Britain to set own financial rules Reuters
UK must not be copier of EU rules after Brexit - Lloyds Banking chair Reuters

MS Amlin
Rash replaced as MS Amlin CFO The Insurance Insider

Santander UK
Santander takes £200m hit from Carillion's bad debts The Times

TSB Bank
TSB puts £100m on the table for small businesses The Times

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
Allianz to make up to 80 further redundancies in claims restructure Post

Basler Kantonalbank
Basler Kantonalbank places a professor on the side of the CEO finews.ch

DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale
Regulation instead of innovation Börsen-Zeitung
'We have to get even faster' Handelsblatt

Deutsche Bank
Cryan trimmed the wild growth in the replacement board Handelsblatt

Julius Bär Gruppe
Julius Bär sees net money slowdown in 2018, on lookout for acquisitions Reuters
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
German bank KfW issues green bonds worth SEK 6 billion Reuters

Swiss Re
Swiss Re Asia names external directors The Insurance Insider
Swiss Re Opens Asian Headquarters finews.com

Vontobel
Division in the US business of Vontobel finews.ch

FRANCE AND BENELUX

Axa
Innovation: AXA focuses on services in health and business Les Echos

Bpifrance
Nicolas Dufourcq reappointed at the head of Bpifrance Le Figaro

Groupe BPCE
BPCE will launch a crescendo in mobile banking Les Echos
Why BPCE will not launch a real mobile bank in France La Tribune

ING Groep
ING gained 5.5% more in 2017, up to 4,905 million euros Expansión
ING-Belgium sees profit decline De Standaard
ING CEO: 'I realize that it was hard for ING Belgium' De Tijd

Orange Bank
Orange's banking unit had over 50,000 customers at end of 2017 -CEO Reuters
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
Ana Botín asks Brussels for a 'nuanced transparency' on the Banco Popular resolution El Mundo
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
Montepio. Banco de Portugal expects capital increase in three years Diário de Notícias

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

Unione di Banche Italiane
Italy's UBI CEO says banking system consolidation is 'written in stone' 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
UPDATE 1-SEB raises dividend as Q4 profit beats expectations Reuters
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
BRIEF-Akbank Fy 2017 Net Profit Rises To 6.04 Bln Reuters

Bank Zachodni WBK
Santander's Polish unit Q4 net rises 19 pct y/y, above forecasts Reuters
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
Bulgaria's Central Cooperative Bank non-cons net profit rises in 2017 SEENews

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 Q4 Net Profit 367 Mln Zlotys Reuters
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
AHML and 'Tinkoff Bank' create a company to issue mortgages online Vedomosti

Türkiye Garanti Bankasi
BRIEF-Garanti Bankasi To Pay Gross Dividend Of 0.42 Lira Per Share Reuters
BRIEF-Garanti Bankasi Fy 2017 Net Profit Increases To 6.34 Bln Reuters

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.