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Lloyds Banking Group

Lloyds Banking Group plc
Public limited company
Traded as
LYG
Industry Banking
Financial services
Founded 1995; 22 years ago (1995)
(Lloyds TSB Group)
Headquarters 25 Gresham Street, London, United Kingdom
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Lord Blackwell
(Chairman)
António Horta Osório
(Group Chief Executive)
Products Retail banking
Commercial banking
Private banking
General insurance
Life insurance
Pensions
Investment banking
Revenue £39.611 billion (2016)
£4.238 billion (2016)
£2.514 billion (2016)
Total assets £817.793 billion (2016)
Total equity £43.020 billion (2016)
Number of employees
75,000 (2017)
Subsidiaries Lloyds Bank plc
Bank of Scotland plc
Scottish Widows
Lloyds Development Capital
Agricultural Mortgage Corporation
Black Horse
Lex Autolease
Website www.lloydsbankinggroup.com

Lloyds Banking Group plc is a major British financial institution formed through the acquisition of HBOS by Lloyds TSB in 2009. The Group's history stems from the founding in 1695 by the Parliament of Scotland of the Bank of Scotland, which is the second oldest bank in the United Kingdom. The Group's headquarters is located at 25 Gresham Street in the City of London and its registered office is on The Mound in Edinburgh. Lloyds Banking Group's activities are organised into: Retail Banking (including Mortgages and Sole Traders); Commercial; Life, Pensions & Insurance; and Wealth & International. Lloyds' has extensive overseas operations in the US, Europe, the Middle East and Asia.

Following the takeover, the Group stopped using the name HBOS publicly. The Halifax brand, products and pricing were discontinued in Scotland until reestablished in 2013. The Halifax and Lloyds Bank brands are used in England and Wales and the Bank of Scotland brand is used in Scotland, each offering different products and pricing. Lloyds Banking Group's CEO António Horta-Osório told The Banker, "We will keep the different brands because the customers are very different in terms of attitude".

Lloyds Banking Group is listed on the (LSE) and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. It had a market capitalisation of approximately GB£57.7billion as of 4 March 2014—the 7th-largest of any LSE company. It has a secondary listing on the , where it has a market capitalisation value of US$34.45 billion.


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