Lloyds

US shareholders in Lloyds at the time of its takeover of HBOS have launched lawsuits against the bank, its former chairman, Sir Victor Blank, and ex-chief executive Eric Daniels.

Economists have warned the Independent Commission on Banking (ICB)'s plans to ringfence UK banks' retail and investment divisions could threaten economic growth.

Lloyds Banking Group CEO António Horta-Osório is to return as group chief executive on 9 January 2012 after a period of medical leave.

As the eurozone crisis reaches a crescendo, the Bank of England has revealed just how much exposure UK banks have to the region's most troubled economies.

Lloyds Banking Group has offered to exchange £4.9bn of its outstanding bonds in order to raise new capital.

Lloyds Banking Group has announced the interim replacement for group CEO António Horta-Osório [pictured].

The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) should be broken up and the merger of Lloyds TSB and HBOS reversed as part of a radical move to end the "comfortable oligopoly" of the country's high street banks.

Credit rating agency Moody's may downgrade Lloyds Banking Group because of the sick leave taken by chief executive Antonio Horta-Osório, which could hold back the bank's restructuring plans.

Despite Lloyds posting losses this morning of £3.9bn for the year to date, Cavendish's Paul Mumford has urged investors to snap up shares in the bank as he said they could double in value in the next five years.

Lloyds Banking Group has reported a statutory loss of £3.9bn in the first nine months of 2011 after being hit with a £3.2bn provision for PPI claims.