FTSE 100 news / Companies and sectors / Banks / 8 October 2026
Banks: sector news on Thursday 8 October 2026
Average tone +0.5 (neutral) across 5 companies with relevant coverage, from 82 stories.
Company by company
| Company | Tone | Stories | What the coverage was about |
|---|---|---|---|
| HSBC | −3.7 | 32 | Coverage centred on HSBC's plan to cut up to 70% of UK wealth adviser roles as AI is adopted, alongside a share price fall of around 4% as financials slipped. |
| Standard Chartered | +5.5 | 24 | Coverage was mostly positive, led by the new digital asset custody offering in Singapore, its backing of OKX's funding round and a JPMorgan forecast of higher third-quarter profits. |
| Lloyds Banking Group | −1.3 | 12 | Coverage was mixed: a JPMorgan target increase, a £45m Chester campus purchase and a new savings offer were offset by a share price fall and lingering motor finance worries. |
| NatWest Group | +4.0 | 11 | Coverage was mostly positive, centring on NatWest's mid-market report, the national roll-out of its She Scales initiative and a returning community banking hub in Wilmslow. |
| Barclays | −1.8 | 3 | Most coverage was Barclays analysts rating other companies, but relevant stories centred on the quashing of convictions of ex-Barclays traders in the rate-rigging cases, which revives an old scandal. |
| Lion Finance Group | – | 0 |
Strongest stories in the sector
- +10.0 JPMorgan Forecasts HSBC and Standard Chartered Q3 Pre-Tax Profits to Rise Over 10%; Favors Standard Chartered for Better Potential Returns
JPMorgan forecasts profit rise and favours StanChart over HSBC. - +8.3 JPMorgan raises target for Lloyds Banking stock to GBp 124.00
JPMorgan raised price target on Lloyds. - +8.3 Standard Chartered Launches Tenth VCC Sub-Fund With BNY Investments as AUM Passes USD2.6 Billion
New VCC sub-fund and AUM passing USD2.6 billion. - +8.3 Standard Chartered supports US$1.1 billion financing for IMA Gas Development Project - Landmark transaction reinforces the Bank’s cross-border CIB strategy and commitment to financing critical infrastructure in Nigeria and Africa
Supports large infrastructure financing in Nigeria, boosting CIB strategy. - +7.5 Top court upholds HSBC's acquittal in short-selling case
Top court upholds acquittal in Korean short-selling case. - +7.5 South Korea's Supreme Court Upholds Lower Court Ruling That Clears HSBC Of Short-Selling Charges - Media
Korean Supreme Court clears HSBC of short-selling charges. - +7.5 Supreme Court acquits HSBC in Korea naked short-selling case over lack of intent - CHOSUNBIZ
Acquitted in Korea case over lack of intent. - +7.5 HSBC Hong Kong Cleared of Naked Short-Selling Charges by Top Court
HSBC Hong Kong cleared of naked short-selling charges. - −7.5 Lloyds Banking stock falls 3.26 percent on October 7
Share price fell over 3% in a day. - +7.5 Standard Chartered Bank (Singapore) plans to provide custody services for cryptoassets, stablecoins and tokenised real-world assets
New digital asset custody service in Singapore. - +7.0 Standard Chartered to offer digital asset custody to SG institutional clients
Digital asset custody for institutional clients. - +7.0 StanChart to Offer Digital Asset Custody Services in Singapore
Digital asset custody offering expands product range.