Lloyds Share News (LLOY)

Britain's banks told to give data on terminating customer accounts

LONDON, Aug 3 (Reuters) - Britain's Financial Conduct Authority said on Thursday it will ask banks and building societies for data on customer account terminations to check if they were justified or break the law.

LONDON MARKET MIDDAY: Pound under pressure after BoE hike

(Alliance News) - European equities went into Thursday afternoon on the back foot, extending losses suffered on Wednesday following a US credit rating cut from Fitch, while the pound struggled to make headway after the Bank of England raised rates by 25 basis points, as expected.

IN BRIEF: Lloyds corporate affairs chief sells GBP150,350 shares

Lloyds Banking Group PLC - Edinburgh, Scotland-based bank - Chief Corporate Affairs Officer Andrew Walton sells 333,333 shares at 45.105 pence each on Thursday last week. Total aggregate value is GBP150,350.

Britain's banks told to justify low savings rates by end of August

LONDON, July 31 (Reuters) - Britain's banks and building societies have until the end of August to justify to regulators why some of their savings rates are low or face sanctions, the markets watchdog said on Monday, as Bank of England rates look set to rise to their highest since 2008.

UK's Telegraph and Spectator appoint Goldman Sachs to run sale

LONDON, July 28 (Reuters) - The boards of the Telegraph newspaper and The Spectator magazine, led by recently appointed chair Mike McTighe, have appointed investment bank Goldman Sachs and law firm Linklaters to advise on their sale, they said in a statement on Friday.

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LONDON BROKER RATINGS: Shore Capital cuts AO World to 'sell'

(Alliance News) - The following London-listed shares received analyst recommendations Thursday morning and Wednesday:

Banks tread tricky tightrope with politically exposed clients

LONDON, July 26 (Reuters) - The war of words between NatWest and erstwhile customer Nigel Farage has underscored the challenges global banks face in handling clients who could be defined as a politically exposed person, or PEP.

LONDON MARKET CLOSE: Europe falls amid pre-Fed decision caution

(Alliance News) - Blue-chip stock prices in Europe closed lower on Wednesday, as risk aversion set in ahead of a Federal Reserve interest rate decision later.

Banks tread tricky tightrope with politically exposed clients

LONDON, July 26 (Reuters) - The war of words between NatWest and erstwhile customer Nigel Farage has underscored the challenges global banks face in handling clients who could be defined as a politically exposed person, or PEP.

Shares fall as Fed rate rise looms

Euro STOXX down 0.9%

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European banks flag bad loan risks as global economy falters

LONDON/MILAN/MADRID, July 26 (Reuters) - Europe's major banks, including Deutsche Bank and Lloyds Banking Group, on Wednesday pointed to the rising risk of bad loans as the global economy struggles with slow growth and high inflation.

TOP NEWS: Lloyds raises guidance following "robust" half year earnings

(Alliance News) - Lloyds Banking Group PLC said it was "well positioned to deliver" on its ambitions and raised its full-year guidance off the back of higher income and profit in the last six months.

NatWest's Alison Rose, trail-blazing finance boss, bows out after Farage breach

LONDON, July 26 (Reuters) - NatWest's departing CEO Alison Rose until recently told colleagues she had weathered more than her fair share of crises, steering the state-backed lender through the COVID-19 pandemic and market fallout from war in Europe and chaos in Westminster. But ultimately it was committing the cardinal sin of breaching the confidence of a client, former Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage, that cost her her job.

LONDON BRIEFING: Lloyds raises guidance; Rio Tinto profit down

(Alliance News) - Stocks in London are called to open lower on Wednesday, following a slew of earnings from UK companies, as well as an interest rate decision from the US Federal Reserve.