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...The figures are based on the responses it received from the big four UK high street banks — Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds and NatWest — as well as Handelsbanken, Metro, Santander and TSB....
...Meanwhile, an architect of EY’s failed split, Andy Baldwin, will leave his current role as global managing partner for client service and become a senior adviser. Details here....
...Harriett Baldwin, chair of the House of Commons Treasury committee, said it is “clear that savers have been getting a raw deal for too long”....
...Baldwin added: “We are concerned that the loyalty penalty may be particularly severe for elderly or vulnerable customers . . ....
...The parliamentary committee wrote to the bosses of Lloyds Banking Group, NatWest, HSBC and Barclays earlier this month, citing concerns that they are not offering good value on savings despite rising base...
...Lloyds Banking Group will contact 2.4mn savings customers over the coming weeks who it believes may be able to switch to other savings products....
...Lloyds said its total deposit base of £473bn at the start of the year fell by £2.2bn in the first quarter....
...The FCA’s research covered nine of the UK’s biggest banks: Lloyds, HSBC, NatWest, Santander UK, Barclays, Nationwide Building Society, TSB, Virgin Money and the Co-operative Bank....
...through of base rate increases to easy access savings accounts has been unusually weak, it’s clearer than ever that the nation’s biggest banks need to up their game and encourage saving,” said Harriett Baldwin...
...Similarly, Barclays, Lloyds and HSBC have set them at 0.55 per cent, 0.6 per cent and 0.65 per cent, respectively....
...The other attendees are Lloyds chief executive Charlie Nunn and Ian Stuart, chief executive of HSBC’s ringfenced UK bank....
...Baldwin was rebuffed by Rose, who was made a dame in the new year’s honours list....
...“The big four banks have been far too slow to reward savers through better rates on instant access savings accounts,” says Harriett Baldwin, the committee’s chair....
...Trian partner Brian Baldwin will replace Peltz....
...This is a gorgeous glitterball of a show, featuring all the sweep, soar and swell of a Lloyd Webber musical but also, crucially, a large dose of sass....
...Leon Black swoops on luxury property “A blue-plaque Belgravia mansion fit for a prime minister” is how Luxury London magazine described its July 2021 property of the month, which was once home to Stanley Baldwin...
...Crossword 16,194: Ross Casley, California; Stephen Payne, Cornwall; Iolanthe Lonergan, London Polymath 1,026: Simon Marks, London Crossword 16,188: Julia Gray, London; Peter Drinkwater, Northampton; JA Baldwin...
...Comparisons were made with the softer focus Instagram account of Santander boss Ana Botin and with Lloyd Blankfein, the former Goldman chief famous for the occasional barbed tweet....
...Among those in the frame: Mark Garnier, Harriett Baldwin, Mel Stride, Steve Baker and Kevin Hollinrake....
...Democratic senators Elizabeth Warren and Tammy Baldwin have written to Lloyd Blankfein, the head of Goldman Sachs, quizzing him on his relationship with Gary Cohn, his former deputy now holding a top economic...
...Lloyd’s, the insurance market, is likely to set up a new business in one of the Benelux countries, for example....
...Harriett Baldwin, economic secretary to the Treasury, released a statement as Lloyds paid a £130m dividend to the government, taking the total dividends received by the taxpayer to £318m....
...This week Gregory Palm, Goldman’s general counsel, responded to Cohn-related questions from Ms Warren and Senator Tammy Baldwin by telling them in a letter that the bank had “no involvement in the drafting...
...“I am determined to build on this success by making Lloyds shares available to the public this year,” Ms Baldwin said. The UK government holds a 9.2 per cent stake in Lloyds....
...Mr Cohn, who has been seen as the heir apparent to Lloyd Blankfein, the bank’s chairman and chief executive, was not offered any specific role during a meeting that lasted for an hour and a half....
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