Lloyds Banking Group

As it became known HSBC’s and Standard Chartered’s CEOs intend to provide charity with their bonuses.

Michael Geoghegan chief executive of HSBC would accept his bonus but give it to several charities. Geoghegan stands to be awarded a bonus of four times his basic salary of 1.1 million pounds (or $1.68 million).

At the same time, Peter Sands, head of Standard Chartered, planned to donate his bonus to charity as well.

Lloyds Banking Group is currently in negotiations with private stock companies interested in buying a controlling stake in its Integrated Finance unit.

So Lloyds is in talks with 3i Advent International and Coller Capital over the  Integrated Finance unit.

The U.K.'s Supreme Court on Wednesday unexpectedly ruled in favor of the banking sector in a long-running battle over the legality of overdraft fees.

The ruling means banks won't be forced to automatically refund billions of pounds of fees to customers. However, the court didn't rule on whether the charges themselves were fair, meaning customers can continue with individual claims against the banks.

 Lloyds Banking Group may struggle to escape participation in the government's asset protection program, and even if it does, the result could be increased risk for shareholders, analysts said Thursday. 

Lloyds has said it's looking at options to reduce or replace the scheme, under which the government would guarantee around 260 billion pounds of its assets.