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Company announcement/people

Lloyds Bank appoints new MD for merchant services from Afterpay

Lloyds Bank Business & Commercial Banking has appointed Melinda Roylett as Managing Director, Merchant Services.

31 January 2023

Lloyds invests £4m in driving payments app Caura

Lloyds Banking Group has invested £4 million in Caura, a motoring app that brings together all driving-related payments together in one place.

26 January 2023

Company announcement/people

Lloyds Bank poaches Maria Shaw from Barclaycard to head up card sales

Lloyds Bank Corporate & Institutional Banking has continued to strengthen its Transaction Banking Solutions team with the appointment of Maria Shaw, as Managing Director, Head of Card Payments.

23 January 2023

News/retail

LendInvest secures funding from Lloyds to enter retail mortgage market

The asset management platform for property finance, LendInvest, has announced further backing from Lloyds Bank, to enter the UK's £1.2 trillion homeowner mortgage market.

17 January 2023

News/regulation

Top banks back $24 million round in operational risk fintech Acin

A consortium of top US, European and UK banks have backed a $24 million Series B round in operational risk network Acin.

16 December 2022

News/people

Lloyds hires ING chief technology officer Ron van Kemenade as COO

Lloyds Banking Group is to install ING technology chief Ron van Kemenade as its new chief operating officer.

15 December 2022

News/devops

Starling and Lloyds join Code First Girls

The banking and financial services sector is the industry most keen to attract female coders into their workforce, data reveals today, as Starling Bank and Lloyds Banking Group become the latest major finance companies to actively search for female tech talent with Code First Girls - the largest provider of free coding courses for women in the UK.

13 December 2022

News/markets

Lloyds PE arm invests in Etrading Software

Lloyds Banking Group's private equity arm, LDC, has made a "significant" investment in capital markets technology outfit Etrading Software.

12 December 2022

News/people

Banks develop IT talent toolkit and framework

NatWest, in tandem with the Financial Services Skills Commission and other banks, has developed a framework to tackle the IT talent gap hitting UK banks.

23 November 2022