LONDON, Oct 31 (Reuters) - Britain's biggest mortgage lender
Lloyds Banking Group posted weaker-than-expected third
quarter pre-tax profits on Thursday, after making a further 1.8
billion pound ($2.33 billion) provision for mis-sold loan
insurance payouts.
The bank posted pre-tax profits of 50 million pounds for the
three months to end-September, below forecasts of 163 million
pounds, according to a company-provided average of analyst
forecasts.
($1 = 0.7739 pounds)
(Reporting by Iain Withers, editing by Sinead Cruise)