Lloyds Banking Group

The FTSE had climbed significantly by lunchtime after positive results from a number of major companies.

Between 2000 and 2009 Britons collectively saved £384bn into pension funds and life insurance products, according to research from Lloyds TSB and the ONS.

Eric Daniels, group chief executive of Lloyds Banking Group, has announced his retirement, giving the organisation one year to find a successor.

The five largest lenders in the UK accounted for 82% of all mortgage lending activity in 2009, according to the CML.

Britain's biggest bank is receiving more than 2,000 complaints from angry customers every day, it admitted last night.

The major high street banks are continuing to fail to meet the expectations of their customers, according to a new survey.

Businesses in the UK are becoming increasingly confident about sales and profitability, driven by foreign markets, according to research by Lloyds TSB Commercial.

Last night's Panorama programme has caused a heated debate within the financial and legal communities over will writing.

Lloyds chief executive Eric Daniels says the banking giant "did the country a great service" in taking over stricken lender HBOS last year.

Barclays has so far paid £194m to settle a US-led probe into payments made to countries or people on a sanctions list.