Lloyds

Lloyds Forms Direct Lending Partnership With Oaktree Capital
Lloyds Forms Direct Lending Partnership With Oaktree Capital
July 18, 2024  |  Partnerships

Lloyds Bank and Oaktree Capital Management have teamed to support U.K. “middle-market sponsor-backed borrowers.” The collaboration, announced Thursday (July 18), will see Lloyds’ structured debt...

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Lloyds Reportedly Puts Brakes on Staff Travel
Lloyds Reportedly Puts Brakes on Staff Travel
July 15, 2024  |  Banking

Lloyds is reportedly telling staff to reduce their use of taxis and business class flights. It’s part of the British banking giant’s attempt to cut...

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Iran Reportedly Used UK Banking Giants to Avoid Sanctions
Iran Reportedly Used UK Banking Giants to Avoid Sanctions
February 04, 2024  |  Bank Regulation

Iran reportedly used two of Great Britain’s largest banks to get around sanctions. Santander UK and Lloyds provided accounts to front companies owned by sanctioned Iranian petrochemical companies, the...

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Lloyds Slashes Jobs as Banking Customers Shift to Digital
Lloyds Slashes Jobs as Banking Customers Shift to Digital
January 25, 2024  |  Banking

Lloyds Bank is reportedly eliminating 1,600 jobs amid an increased focus on digital banking. The British lender also plans to create 830 new jobs for its “relationship growth” team...

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Lloyds Considers Job Cuts as Banks Shift to Digital
Lloyds Considers Job Cuts as Banks Shift to Digital
November 26, 2023  |  Banking

Lloyds’ digital refocusing has reportedly placed more than 2,500 jobs at risk. The British banking giant is planning to review thousands of middle management roles, the...

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Lloyds Offers New Merchant Tools Via Expanded FreedomPay Partnership
Lloyds Offers New Merchant Tools Via Expanded FreedomPay Partnership
October 11, 2023  |  Partnerships

Lloyds Bank said it has expanded its partnership with consumer-centric commerce platform FreedomPay. The British banking giant announced Wednesday (Oct. 11) that merchants using its Bank Cardnet...

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Lloyds and Enigio Team on Trade Finance Blockchain
Lloyds and Enigio Team on Trade Finance Blockchain
April 04, 2023  |  Partnerships

British banking giant Lloyds has formed a trade digitization partnership with Enigio. The collaboration, announced by document digitization firm Enigio Wednesday (April 4), is designed...

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Fines, Interest Rate Hike Set 2023 Tone as UK Big Four Cap Year
Fines, Interest Rate Hike Set 2023 Tone as UK Big Four Cap Year
February 22, 2023  |  Banking

In this report, PYMNTS takes a look at the 2022 full-year performance of the U.K.’s “Big Four” banks — Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds and NatWest. Barclays...

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UK Mortgage Lenders Agree on Measures to Help Struggling Borrowers
UK Mortgage Lenders Agree on Measures to Help Struggling Borrowers
December 28, 2022  |  Loans

The U.K.’s largest mortgage lenders have agreed on measures to help struggling borrowers. The new measures follow a meeting between the chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, and...

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