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            <title><![CDATA[Italy’s Bank CEOs Say They’re Ready to Start Next Deals Wave]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 07:28:11 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[UBS Sees $4 Billion Capital Impact From Swiss Executive Order]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 15:18:50 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Commerzbank CEO Orlopp Slams UniCredit’s Strategy Proposals]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 16:13:41 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Monte Paschi Fires CEO Lovaglio After Previously Ousting Him]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 07:02:53 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Commerzbank Rebuffs UniCredit as Talks Fail to End Deadlock]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 12:43:21 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Paschi’s Ousted CEO Lovaglio ‘Confident’ He’ll Get New Term]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 08:34:31 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[ECB Could End Up Imposing ‘Soft’ SRT Limits, JPMorgan Says]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 09:58:08 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Santander’s Botin Sees Efficiency Improving in First Quarter]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 07:11:53 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Switzerland to Soften Capital Ordinance in UBS Win, BofA Says]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 12:30:39 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[BNP Paribas Boosted SRT Exposure by More Than 40% Last Year]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 11:34:33 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Tikehau’s Mayer-Lévi Says Private Credit Has Become ‘Too Noisy’]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 15:59:27 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Credit Mutuel’s Baal Says Inflation Is Main Bank Risk From War]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 14:13:10 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Worldline Begins Final Capital Raise Underpinning Recovery Plan]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 07:14:16 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[PBB Plunges as It Blames SRT Costs for Weak Profit Outlook]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephan Kahl]]></dc:creator>
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            <title><![CDATA[Commerzbank’s Orlopp Urges EU to Keep Up With US on Deregulation]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Lizzy Burden]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2026 09:32:38 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Monte Paschi’s Di Stefano Quits Board Over Probe Against Him]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2026 07:35:03 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sabadell Names Armengol CEO as González-Bueno Steps Down]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2026 17:05:55 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Swiss Finance Minister Opposes AT1 Capital Compromise for UBS]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2026 16:25:47 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[UniCredit Dismisses ‘Unjustified’ Monte Paschi Speculation]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2026 07:32:15 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Nordea Unveils €500 Million Buyback in Bid to Boost Payouts]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Steven Arons]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2025 07:43:40 GMT</pubDate>
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