Tagged: lloyds

October 21, 2026 @ 10:31 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Evidence continues to mount on both sides of the Atlantic that banks are limiting services available to cryptocurrency users. A newly released report from Stand With Crypto UK, titled Blocked: Britain’s Crypto Access Problem, details the scale of difficulties faced by customers in the United… Read More

October 5, 2026 @ 10:32 am By JD Alois  |  

The movement to tokenize assets, including digital securities, is gaining traction around the world. Most keenly in global financial centers. Today, OKX and ICE (parent company of the NYSE) have announced the creation of a Tokenized Securities Venue (TSV), which will aim to facilitate 24/7… Read More

September 25, 2026 @ 9:05 am By Omar Faridi  |  

A group of the UK’s largest banking institutions has moved tokenised bank money out of laboratory tests and into actual customer activity, completing the first live retail transactions using digital representations of ordinary sterling deposits. The work sits inside the Great British Tokenized Deposit programme,… Read More

March 16, 2026 @ 11:26 am By JD Alois  |  

Earlier this month, it was reported that Lloyds has a mission to become the UK’s largest Fintech by leveraging customer data and automating compliance. In the FT, Chief Operating Officer Ron van Kemenade said this goal is part of a broader tech overhaul to cut… Read More

December 26, 2025 @ 8:38 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UK fraud reports from the past year have reportedly been dominated for the most part by vehicle and various ticket scams in 2025, according to new figures from Lloyds. It was driving lessons and test scams that have now recorded the sharpest year-on-year rise, up… Read More

September 22, 2025 @ 1:06 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In a new alert for UK homeowners, Lloyds Banking Group has spotlighted a looming financial crunch for thousands of mortgage holders. As fixed-rate deals struck during the pandemic-era lows near their end, the banking institution estimates that proactive remortgaging could collectively spare borrowers £1 billion… Read More

September 2, 2025 @ 3:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Recent findings from the Lloyds Bank Business Barometer reveal a complex but seemingly optimistic / favorable environment for UK businesses in August 2025. Despite a slight dip in economic optimism, overall business confidence has climbed two points to 54%, marking the fourth consecutive monthly increase… Read More

August 1, 2025 @ 9:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Lloyds Banking Group has recently noted that the July UK business confidence reading marked the third consecutive monthly increase, “signaling growing optimism across the economy.” According to the latest update from Lloyds, this uplift was “driven by both stronger trading prospects and economic optimism, the… Read More

July 17, 2025 @ 10:16 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Lloyds Banking Group, Aberdeen Investments, and Archax announce a partnership to advance the use of blockchain technology, utilizing tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) as collateral for their trading businesses. In a UK-first initiative, tokenised “units of Aberdeen Investment’s money market fund (tMMF) and tokenised UK gilts… Read More

July 7, 2025 @ 3:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Lloyds Banking Group continues to pursue a commitment to sustainability, innovation, and social responsibility through a series of initiatives. From sustainable finance to leveraging artificial intelligence and addressing societal challenges, Lloyds reports that it is making strides to align its operations with its mission of… Read More

June 9, 2025 @ 8:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Lloyds announced a partnership with BNP Paribas to offer its corporate and financial institution clients access to market-leading FX Execution Algorithms (EAs). The partnership will see Lloyds deliver an FX Algorithmic Execution Service supported by BNP Paribas’ edge solutions – “helping clients to execute large… Read More

May 16, 2025 @ 7:20 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Following a review of the market, Lloyds Banking Group (LBG) has selected Moneyhub to categorize and enrich all retail and non-retail transactions across LBG’s customer base and brands, “including Lloyds, Halifax, Scottish Widows and Bank of Scotland.” This will support customers to understand what they… Read More

March 8, 2025 @ 11:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Lloyds Banking Group, which is one of the United Kingdom’s largest FIs serving a large and diverse customer-base, is set to cut hundreds of permanent IT jobs in the UK while simultaneously hiring engineers for similar roles in India, according to a recent FT report…. Read More

February 28, 2025 @ 9:45 am By JD Alois  |  

It has been widely reported that multiple bank apps were not accessible by consumers. These include the Bank of Scotland, Lloyds, TSB, and Halifax Bank—all of which fall under the Lloyds Banking Group. Reportedly, Nationwide Building Society was also impacted. The issue is now apparently… Read More

September 3, 2024 @ 10:56 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The latest Lloyds Bank Business Barometer showed that business confidence in the United Kingdom remained at 50% in August. Although there was no increase to the overall UK business confidence figure, the result highlighted the continued positivity amongst businesses, with “confidence still at the highest… Read More

July 10, 2024 @ 8:18 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Clients of service providers including Lloyds, Halifax and Bank of Scotland will now be able to share their access and support needs. Experian announces Lloyds Banking Group (LBG) as the newest partner of its Support Hub service. As part of Experian Support Hub, LBG, home… Read More

June 25, 2024 @ 8:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

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

March 27, 2024 @ 12:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Lloyds Bank’s latest Business Barometer has found that business confidence remains high, with March’s figures unchanged month-on-month at 42%. In a promising sign of a return to economic growth, this month’s survey data reflects the continued confidence firms “have demonstrated so far in 2024 and… Read More

March 8, 2024 @ 7:46 am By Omar Faridi  |  

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

December 23, 2023 @ 3:24 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Lloyds Bank has continued to strengthen its support for corporate businesses “across the North West by further investing in its Corporate and Institutional Banking team in the region.” The Manchester-based team, which “provides strategic funding solutions across both corporate and private equity backed businesses, has… Read More