Lloyds Banking Group

Lloyds TSB is expanding its Islamic mortgage offering to four further branches in Slough, Walthamstow, Stevenage and Barkingside.

Less than 10% of wealthy UK adults are convinced the State will be able to provide them with enough cash to live through retirement, new research indicates.

Lloyd TSB has announced it is putting aside additional funds to manage bad debt in the second half of 2005.

The Scottish Executive has unveiled a joint initiative between the government and industry to assess how to boost Scotland's position as a key financial services centre.

ABBEY is still struggling to clear its backlog of Isa savers who wish to transfer their cash Isas to the bank before Christmas and may not clear the 25,000 customers, says the Times .

The Financial Services Authority has fined Capita Trust Company £300,000 and agreed £3.5m in compensation for mis-selling precipice bonds after buying the business from Royal & SunAlliance in 2001.

Prospects of a counter-bid for Abbey National group are increasing, says the Daily Telegraph.

Wealth is being more evenly distributed around the boroughs of London, as higher property prices have forced young professionals into poorer areas of the city, suggests research.

BANCO SANTANDER is thought to digging deeper into its pockets in a bid to head off a damaging bidding war for Abbey National, says this morning's Daily Telegraph.

An innovative breed of cash back credit card and linked savings account is being launched to help pay for children's higher education costs.