FTSE 100 news / Companies and sectors / Banks / 5 October 2026
Banks: sector news on Monday 5 October 2026
Average tone +0.8 (neutral) across 5 companies with relevant coverage, from 39 stories.
Company by company
| Company | Tone | Stories | What the coverage was about |
|---|---|---|---|
| HSBC | +0.3 | 14 | Coverage was mixed: HSBC's RedCoin stablecoin and a reported 23 percent rise in first-half profit were positives. |
| Standard Chartered | +6.3 | 12 | Coverage leaned positive, led by Standard Chartered winning a Hong Kong stablecoin licence and its VCC platform reaching $2.6 billion in assets with a tenth sub-fund. |
| Barclays | +4.0 | 5 | Coverage was mostly positive on Barclays shares, with a broker target of 620p, a Moderate Buy consensus and a top pick label for the FTSE 100. |
| Lloyds Banking Group | −3.3 | 5 | Coverage focused on a 13% share price fall over two months and the closure of 28 Lloyds, Halifax and Bank of Scotland branches in October. |
| NatWest Group | −3.2 | 3 | Coverage centred on fears of a tax rise on banks, with the Chancellor summoning bank bosses and Cabinet ministers warning against it. |
| Lion Finance Group | – | 0 |
Strongest stories in the sector
- +10.0 Hong Kong issues first stablecoin licences to HSBC, Standard Chartered By Investing.com
Wins first Hong Kong stablecoin licence - +8.3 HSBC stock gained 0.36 percent as first-half profit rose 23 percent
Shares up and first-half profit rose 23 percent. - −8.3 HSBC Stock Drops 5.38%, RSI Oversold: Full Details
Share price drop of 5.38%, oversold. - +8.3 Standard Chartered's VCC platform hits $2.6B AUM with 10th sub-fund
VCC platform reaches $2.6B AUM - +8.3 Inside Standard Chartered Bank Malaysia’s win at the Asian Banking & Finance Retail Banking Awards 2026
Malaysian unit wins retail banking award - +8.3 Standard Chartered's VCC Launches 10th Sub-Fund as Platform Hits $2.6 Billion in AUM
VCC platform growth to $2.6B AUM - +7.5 FTSE 100 (UKX) Eyes 13,378 Target As Barclays (BARC) And Entain (ENT) Emerge As Top Picks
Named as a top pick for FTSE 100. - −7.5 Former HSBC Bangladesh staff take legal action against bank
Former staff taking legal action against the bank. - +7.5 Standard Chartered launches its 10th sub-fund under its VCC platform with BNY Investments
Launch of 10th sub-fund on its VCC platform - +7.5 Standard Chartered - Vcc Platform Surpasses $
VCC platform passes AUM milestone - −6.7 Healey summons bank bosses to crunch talks amid tax hike fears
Bank bosses summoned over feared tax rise; sector-wide risk for NatWest. - +6.3 Down 10% in a month with a P/E of just 8.5! But this broker says Barclays shares are heading for 620p
Broker sees shares heading to 620p despite recent fall; cheap valuation.