FTSE 100 bounces back into green after tech sell-off Markets FTSE 100 stocks have taken a dive this morning after a set of poor earnings reports and American markets suffering their worst day in two years.
Lloyds Bank profit slides as interest rate boom slows Banking Lloyds Banking Group recorded a slide in profit in the first half of the year after a surge in costs and a slowdown in the amount of cash it was making on the back of interest rates. The group – which owns Lloyds Bank, Halifax, Bank of Scotland and Scottish Widows – reported a pretax [...]
Metro Bank revives multibillion-pound mortgage sale after rescue Banking Metro Bank has revived a plan to sell a multibillion-pound chunk of its mortgage book after being rescued from potential collapse last year.