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Angela Merkel will give a welcome speech at Deutsche Bank's annual New Year reception on Thursday, marking a rare appearance by the German chancellor at an event by a bank that for years has been battling losses and scandals.

Taiwan's central bank said on Sunday it had banned Deutsche Bank from trading Taiwan dollar deliverable and non-deliverable forwards and suspended it for two years from trading forex derivatives as part of a crackdown on speculation.

Taiwan's central bank on Sunday said it had banned Deutsche Bank from trading Taiwan dollar deliverable and non-deliverable forwards and suspended them for two years from trading forex derivatives as part of a crackdown on speculation.

* Shares fall 0.7% in midmorning trade (Updates with analyst reaction, shares)

Deutsche Bank swung to a small annual profit in 2020, its first since 2014, on the back of strong gains at its investment banking division, the German lender said on Thursday. (Reporting by Tom Sims and Patricia Uhlig; Editing by Maria Sheahan)

Employees on strike at Deutsche Bank's call centre unit DB Direkt over pay are in it for the long haul, a union official said on Tuesday, signalling more disruption for consumers.

Employees at a Deutsche Bank call centre unit, DB Direkt, will go on an open-ended strike starting Saturday in an escalation of a months-long dispute over pay, the Verdi and DBV unions said on Friday.

Regulators are pressing Deutsche Bank CEO Christian Sewing to relinquish day-to-day oversight of its sprawling investment bank, two people with knowledge of the matter said.

Growing concerns about stock bubbles on Wall Street are sparking fears of a pullback, highlighted by the wild ride for shares such as GameStop Corp .

* Still sees cost and revenue challenges (Updates with details, background, CFO)

Deutsche Bank is aiming to pay bankers 1.8 billion euros ($2.2 billion) in bonuses for 2020, a sharp increase from the previous year, Germany's Handelsblatt reported on Tuesday.

Deutsche Bank expects risk provisions of around 1.8 billion euros ($2.2 billion) for 2020, the German lender's chief financial officer told weekly newspaper Die Zeit.

* PGA of America, Twitter and Facebook back away (Updates with Signature Bank, context)

Deutsche Bank will not do business in the future with U.S. President Donald Trump or his companies in the wake of his supporters' deadly Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol, the New York Times reported.

Deutsche Bank AG will pay nearly $125 million to avoid U.S. prosecution on charges it engaged in foreign bribery schemes and manipulated precious metals markets, the latest blow for the bank as it tries to rebound from a series of scandals.

Germany's Deutsche Bank is expected to agree to pay more than $100 million to settle charges related to allegedly violating anti-bribery laws as it tried to win business in places like China, The New York Times reported on Friday.

Deutsche Bank's call centre staff ended a four-day strike on Wednesday that a union official said led to 45-minute waiting times for customers trying to get through to the bank.

Stefan Viertel has assumed a seat on Deutsche Bank's 20-member supervisory board as an employee representative, according to the bank's website.

Deutsche Bank is gaining in financial strength, putting Germany's largest lender in a position to play a leading role in European banking consolidation, CEO Christian Sewing was quoted on Sunday as saying.