Lloyds Banking Group has decided to withdraw Halifax and Bank of Scotland charity credit cards at the end of February because it doesn’t consider them a cost-effective way of donating to charity. The bank has been issuing charity credit cards for over 23 years and they have raised millions of pounds for charities such as [...]
The Co-operative Group has been named preferred bidder for 632 branches being sold by Lloyds Banking Group. The Co-op was in competition with NBNK for the branches which are being sold under European competition rules. It will now enter exclusive talks with Lloyds over the deal, which would expand its branch network to 947, giving [...]
The Co-operative Banking Group has announced that rates on its five-year fixed rate mortgages are being reduced by up to 0.90 per cent. The group is also withdrawing the £999 arrangement fee on its five-year products available exclusively to current account customers. Following the changes the group offers five-year fixed rates mortgages with rates ranging [...]
Lloyds Banking Group announced a loss of £3.8bn for the first nine months of the year, including a £3.2bn provision for payment protection insurance, compared with a £1.9bn profit in the previous year. The group’s shares, which fell by 25 per cent following news earlier this month that chief executive António Horta-Osório was on sick [...]
Banking giant Lloyds Banking Group has today said its first half profits were hit by costs relating to its mis-selling of payment protection insurance (PPI). The controversial insurance has been a hot topic for some time now and the Financial Services Authority (FSA) introduced a review of the insurance after millions of policies were mis-sold [...]
Banking giant Lloyds is to axe a further 15,000 jobs, as part of a cost-cutting exercise and will see the bank withdraw from international banking. The job cuts were first unveiled by the Sunday Times earlier this month but have only been confirmed today. The banking giant, which is 41% owned by the taxpayer, has [...]
According to a report in the Sunday Times, banking giant Lloyds is set to axe a further 15,000 jobs, as part of a cost-cutting exercise. The job losses are expected to be revealed at the end of this month by chief executive, Antonio Horta-Osorio, who assumed the role earlier this year after being poached from [...]
Banking giant Lloyds has today announced it will axe a further 570 jobs and outsource more than 560 positions. The banking giant, which is 43% owned by the taxpayer, has now axed almost 27,000 jobs since its merger with HOBS, some of which were due to overlap following the merger. The latest round of job [...]
The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) has today said complaints rose in the second half 2010. According to the FOS, it received 97,237 new complaints between 1 July and 31 December – a rise of 15% compared with the first half of 2010. This list only covers those complaints which required mediation. Lloyds Banking Group, which [...]
Banking giant Lloyds has today reported it has returned to profit – its first since the bank had to be rescued by the Government at the height of the financial crisis in autumn 2008. Lloyds Banking Group, which is 41% owned by the taxpayer, posted pre-tax profits of £2.2 billion, compared with a £6.3 billion [...]
Lloyds Banking Group, which is 43% owned by the taxpayer, has revealed a rise in customer complaints in the second half of 2010. The banking giant, which runs the Halifax and Bank of Scotland, received 329,761 complaints in the six month period – a 14% rise compared with the same period a year earlier. According [...]
Lloyds Banking Group has announced it will close down its Equity Markets division – as part of its strategy to dispose of non-core assets. The division has around a dozen employees and the announcement comes shortly after the bank said 200 jobs would go at its insurance arm. Since the onset of the financial crisis, [...]
Banking giant HSBC has announced some changes to its management team. The announcement is part of a boardroom reshuffle under incoming group chief executive, Stuart Gulliver, who is set to replace Michael Geoghegan next year. Paul Thurston will assume the role of Chief Executive, Retail Banking and Wealth Management with effect from March 2011. His [...]
Banking giant Lloyds has today revealed it is shedding 420 positions at its Black Horse personal finance unit. This brings the total number of job losses to 22,000 since its merger with HBOS in autumn 2008, which resulted in 41% ownership by the taxpayer. Commenting on today’s announcement, the Unite union, said it was “appalled” [...]
It has been revealed this morning that António Horta-Osório, chief executive of Santander’s UK businesses, will replace Eric Daniels, who is stepping down from Lloyds Banking Group. Fifty-nine-year-old Daniels announced in September that he would be retiring next year. Daniels, who is the longest serving CEO at a major British bank, faced heavy criticism following [...]
