Lloyds

El banco espera que su base case para el crecimiento del GDP sea del 0,5% este año, inferior a la predicción del 0,8% de IMF para Britain Business live – latest updates Lloyds ha advertido que el economic fallout del conflicto en Middle East podría costarle £151m ante el aumento del desempleo y la inflación y una desaceleración en el housing market. El grupo FTSE 100, cuyas marcas incluyen Lloyds Bank, Halifax y Bank of Scotland, emitió un economic forecast pesimista que, según indicó, refleja las consecuencias de la stagflation —el doble impacto del aumento de la inflación al mismo tiempo que un crecimiento económico más lento— para UK y las economías globales. Continue reading...

Law firm is preparing claim on behalf of 30,000 consumers who fear the FCA’s redress scheme will shortchange themLloyds Banking Group is facing a court battle with 30,000 aggrieved car loan customers who are set to abandon the City regulator’s official redress scheme amid fears it will shortchange consumers and favour lenders.The claims law firm Courmacs Legal is planning to file a £66m omnibus claim on behalf of borrowers who believe they were financially harmed by car loan contracts set up by Lloyds’ motor finance arm, Blackhorse. Continue reading...

People’s payments, account details and national insurance numbers visible to other users, says Treasury committeeLloyds Banking Group exposed the personal data of nearly 500,000 customers in an IT glitch that left people’s payments, account details and national insurance numbers visible to other users, a committee of MPs has revealed.A letter from Lloyds, published by MPs on the Treasury select committee on Friday, blamed the glitch on a software defect introduced during an IT update to its Lloyds, Halifax and Bank of Scotland mobile banking apps overnight into 12 March. Continue reading...