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 City A.M. 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. [...]
Leading MP slams Lloyds Banking Group’s overdraft fee changes January 13, 2019 An influential MP has slammed Lloyds Banking Group for trying to “game the system” with its new overdraft fees. Labour MP Rachel Reeves, chair of the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy select committee, said Lloyds’ upcoming overdraft changes would increase fees for the majority of customers and went against the spirit of recent recommendations from [...]
Could the UK be on the brink of a US-style class action explosion? December 16, 2018 The Royal Bank of Scotland, Lloyds Banking Group, Tesco, Google and Mastercard. These are just a handful of the household names that have been targeted in group action lawsuits in the UK with billions of pounds at stake. The UK, unlike the US or Australia, does not have a long history of class action-style lawsuits, [...]
Lloyds pays out to whistleblower who alleged HBOS cover-up November 14, 2018 Lloyds Banking Group has apologised and paid an undisclosed amount in compensation to a whistleblower who produced an internal report that criticised the lender’s handling of a large-scale fraud. The bank previously settled with Sally Masterton, a former senior risk officer at HBOS, over claims she had been unfairly dismissed. Masterton “acted with integrity and [...]
Lloyds invests in new digital banking platform November 7, 2018 Lloyds Banking Group said today it had invested in a fintech company whose tech it plans to roll out next year, in the bank’s latest bid to enhance its digital presence. Lloyds has invested £11m for a 10 per cent stake in Thought Machine, which is building a new cloud-based platform aimed at replacing current [...]
Lloyds Banking Group set to create 8,000 new UK jobs November 5, 2018 Lloyds Banking Group is reportedly set to announce plans tomorrow to create 8,000 jobs in the UK as part of a £3bn technology and transformation investment programme. The bank will also announce that it is cutting 6,000 roles, leading to a net jobs creation figure of 2,000. Sky News reports the reorganisation is part of [...]