Lloyds Banking Group to close 66 more bank branches
48 Lloyds Bank and 18 Halifax branches are set to shut between October and January of next year.
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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.
UK banks hit by mobile and online banking disruption this morning
Lloyds Bank, Halifax and Bank of Scotland have seemingly experienced service disruption.
Lloyds announces 44 fresh branch closures, brings total up to 100
UK bank extends closure programme in response to customers moving online.
2020 Review: Top five outages, data breaches & cyber-attacks this quarter
Reflecting on some of the most topical outages & cyber-security attacks this past quarter.
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.
Halifax unveils mega branch in London
New leviathan is in central London and spread over three floors.
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.
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”. […]
Lloyds, Halifax and NatWest customers hit by online banking glitch
The customers of Lloyds, Halifax and NatWest have all been affected by an online banking glitch that is preventing access to accounts and making payments disappear. The problems, which are not good at any time, have been exacerbated by the fact that today (28 April) is a payday for many in the UK, and 1 […]
Lloyds, Halifax and TSB hit with online banking outages
Customers of Lloyds, Halifax and TSB are unable to access their online accounts after a major outage. Based on Twitter feeds and the website monitoring service, Down Detector, there are problems across the UK. Many Twitter users, no strangers to tedious whinging at the best of times, are saying they can’t access accounts online or […]
Top ten retail banking sites in the UK – July 2016
With digital banking sharply on the rise in the UK – according to the latest figures released by the British Bankers Association – who is leading among the UK retail banks? We have put together some nifty stats for the top ten online banking sites in the UK for the past month (data courtesy of SimilarWeb). […]
Top ten retail banking sites in the UK – June 2016
With digital banking (and particularly mobile) sharply on the rise in the UK – according to the latest figures released by the British Bankers Association – who is leading among the UK retail banks? We have put together some nifty stats for the top ten online banking sites in the UK for the past month (data […]
BT fault hits UK banks’ digital services
UK internet banking has been affected by a BT fault with its broadband and telephone services. In a tweet today (20 July), BT says: “Sorry, we’re aware of a problem & working to fix ASAP.” Some internet banking customers at Barclays, Halifax, HSBC, Lloyds, Royal Bank of Scotland, Natwest and Santander have been unable to […]
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 […]
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.
Halifax doubles mobile user base in a year
UK retail bank Halifax reports that two-thirds of its customers are now using mobile to login, doubling the number of mobile banking sessions compared to a year ago.
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.
HSBC and Lloyds losing in switching stakes
Santander, Nationwide and Halifax have gained the most from the UK’s account switching service, while traditional banking names Barclays, HSBC Lloyds & TSB and NatWest have lost out, according to new figures released by advisory firm TNS.
Research firm aims to identify winners and losers in High Street struggle
A new monthly index that measures UK current account switching has been launched by research firm TNS, providing a snapshot of changing consumer behaviour as the UK Payments Council’s switching service begins to take effect.
