FTSE 100 news / Companies and sectors / Banks / 10 October 2026
Banks: sector news on Saturday 10 October 2026
Average tone +1.3 (neutral) across 6 companies with relevant coverage, from 52 stories.
Company by company
| Company | Tone | Stories | What the coverage was about |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard Chartered | +2.5 | 17 | Coverage was mostly about the bank's crypto research and custody expansion, plus a plan to sell its Bangladesh retail and wealth business. |
| HSBC | +2.0 | 15 | Coverage was mixed. |
| Lloyds Banking Group | +3.3 | 10 | Coverage was mainly about Lloyds hiring HSBC's Jane Gilmour as chief technology officer, plus a new savings account and award wins for its advertising. |
| NatWest Group | −2.3 | 8 | Coverage was mostly about scam warnings to NatWest customers and unexpected cuts at NatWest Markets, which leaned negative. |
| Barclays | +1.3 | 1 | Almost all coverage was Barclays analyst ratings on other companies, which says nothing about the bank itself. |
| Lion Finance Group | +0.8 | 1 | The only relevant coverage was a Simply Wall Street piece on what buyers of Lion Finance Group shares were betting on. |
Strongest stories in the sector
- +9.2 HSBC named as the UK’s most valuable brand
HSBC named UK's most valuable brand - −8.3 NatWest Markets' trading MDs are fretting after yesterday's unexpected cuts
Unexpected cuts at NatWest Markets worry staff - +7.5 HSBC, Ant Digital test AI-agent payments using tokenized deposits
HSBC trialling innovative AI-agent payments with tokenized deposits - +7.5 HSBC And Ant Digital Test AI-Agent Payments With Tokenized Deposits
Same tokenized deposit AI payments pilot with Ant Digital - +7.3 HSBC And Ant Digital Pilot AI-Agent Payments With Tokenized Deposits
Same tokenized deposit AI payments pilot - +7.2 HSBC and Ant Digital test tokenized deposit payments for AI agents
Same tokenized deposit AI payments pilot - −6.7 HSBC’s ‘brutal’ wealth cuts not justified by AI maturity, say experts
Experts question HSBC's 'brutal' wealth cuts - +6.7 Lloyds Banking Group Appoints HSBC’s Jane Gilmour as Chief Technology Officer
Appointment of HSBC's Jane Gilmour as chief technology officer. - +6.7 Gilmour leaving HSBC to become CTO at Lloyds
Lloyds hires HSBC's Gilmour as technology chief, a talent win. - +6.7 NatWest expands packaged travel insurance offering with health services
Product expansion in travel insurance with health services - −5.0 HSBC's Singapore AI Bet: A Strategic Misstep in the Making
Opinion piece criticising HSBC's Singapore AI strategy - +5.0 HSBC Singapore to further boost wealth client service
HSBC investing in wealth client service in Singapore