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Lloyds Banking Group £1.9bn purchase of MBNA was the most notable move in a lacklustre market.

Lloyds boosts its stake in the UK credit card business with this deal with the Bank of America.

The UK Treasury has sold a further 1% of Lloyds Banking Group shares.

Barclays and Standard Chartered fall short but will not have to increase capital strength.

Nervous traders look ahead to key bank health tests revealed by the Bank of England later this week.

Government has so far recouped £17bn of the £20.5bn it spent on bailing out the bank during the financial crisis.

Top flight shares see almost £25bn wiped off value after bank writedowns and weak mining production updates.

FTSE 100 lender will set aside a further £1bn to compensate for mis-sold payment protection insurance.

Top flight stocks struggle for direction after ECB hold rates as expected.

Which? says that less than half of the banks tested provide customers with a "two-factor" authentication system.

Blue chip stocks cool as Prime Minister Theresa May and Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn clash in the Commons.

Mining shares climb as pound weakens after falls on Asian markets.

Concerns at Deutsche Bank continue to cast a shadow over the European banking sector.

A sharp decline in mortgage approvals and woes at Deutsche Bank sent the blue chip stocks lower.

It was earlier reported that the CEO had an affair with Dr Wendy Piatt, a former aide to Tony Blair.

Investors fear central banks are running out of ways to kickstart the economy.

Barclays downgrade of Standard Chartered weighs across financial stocks.

UK services data posts strongest month-on-month bounce in 20 years as Brexit recession fears fade.

The Democrat US Presidential candidate said she would battle pharmaceutical giants for lower prices.

Heavyweight miners drag down top flight shares after Glencore profits decline as it pursues its turnaround plan.

Bank boss wrote to bank's staff to apologise for any damage he has done to group's reputation.

Bank boss who was snapped with an alleged lover while on company business has apologised to 75,000 staff.

Fears spread among traders as Bank's quantitative easing programme hits a snag.

Horta-Osorio is reported to have met up with an alleged lover during a business trip to Singapore.

Approximately 100,000 female employees at Lloyds thought to have missed out on £2,000 each.

Banking giant's first-half profit more than doubles to £2.5bn and interim dividend rises 13% year-on-year

Halifax gains 32,000 new customers while RBS and Lloyds both lose 11,000 account holders

Deal by Cambridge chipmaker ARM to Japanese rival Softbank for £24bn lifts the Footsie

Traders welcome political settlement as markets continue to struggle with Brexit vote.

Extra layers of security have helped Lloyds to ward off digital attacks.