Lloyds TSB profit rise overshadowed by bad debts
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Lloyds TSB said on Friday that its net profit grew by 12.4 percent to 2.8 billion pounds in 2006, despite a 20-percent rise in losses from un-repaid loans.
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French bank Societe Generaleâs third-quarter profit rose a forecast-beating 10 per cent on consumer banking growth, gains in investment banking, and a sharp fall in bad debt provisions, it said on Tuesday.
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Barclays, the UK's third-biggest bank, has said that interim net profits soared 25.3 percent, with strong investment banking offsetting a jump in bad consumer-loan write-offs.
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Lloyds TSB reports an 11% rise in pre-tax profits to Â£4.25bn for 2006.
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Transport group Go-Ahead says its rail business boosted profits this year but next year will be more difficult.
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Profit at No. 4 bank rises, but misses estimates as revenue from home loans tumbles 40 percent. NEW YORK  - Wells Fargo &amp; Co.
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The move means Lloyds TSB has now salted away Â£360m for customers sold endowment mortgages. The products, designed to pay off home loans by investing in financial markets, were popular in the 1980s and 1990s
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Lloyds TSB cuts its charges for unauthorised overdrafts, in the face of a customer revolt.
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U.S. investment bank Morgan Stanley   on Wednesday said its second-quarter earnings more than  doubled, trouncing expectations amid strong increases in  underwriting and trading revenue.
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Barclays&#39; share price rose on Friday after Britain&#39;s third biggest bank denied it is facing liquidity problems despite being forced to borrow 1.6 billion pounds (2.4 billion euros, 3.2 billion dollars) from the Bank of England.
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Profits were buoyed by investment banking fees, but the bank said it had set aside more money for possible losses in itâs loan business, though said this wasnât due to subprime lending difficulties.
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Goldman Sachs Group Inc  said on  Tuesday its fourth-quarter earnings rose as a timely bet  against subprime mortgages and higher investment banking fees  helped it sidestep the credit crunch that hammered the rest of  Wall Street.
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Investment bank Morgan Stanley yesterday said third-quarter profits slumped by a third as bond trading revenues plunged and expenses including bankers&#39; pay surged.
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Barclays, the third-biggest British bank, has said that net profit surged by 33 percent to a record 4.571 billion pounds (6.782 billion euros, 8.906 billion dollars) in 2006, lifted by its investment banking arm.
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Some UK mortgage rates are rising as a direct consequence of the recent turmoil in world financial markets.
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LONDON : British satellite broadcaster BSkyB said profit rose by 16 percent in the first quarter as the group enjoyed strong subscriber growth in the run-up to the key Christmas trading period.
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HSBC Holdings  on Monday said its 2006 profits rose 5 percent, just short of analysts' expectations, as Europe's biggest bank took a $10.6 billion hit for bad debts after problems in its U.S. mortgage lending.