* The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced criminal and civil enforcement actions against Deutsche Bank AG, UBS Group AG, HSBC Holdings Plc
UK AND IRELAND
* Britain's Brexit Secretary David Davis said the U.K. "will not want to sign" an official withdrawal agreement with the EU until terms of a future relationship with the bloc have been significantly ironed out, pushing back against EU demands for a final Brexit agreement by October, Bloomberg News reported.
* Bank of Ireland Group Plc CEO Francesca McDonagh is expected to tell Irish lawmakers today that the lender was too slow in paying compensation to customers impacted in a mortgage overcharging scandal that has hit the Irish banking sector, Bloomberg wrote.
GERMANY, SWITZERLAND AND AUSTRIA
* New Basel III rules giving supervisors the option to exclude banks' litigation payouts when calculating operational risk could benefit Deutsche Bank, which has accumulated more than $16.3 billion of fines and legal settlements since 2008, and improve returns for shareholders, Bloomberg reported.
* The board of directors of Helvetia Holding AG
FRANCE AND BENELUX
* CNP Assurances SA invested €10 million for a 70% stake in France-based personal protection insurance broker Azimut and approximately €30 million for a majority stake in Spanish individual health insurance distributor iSalud.
* The Edmond de Rothschild group will sever links with Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners, its investment unit specialized in unlisted biotech firms and small and medium-sized enterprises, according to Les Echos.
* ABN Amro Group NV, ING Groep NV and Rabobank were targets of a cyberattack that caused temporary disruptions to their online and mobile banking services over the weekend, Reuters reported.
SPAIN AND PORTUGAL
* Portuguese securities regulator CMVM approved the creation of a credit recovery fund to compensate Banco Espírito Santo SA customers who lost money after the lender collapsed, Dinheiro Vivo said.
ITALY AND GREECE
* Società Cattolica di Assicurazione -Società Cooperativa set its targets for 2020, saying it expects its operating profit to reach around €375 million to €400 million, up more than 60% from its full-year 2016 profit of €228 million.
* Banco BPM SpA CEO Giuseppe Castagna told Corriere della Sera's L'Economia that the lender could be part of a new round of mergers in Italy, adding that it will see at the end of its 2019 industrial plan if it has the strength to do so, according to Reuters.
* Iccrea Banca SpA is expected in June to carry out a €500 million nonperforming loan securitization deal backed by state guarantees and involving bad loans of some 20 cooperative lenders, MF said.
NORDIC COUNTRIES
* Norwegian savings banks group SpareBank 1 Gruppen AS is establishing its crowdfunding solution Spleis as a separate company, E24 reported. Spleis, which was launched in 2017, has mostly been used for donations until now, but is expected to offer peer-to-peer lending in the longer term.
* Danske Bank A/S sold Norwegian real estate agency Krogsveen to financial group Pareto, FinansWatch reported. The acquisition is expected to take effect from March 1, subject to antitrust approval.
EASTERN EUROPE
* United Arab Emirates-based Emirates NBD Bank PJSC confirmed talks with PAO Sberbank of Russia
* The U.S. Department of the Treasury released a list of Russia's richest tycoons and allies of Russian President Vladimir Putin, including Sberbank CEO Herman Gref and JSC VTB Bank CEO Andrey Kostin. The list is mandated under a U.S. sanctions law but does not officially entail new or additional sanctions to the named individuals, Bloomberg wrote.
* Onexim Group asked the Russian Federal Antimonopoly Service for permission to acquire JSC JSCB International Financial Club, Kommersant reported. Meanwhile, the antitrust watchdog allowed Moscow-based Otkryty Mir to acquire 100% of OJSC State Insurance Co. Yugoria, currently controlled by the authorities of Russia's Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Region, Vedomosti wrote.
* Ivan Svitek was appointed management board chairman at Ukraine-based PJSC Ukrsotsbank, Delo reported.
* Referring to a recent court decision that canceled a Swiss franc-denominated loan because its risks were not explained to the borrower, the Slovenian Bank Association said franc loans should not be annulled, as it would be unfair to people who took loans denominated in euros and whose risks are not being eliminated, Reuters said.
* Bank Handlowy w Warszawie SA's deputy CEO Witold Zielinski tendered his resignation, effective Feb. 18, according to PAP.
* Bulgaria's Financial Supervision Commission allowed the Bulgarian Stock Exchange to operate a multilateral trading facility, allowing the establishment of a new segment for trading stocks from Western European and other major markets, SEENews reported.
IN OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD
Asia-Pacific: Indonesian bank, Sumitomo Mitsui unit to merge; Arab Bank selling Australian arm
Middle East & Africa: First Abu Dhabi Bank FY'17 profit falls YOY; Angola holds benchmark rate
Latin America: Caixa prepares for new redundancy program, suspends public lending
North America: BNP Paribas USA pleads guilty to forex rigging; Capital One to cut 180 jobs
North America Insurance: 2 Scottish Re units file for bankruptcy; nonlife ILS capital hit $88B in '17
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Bankia targets 16% earnings-per-share growth by 2020 with BMN deal: The Spanish lender is aiming to increase business and market share through the merger, Bankia's CEO told analysts during a fourth-quarter earnings call.
Swiss banking family to buy out Miami's Brickell Bank: Brickell Bank, the South Florida lender tripped up by the financial woes of its Portuguese parent, will sell to a Swiss banking family with international operations that span several major cities.
Leo Magno, Ed Meza, Meike Wijers, Esben Svendsen, Beata Fojcik, Heather O'Brian, Stephanie Salti, Praxilla Trabattoni and Mariana Aldano contributed to this report.
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