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Lloyds Banking Group has many household names like Lloyds Bank, Halifax, Bank of Scotland and Scottish Widows. Lloyds Banking Group is a leading UK based financial services group providing a wide range of banking and financial services, focused on personal and commercial customers. The Group’s main business activities are retail, commercial and corporate banking, general insurance, and life, pensions and investment provision. The Group operates the UK’s largest retail bank and has a large and diversified customer base.
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Tom Blomfield first changed his role last May but decided to leave altogether after the pandemic exacerbated his state
Analysts at Barclays and Deutsche Bank lifted their sights, following bullish moves from others last week
A look at some of the major movers in London on Tuesday
The BoE's Prudential Regulation Authority arm said payouts should be “prudent”, noting that there are still high levels of economic uncertainty as a result of the coronavirus pandemic
Deutsche Bank said achieving the sort of cost savings envisaged will be “very challenging” for some banks
Lloyds' chief financial officer William Chalmers will step in as interim CEO, which could be for almost seven months if new boss Charlie Nunn’s current employers, HSBC hold him to his contract
Nunn's current contract may prevent him from starting for another 12 months
Expectations of a historic decline in economic growth in 2020 alongside a surge in unemployment may spell bad news for the UK's largest lenders
“Even in the absence of a vaccine, we think the blanket ban will likely be dropped in 2021,” Credit Suisse analysts reckon
Elsewhere, analysts at Bank of America Merrill Lynch upgraded their rating on Lloyds shares to 'neutral’ from ‘underperform’
Pre-pandemic forecasts estimated the sector would pay out nearly £14bn in dividends on their 2020 earnings
The capital position was also much strengthened, with the CET1 ratio rising to 15.2%
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Emerging markets lender Standard Chartered PLC, advertising giant WPP Group, and orthopaedics firm Smith & Nephew are also on the slate of blue-chip results
The lender's new CEO has been chief financial officer for the past two years
With investor interest in UK banks at an all-time low, analysts at Citigroup said they believe “this presents an opportunity” for investors
Data from the latest Lloyds Bank Financial Institutions Sentiment Survey showed that 89% of wealth and asset managers planned to maintain flexible working patterns while 85% expected to use digital platforms to liaise with clients
Defaults are likely to rise markedly, suggests Goldman.
Deutsche Bank prefers Barclays, but Citi said it was most at risk of additional charges
One bank had only fully refunded 1% of victims while another had given 59% of victims all of their money back.