FTSE 100 news / Companies and sectors / Lloyds Banking Group / 30 September 2026
Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY): news on Wednesday 30 September 2026
+2.8 slightly positive
Coverage leaned positive on Lloyds completing live stablecoin settlement trials with Visa, plus a Moderate Buy analyst consensus. Weaker business confidence in its survey, branch closures and a small share price dip held the tone back.
What drove it
- Visa stablecoin trials
- business confidence survey
- branch closures
The 12 stories
- +8.7 Visa and Lloyds complete live trials of stablecoin settlement
Live trials completed successfully with Visa - +7.8 Visa and Lloyds pilot stablecoin settlement for cross-border payments
Pilot of stablecoin cross-border settlement with Visa - +7.5 Lloyds Banking : and Visa test faster, round-the-clock cross-border settlement using stablecoins
Stablecoin settlement trial with Visa shows innovation - +4.7 Lloyds Banking Group PLC (NYSE:LYG) Receives Consensus Rating of "Moderate Buy" from Analysts
Analyst consensus Moderate Buy rating - −4.2 Halifax and Lloyds to close 8 branches next week - full list
Branch closures at Halifax and Lloyds - +3.7 Lloyds Bank issues reassuring update for thousands of business customers
Reassuring update for business customers - −3.3 UK Business Confidence Slipped To Its Lowest Since April 2025
Lloyds business confidence survey shows weak morale - −3.0 UK business morale hits 17-month low, Lloyds says
Lloyds survey shows morale at 17-month low - −2.5 Lloyds Banking Group stock trades at EUR 1.26, down 0.79 percent
Small share price dip, minor factual move - −2.5 UK business confidence at 17-month low: Bosses demand Budget 'breathing space'
Lloyds survey shows confidence low; company is source - −1.7 Lloyds Bank issues urgent warning after pensioners lost nearly £10,000 to 1 type of scam
Scam warning from Lloyds, customer losses - +0.8 Lloyds Bank demands five changes to boost UK national security - full list
Lloyds policy calls on national security, neutral
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