FTSE 100 news / Companies and sectors / Lloyds Banking Group / 13 October 2026
Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY): news on Tuesday 13 October 2026
+3.7 positive
Coverage leaned positive, with a new CTO hire from HSBC, a JPMorgan price target increase and favourable pieces on digital strategy and share returns. This was tempered by 17 branch closures and talk of a possible UK bank tax.
What drove it
- new CTO appointment
- JPMorgan target raise
- branch closures
The 19 stories
- +9.2 Lloyds Banking Group (LSE: LLOY) Shares Deliver 26% Return As Bears Underestimate Digital Strategy
Positive coverage of 26% share return and digital strategy. - +6.7 What Lloyds Banking Group Doubters Got Wrong
Says doubters were wrong, favourable framing. - +6.7 Lloyds Banking reports 88 percent weekly digital use: stock after-hours at EUR 1.23 - ad-hoc-news.de
High weekly digital use reported, positive for strategy. - +6.7 JPMorgan raises target for Lloyds Banking stock to GBp 124.00 from GBp 123.00 - ad-hoc-news.de
JPMorgan raises price target on Lloyds. - +5.8 Lloyds poaches new CTO from HSBC
Lloyds hires senior CTO from HSBC. - +5.8 Lloyds names HSBC's Jane Gilmour new CTO
Lloyds appoints HSBC's Jane Gilmour as CTO. - −5.0 Breakingviews - COMMENTARY: UK bank tax is more a case of how than if
Possible UK bank tax is a risk for banks. - −5.0 Lloyds closing 17 Lloyds and Halifax bank branches starting today
Closure of 17 branches, negative for customers and reputation. - +4.2 Team ‘26 Europe - Reddit and Lloyds Bank compare notes about AI and find much in common
Lloyds Bank engaging on AI with Reddit, mildly positive. - +3.3 Lloyds Banking Group Unveils UK Digital Money Map: AI Adoption and Regional Financial Trends
Lloyds launches digital money map research. - +3.3 The UK’s Digital Money Map: Regions Reveal Different Routes to Financial Progress
Lloyds research report on UK digital money trends. - +2.5 Londoners turn to AI for financial advice but remain least confident, Lloyds finds
Lloyds survey on AI financial advice, mildly positive. - +1.7 Lancaster design student lands inaugural Ocean Outdoor student prize with gamified Lloyds Bank campaign
Student campaign for Lloyds Bank, minor brand story. - +1.7 Is Lloyds Banking Group (LSE:LLOY) Back In The Retail Top Ten After A Weak Month For UK Banks?
Lloyds back in retail top ten after weak month. - −1.7 British Pound Outlook: Lloyds Warns Against Following Fed Rate Rises
Lloyds warning on rate rises, mildly cautious tone. - 0.0 Lloyds Banking Group stock pre-market at EUR 1.23 - ad-hoc-news.de
Routine share price quote, no news content. - 0.0 Director/PDMR Shareholding
Routine director shareholding notice. - 0.0 Lloyds Banking stock at EUR 1.23 with EUR 71.1 billion market value - ad-hoc-news.de
Share price and market value, purely factual. - 0.0 Lloyds Banking Group Reports Routine Executive Share Incentive Awards
Routine executive share awards, neutral.
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