Lloyds Banking Group to shutter 60 UK branches
Of the 60 closures, 24 are Lloyds Bank branches, 19 are Bank of Scotland and 17 are Halifax.
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2020 Review: Top five outages, data breaches & cyber-attacks this quarter
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Lloyds group to close 56 more UK branches this year
Staff numbers may be cut by “under 80” in affected branches.
Lloyds, Halifax and Bank of Scotland customers hit by system outage
The incident took place from around 4am on New Year’s Day.
Lloyds first to launch open banking app for credit cards and savings
The banking group has also added a secure 24-hour messaging service.
Lloyds unleashes open banking app
Follows in the wake of Barclays.
Lloyds axing 6,000 jobs and creating 8,000 new ones
On the back of its digital revamp strategy.
Faster Payments issue affects UK banks
Problems for Halifax, Lloyds, Bank of Scotland and Monzo.
Lloyds banking app crashes over weekend
Saturday not so sweet for Lloyds, TSB, Halifax and Bank of Scotland.
Lloyds and Bank of Scotland hit by payment processing problems
Customers of Lloyds and Bank of Scotland have reported a host of payment processing problems as UK banks yet again fail to deliver banking services. In the repellent realm of Twitter, some users reported that wages weren’t paid at the end of the month. With the processing system down, bosses couldn’t pay their staff and […]
Lloyds to cut 49 more branches
The UK trade union Unite has revealed that Lloyds has informed staff it will be closing another 49 branches of the Halifax, Bank of Scotland and Lloyds, resulting in 99 job losses. Rob MacGregor, Unite national officer, says: “Having returned to profitability Lloyds needs to stop ignoring its corporate social responsibilities. Just over six months […]
Multiple UK banks reporting outages… again
Can’t shake the sense of déjà vu? Customers of Lloyds, TSB, Halifax and Bank of Scotland will know the feeling, after receiving more reports of outages.
Bank of Scotland pilots AI tech for customer iPhone chat
Bank of Scotland, a subsidiary of Lloyds Banking Group, has launched a pilot artificial intelligence (AI) project – a virtual assistant for customers using the iPhone app.
Lloyds, Halifax and Bank of Scotland hit by system outages
The customers of Lloyds, Halifax and Bank of Scotland have been affected by an online and mobile banking glitch that is preventing access to accounts or telling users they don’t have an account with the bank. The banks say their phone lines are back to normal, but online and mobile banking are facing “intermittent issues”. […]
Selfies healthy for Lloyds and Bank of Scotland account opening
Lloyds has launched selfie technology to enable customers of its subsidiary, Bank of Scotland, to open a current account online.
Four UK banks sign up for VocaLink’s Zapp app
Four of the UK’s biggest high street banks have signed up to launch Zapp’s “Pay by Bank app” mobile payment service. Bank of Scotland, Barclays, Halifax and Lloyds Bank are working with Zapp, VocaLink’s payments innovation team, to deliver the service. David Yates, CEO VocaLink, says the gang of four join a “growing number of […]
Google to bring Android Pay to UK
Google is bringing Android Pay to the UK market – with Bank of Scotland, First Direct, Halifax, HSBC, Lloyds Bank, M&S Bank, MBNA and Nationwide Building Society the first to support it. This latest move follows Android Pay’s launch in the US in September 2015, and it should be available in the UK “in the […]
Apple Pay comes to UK next month
Apple Pay will be available in the UK from next month, with eight of the UK’s most established banks and the major credit and debit card networks supporting it – along with Transport for London.
The name’s Paym – UK Payments Council names mobile service
The mobile payments system planned by the UK Payments Council will be branded Paym. The Council says that it will announce the go-live date next month and final testing is on track.
