Lloyds Banking Group has announced important updates that focus on enhancing its artificial intelligence (AI) related capabilities. Lloyds Banking Group appointed Magdalena Lis as Head of Responsible Artificial Intelligence (AI), starting on 3 February 2025. This follows the appointment of Dr Rohit Dhawan as Director… Read More
Kirsty Rutter, the Fintech Investment Director at Lloyds Banking Group, highlights the key trends expected to shape the fast-evolving fintech industry in 2025. Despite various challenges, the UK fintech sector has demonstrated resilience and innovation, Rutter noted in a blog post. Kirsty Rutter from Lloyds… Read More
Lloyds Banking Group is expected to close over 130 bank branches as it continues to downsize due to fewer customers utilizing physical locations. In a report by SkyNews, Lloyds Banking Group is said to be shuttering 61 Lloyds, 61 Halifax, and 14 Bank of Scotland locations beginning in… Read More
Banco Santander, Lloyds Banking Group, and UBS have completed the first uncleared bilateral margin payments using a digital representation of central bank funds on the Sterling Fnality Payment System (£FnPS). This “real-world” proof-of-concept reportedly “proves” that Fnality can be used to make bilateral margin payments… Read More
Lloyds Banking Group and Visa (NYSE: V) have announced the renewal and expansion of their 40-year partnership in the UK, as Visa becomes Lloyds Banking Group’s leading scheme provider for its Lloyds Bank, Halifax, Bank of Scotland and MBNA brands. Under the partnership, Lloyds Banking… Read More
The number of UK sectors reporting output growth hit a 10-month high in February, with companies indicating rising demand and spreading business optimism, according to the latest Lloyds Bank UK Sector Tracker. In February, 10 of the 14 UK sectors monitored by the Tracker reported… Read More
Lloyds Banking Group has signed a corporate Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with global renewable energy company, Low Carbon. Through the 10-year agreement, the Group will “purchase 50 GWh of clean electricity annually, the equivalent of powering more than 14,000 homes.” The energy will be generated… Read More
Dynatrace (NYSE: DT), which claims to be among the leaders in unified observability and security, has recently announced that it is working with Lloyds Banking Group, which is reportedly one of the UK’s largest financial services providers, in order “to measure the environmental carbon impact… Read More
Thousands of people hunting for tickets, cars, pets, and much more were tricked into handing money over to fraudsters this year, “with purchase scams rising by more than two fifths (42%), compared to last year,” according to an update from Lloyds Banking Group. Last month,… Read More
Lloyds Banking Group is reportedly the first UK bank to adopt fintech platform PrimaryBid’s Fuse platform in order “to expand access to UK capital markets transactions for customers.” This partnership will enable significantly greater participation “for customers of Halifax Share Dealing, Lloyds Bank, Bank of… Read More
Lloyds Banking Group, a UK based financial services group, has released the first Housing Stocktake 2023 report sharing insights on “the stalling efforts to decarbonize the UK’s housing stock.” In the UK, homes are one of the highest emitting sectors, “with the 28 million residential… Read More
Business confidence in the UK rose to 39% in October, “a three-point increase, to reach the second highest level in 2023–surpassed only in August (41%),” according to an update shared by Lloyds Banking Group. The confidence level this month is “significantly above the long-term average… Read More
Business confidence in the UK fell to 36% in September, “a five point dip from the 18-month high (41%) recorded in August, as companies saw a decline in both economic optimism and trading prospects for the year ahead.” This, according to an update shared by… Read More
Lloyds Banking Group has invested €3 million in technology company Enigio to expand its use of digital documentation in trade. The €3 million investment will allow Enigio “to expand its bespoke solution, trace:original, which removes the need to physically transfer paper documentation within trade transactions.”… Read More
Fennech Financial, an innovator in the financial technology sector, is pleased to announce that it has successfully raised £2.3 million in its latest round of funding. The investment round was “led by Lloyds Banking Group, who contributed a substantial £2 million, alongside some high-profile individual… Read More
Lloyds Banking Group has invested £4 million in Caura, an all-in-one motoring app designed to take the hassle out of car ownership. Caura for iOS and Android “provides a single, highly intuitive interface for all driving related payments.” It serves “the 30 million motorists in… Read More
Acin, the global operational risk control data network, announced it has closed $24 million in Series B funding from a strategic consortium of banks, “comprised of JP Morgan, Citi, BNP Paribas, Barclays, and Lloyds Banking Group.” The investment round was also “supported by existing investors… Read More
Moneyhub, an Open Finance, Open Data, and payments platform, announced that it has secured “an initial £35m in funding from high profile backers Legal & General and Lloyds Banking Group, with an additional £5m debt facility provided by Shawbrook. Legal & General’s investment is partially… Read More
Lloyds Banking Group has introduced Innovation Sandbox in order “to accelerate its collaboration with Fintechs and improve the digital products and services it offers to customers.” Innovation Sandbox will reportedly “help the Group bring a variety of Fintech opportunities through the design and test cycle… Read More
Form3, the platform payment tech provider, has revealed that its Series C investment funding of $160 million has been finalized. Form3‘s investment round has been led by the Growth Equity business within Goldman Sachs Asset Management and included contributions from existing investors. This brings the… Read More
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