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Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY): news on Thursday 1 October 2026
+5.0 positive
Coverage was dominated by Lloyds completing a $750,000 USDC stablecoin settlement pilot with Visa, which was received positively. This was partly offset by a share price slide among FTSE 100 financials, the departure of its top lawyer and customer-facing online banking changes.
What drove it
- Visa stablecoin pilot
- share price slide
- executive departure
The 19 stories
- +9.2 Lloyds uses USDC to settle $750,000 with Visa in under an hour
Lloyds completes innovative stablecoin settlement pilot with Visa - +8.7 Lloyds Completes First Stablecoin Settlement Pilot With Visa Using USDC
First stablecoin settlement pilot completed with Visa - +8.3 Lloyds and Visa Speed Up Cross-Border Payments With Stablecoin Settlement
Faster cross-border payments via stablecoin settlement - +8.3 Lloyds, Visa test stablecoin cross-border settlement in live pilot using USD 750,000 of obligations
Live stablecoin cross-border settlement test with Visa - +8.3 Lloyds Executes $750K Stablecoin Settlement Pilot Using USDC
Stablecoin settlement pilot shows innovation - +8.3 Visa and Lloyds Complete Live USDC Settlement Pilot
Live USDC settlement pilot completed with Visa - +7.5 Stablecoin Payments Just Got Bank‑Grade: The Lloyds‑Visa Pilot
Pilot framed as bank-grade stablecoin payments progress - +7.5 Lloyds Banking Group and Visa settle $750,000 in USDC in hours, Scott Melker notes
Lloyds and Visa settle in USDC within hours - −6.7 Why Did Lloyds (LSE:LLOY) Slide Hardest Among FTSE 100 Financials As Bond Yields Bite?
Lloyds slid hardest among FTSE 100 financials - +5.0 MONY Group (LSE: MONY), Lloyds (LON: LYG) And HSBC (LON: HSBC) Emerge As Top British Dividend Picks For Income Investors
Named among top British dividend picks - +4.2 Lloyds Bank offers customers an exclusive two-year fixed energy tariff as price cap rises tomorrow
Lloyds offers exclusive fixed energy tariff to customers - +3.3 Metro CEO joins Lloyds Bank to examine the changing global trade outlook
Metro CEO joins Lloyds to examine trade outlook - −3.3 Lloyds Banking stock after-hours at EUR 1.25: minus 1.57 percent
Share price dipped 1.57 percent after hours - −2.5 Major bank to shut down app and online banking next month - check if you're affected
Bank app shutdown affects customers, likely a Lloyds brand - −1.7 Lloyds Bank’s top lawyer to depart after two decades - The Lawyer | Legal insight, benchmarking data and jobs
General counsel departing after two decades - −1.7 Halifax customers face major change to online banking from October 31
Halifax online banking change may inconvenience customers - +1.7 Bank issues warning over increase in romance scams
Lloyds issues scam warning, protective but neutral - +1.7 How To Avoid Romance Scam: Lloyds Issues Warning As Gen Z Reports Surge 59%, Older Victims Lose $12,000
Lloyds romance scam warning with data on victims - −0.8 High Wycombe Halifax closure pushed back amid Lloyds refurbishment works
Halifax closure delayed amid refurbishment, minor
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