Lloyds Banking Group boosts profits 24 per cent and reveals £1.75bn share buyback scheme February 20, 2019 Lloyds Banking Group’s profits surged 24 per cent in 2018, it revealed today, as it announced a £1.75bn share buyback scheme. The bank said it was "confident in the future" of the UK economy, citing record employment, surging wages and low interest rates. Read more: HSBC boss John Flint needs short term rigour as well [...]
Lloyds unveils plan to pay retailers offering cashback February 19, 2019 Lloyds Banking Group and Visa are piloting a scheme to pay retailers that offer cashback to customers, amid fears for rural town shops that have been hit by the disappearance of ATMs in recent months. In a bid to increase the number of outlets where people can withdraw their money, Lloyds and Visa have said today [...]
Lloyds online banking down: Customers unable to access accounts as Lloyds suffers outage February 11, 2019 Lloyds' online banking system crashed this morning, leaving some customers unable to access the service. The failure followed scheduled maintenance to the bank’s online banking, mobile app and tablet app services over the weekend. Customers were able to access online banking from around 5pm this evening. Read more: Noel Edmonds’ lawyer to take on Lloyds over Bristol [...]
International Investing – the whys and wherefores February 11, 2019 | City Talk In 1926, engineer, inventor and philosopher Nicolas Tesla, said “”When wireless is perfectly applied the whole earth will be converted into a huge brain. We shall be able to communicate with one another instantly, irrespective of distance… and the instruments through which we shall be able to do his will be amazingly simple compared with [...]
Audit watchdog ‘whitewashed’ my HBOS evidence, says whistleblower February 6, 2019 The UK audit watchdog has been accused of brushing-off a whistleblower who claimed HBOS had understated loan-loss provisions in its 2007 accounts. An MP described the handling of the case as “astounding”. Rob Kennedy, a former employee in the lender’s corporate division, was part of the team that worked directly to calculate the provision and [...]
Noel Edmonds’ lawyer to take on Lloyds Banking Group over Bristol allegations February 6, 2019 Noel Edmonds’ lawyer Jonathan Coad is set to open a new front in his battle against Lloyds Banking Group. Coad tweeted today that he has been instructed by a “lady who is a victim of Lloyds Bristol”. Speaking to Morning Wire Coad said: “I have spoken to a number of people who are victims of [...]
Lloyds unveils family mortgage offer to help millennials buy a home January 28, 2019 Llloyds Bank will allow first-time buyers to avoid saving for a deposit by allowing parent’s savings to be used in its place. The Lend a Hand mortgage, which is 100 per cent loan-to-value, launched today removes the need for a deposit which is instead provided using the savings of the buyer's family member who can [...]
Case alleging Libor-rigging launched against raft of major banks January 20, 2019 A string of major banks have been accused of rigging the Libor benchmark again, five years on from a major scandal. A class action has been filed in the US against banks such as the Royal Bank of Scotland, Barclays, Lloyds Banking Group, HSBC, UBS, Bank of America, Citi and Deutsche Bank. The action, which [...]
Lloyds Bank suffers IT outage as customers struggle to send and receive money January 18, 2019 Thousands of Lloyds Bank customers were unable to make payments this afternoon after the bank experienced an IT outage. Customers complained of difficulties transferring money from their accounts due to issues related to the lender's Faster Payments system, which allows customers to send and receive payments by internet or phone. "We are aware that some customers [...]
Lloyds prepares for Brexit with Berlin banking licence January 18, 2019 Lloyds Banking Group has secured a banking license for its Berlin subsidiary as the Brexit deadline date approaches. The lender has previously run the office on a standard passporting licence, however all British banks with customers in the EU could lose the licence after March 29 therefore Lloyds is seeking further regulatory approval, Reuters reported. [...]