FTSE 100 news / Companies and sectors / Lloyds Banking Group / 21 October 2026
Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY): news on Wednesday 21 October 2026
−5.2 negative
Coverage was dominated by a Google Cloud outage that disrupted Lloyds Bank and Halifax apps and websites alongside other firms. Reports of bank tax fears, deposit pressure, an analyst downgrade and falling shares added to the negative lean.
What drove it
- Google Cloud outage
- bank tax fears
- analyst downgrade
The 24 stories
- −8.3 Lloyds Banking Group (LON: LLOY) Shares Fall As Tax Fears And Analyst Downgrade Weigh On Stock
Shares fall on tax fears and analyst downgrade - −7.5 Lloyds Banking Group (LSE:LLOY) Bank Tax Fears And Deposit Pressure Cloud Quarterly Update
Bank tax fears and deposit pressure weigh on outlook - −5.8 Revolut and Lloyds Bank are down for many —here's all the latest on the outage
Lloyds Bank app outage affecting customers - −5.8 Lloyds Bank Outage Today: Is Lloyds Bank Down in the UK? Customers Report Login Failures, Online Banking Errors and App Problems | Check Downdetector Status
Customers report login failures and app problems - −5.0 HSBC, Lloyds, Halifax and more affected by Google Cloud outage: What to do if your banking app goes down
Lloyds and Halifax customers affected by banking app outage - −5.0 Major internet outage appears to have taken down Lloyds Bank, HSBC and more
Outage took down Lloyds Bank and others - −5.0 UK banking disruption as Google Cloud outage takes down Revolut, Lloyds Bank and HSBC
Lloyds Bank service taken down in outage - −5.0 Hundreds of users report issues attempting to access Lloyds Banking app
Hundreds of users report Lloyds app access issues - −5.0 Revolut, Lloyds Down: 2,000+ Reports Hit UK Banks [2026]
Thousands of outage reports hit Lloyds and other banks - −5.0 UK's FTSE 100 Extends Losses; HSBC, Lloyds Hit by Google Cloud Outage
Lloyds hit by cloud outage alongside FTSE losses - −4.2 Internet down: Google Cloud outage leaves websites including Lloyds Bank, Rightmove and DPD not working
Lloyds Bank website not working in outage - −4.2 Lloyds Bank, HSBC, Royal Mail, DPD and Rightmove all down in Google outage chaos
Lloyds Bank down in outage among many firms - −4.2 Revolut, Lloyds Bank, HSBC, Royal Mail, DPD and Rightmove all impacted as Google outage causes chaos
Lloyds impacted by outage among many firms - −4.2 Google hit by major outage as Lloyds Bank, Rightmove and DPD all go DOWN
Lloyds Bank among services down in Google outage - −3.3 Google Cloud outage triggers service disruptions across UK banks and websites
UK banks including Lloyds disrupted by outage - −3.3 Google Cloud outages hit British banks, logistics businesses
Lloyds among businesses hit by Google outage - −2.5 Devizes Lloyds Bank to shut today with plans to strip cash machines
Branch closure in Devizes, minor negative for customer service reputation - +1.7 Missed Lloyds Banking Group's Rally? What Holders Backed
Commentary on share rally and holder backing, mildly positive - +1.7 Broker tips: Lloyds, Vodafone, Imperial Brands, Ocado
Lloyds included in broker tips, one of several companies - +0.8 Lloyds Banking Group plc (LON:LLOY) Stock Has Average Price Target of GBX 116
Average analyst price target, broadly neutral - −0.8 Lloyds Bank moves Halifax customers to app access before November - El-Balad.com
Halifax customers moved to app access, operational change - −0.8 Lloyds Sets October 31 Deadline for Halifax Banking Switch
Halifax banking switch deadline, operational change - −0.8 Lloyds Sets October 31 Deadline for Halifax Digital Banking
Halifax digital banking deadline, operational change - −0.5 Former Lloyds Bank building on the market for £1m after closure
Former branch being sold after closure, minor factual story
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