Lloyds TSB
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| Lloyds TSB Group plc
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| Type | Public |
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| Founded | 1995 (Lloyds Bank: 1765) (Trustee Savings Bank: 1810) |
| Headquarters | London, United Kingdom
<tr><th style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.75em;">Key people</th><td>Sir Victor Blank, Chairman |
Lloyds TSB Group plc (LSE: LLOY) is a bank, based in the United Kingdom, which was created in 1995 following the merger of the TSB Group and the Lloyds Bank Group. The head office is in London, England. The group contains companies that provide banking services for individuals and businesses, as well as mortgage, investment and life assurance, operating both in the UK and elsewhere.
The Lloyds TSB Group is the fifth largest bank headquartered in the United Kingdom by assets after HSBC Holdings, Royal Bank of Scotland, Barclays Bank, and HBOS. However it has the largest share of the British domestic market. Lloyds TSB was formed by the merger of Lloyds Bank and the Trustee Savings Bank in 1995. The high street banking arms are Lloyds TSB Bank plc, headquartered at Gresham Street in the City of London and Lloyds TSB Scotland plc, headquartered at George Street in Edinburgh.
Lloyds Bank was one of the oldest banks in the UK, formed in 1765 in Birmingham. Through a series of mergers Lloyds emerged to become one of the Big Four banks in the UK. It also acquired overseas businesses, particularly in Brazil and New Zealand. It also owned a life assurance company, Lloyds Abbey Life. In 1995 it acquired the Cheltenham and Gloucester Building Society, giving it a large stake in the UK mortgage lending market.
The Trustee Savings Bank (TSB) was formed by Henry Duncan in Ruthwell, Dumfriesshire, Scotland in 1810. The aim of the bank was to help poor parishioners save money for times of hardship. The success of the scheme led to similar banks forming throughout the country. The Trustee Savings Bank Association was formed for the smaller banks to join. Eventually re-organisation led to the formation of just four TSB banks: TSB England and Wales; TSB Scotland; TSB Northern Ireland; and TSB Channel Islands. The only bank not to join, Airdrie Savings Bank, still exists today.
In 1985, the Trustee Savings Bank Act 1985 was passed which merged the Scottish and Channel Islands operations into TSB England and Wales under the tautological name TSB Bank plc. The new bank was floated on the London Stock Exchange and TSB Northern Ireland was sold to Allied Irish Banks where it was rebranded as First Trust Bank.
In 1993, the TSB presented the Antony Gormley statue Iron: Man to the city of Birmingham, where it then had its headquarters.
In 1995, the two banks, TSB and Lloyds merged to form Lloyds TSB Bank Plc. However, as TSB was formed under an Act of Parliament, another act was required before a legal merger was allowed. The Lloyds TSB Act 1999 was passed to allow this.
In September 2000, Lloyds TSB purchased Chartered Trust from the Standard Chartered Bank for £627m to form Lloyds TSB Asset Finance Division which provides motor, retail and personal finance in the United Kingdom under the trading name Black Horse
At the time of creation, Lloyds TSB was the largest bank in the UK and Europe. However it has lagged behind the growth of other UK banks, most notably the Royal Bank of Scotland. An acquisition of Scottish Widows Life Assurance Society was judged to be poor value for money. Poor performance led the bank to dispose of many overseas assets, namely the Brazilian and New Zealand operations.
[edit] External links
- Group overview
- Lloyds TSB web site
- Black Horse finance
- Savings Banks Museum in Ruthwell
- Lloyds TSB Commercial Finance
- Lloyds TSB Vehicle Leasing
- Lloyds TSB Sucursal en España
- History of Barclays Bank from the Barclays website
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