Lloyds Banking Group, which is 41% owned by the taxpayer, has today provided an upbeat statement as it continues its recovery from the global financial crisis. The bank, which had to be bailed out in autumn 2008, said it remains on track to deliver a “good financial performance” for 2010 as it continues with its [...]
The bosses of Britain’s top six banks have revealed a £1.5 billion fund, designed to kick-start lending to small businesses. It was announced in August that the chief executives of Barclays, Royal Bank of Scotland, Lloyds Banking Group, Standard Chartered and the heads of the UK operations of HSBC and Santander, would address the shortage [...]
Lloyds Banking Group (LBG) has today announced it will reduce headcount by 4,500 in its IT division – a move which has angered unions. The banking giant, which is 43% owned by the taxpayer, has now axed 20,000 jobs since the start of 2009, some of which were due to overlap following the bank’s takeover [...]
Banking giant Lloyds has received the highest number of complaints in the first half of 2010 with 288,717 gripes. Figures from City regulator, the Financial Services Authority (FSA), said Barclays and Santander were second and third in the complaints league, with 250,667 and 244,978 complaints respectively. The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), which like Lloyds [...]
M&S Money launches 3% cash ISA
M&S Money has launched an Advantage Cash ISA paying 3 per cent, and which allows transfers in from other ISAs. It can be opened with a minimum deposit of £100 lump sum followed by minimum monthly deposits of £25. The 3% rate is variable, but there is no short-term bonus so the return won’t plummet [...]
Google suspends UK Compare Mortgages site
Google has closed its UK mortgage comparison site which it launched in July last year, after it proved to be less popular than expected. Mortgage comparison sites are designed to allow visitors to compare mortgages quickly and easily without having to visit each lender’s individual site. Google was competing with several well-established comparison sites, including [...]
AA launches ‘black-box’ policy for young drivers
The AA is launching an innovative car insurance policy called Drivesafe which could help younger drivers save up to £850 a year. Younger drivers already pay substantially higher premiums than other motorists and these costs are increasing. A new study by Confused.com suggests insurance costs for younger driver have gone up by 5.7 per cent [...]
ATOL scheme updated to protect online bookers
ATOL, a financial protection scheme managed by the Civil Aviation Authority, is being extended to protect up to six million more holidays a year. The scheme ensures that holiday makers do not lose out financially if a travel company collapses, and that they are not stranded abroad. An increase in the number of holidays booked [...]
Home repossessions lowest for four years
The number of UK homes repossessed fell to 36,200 in 2011, significantly below the Council of Mortgage Lenders’ forecast of 40,000, and lower than 2010 when 37,100 homes were repossessed. With interest rates remaining low and lenders adopting a sympathetic attitude to customers in financial difficulty, repossessions fell to their lowest level since 2007. However, [...]
Monthly pay lasting just 17 days
Workers are running out of money just 17 days after receiving their monthly pay, according to new research by the Halifax bank. This means that the average UK worker spends half the month worrying about money. The study, based on the responses of more than 2,000 adults, found that 10 per cent of workers start [...]
Women disadvantaged by auto-enrolment changes
Government proposals to increase the auto-enrolment threshold to £10,000 could put 1.8 million women at risk of missing out on a pension, the TUC has warned. Under the auto-enrolment scheme, which will be phased in from October, private sector employers will automatically enrol workers between the age of 22 years and the state pension age, [...]
Emergency household repairs company Homeserve is taking longer than expected to get back on track after its operations were suspended last October. The company expected customer numbers to fall by 5% this year but it has increased this estimate to 8% and announced the loss of 200 jobs. It estimates that renewal revenue in 2013 [...]
Sale rumoured for Yorkshire and Clydesdale banks
There is growing speculation that National Australia Bank (NAB) may sell Yorkshire Bank and Clydesdale Bank after the Australian parent company announced a strategic review of the two banks’ operations. The Australian economy is performing well and NAB reported strong profits for the final quarter of 2011 but with the UK economy at a virtual [...]
More women experiencing debt difficulties
Women in Debt, which offers female-focused debt advice, has warned that the number of UK women facing serious debt has grown significantly over recent years. The organisation believes that more women will need advice on solving debt problems in the future because they are building up an unsustainable level of indebtedness. Women in Debt’s director, [...]
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