Our journey has taken us around the world, spanning three centuries of change

The origins of Lloyds Banking Group can be traced all the way back to the streets of Georgian England, where a button maker and an iron dealer set up a banking business in Birmingham. Since then, we’ve grown into one of the world’s best capitalised banks, with over 30 million clients and 100,000 employees around the globe.

1765     Lloyds Bank opens as Taylors & Lloyds in Birmingham, UK.
 
1862     London & Brazilian Bank is set up in Brazil. London & River Plate Bank is    
            established in Argentina a year later.

1864     The symbol of the black horse was used for the first time. It goes on to become
            an emblem that is recognised worldwide.

1911     Lloyds Bank begins to expand globally with the takeover of a French bank
            based in Paris and Le Havre.

1919     One of the first foreign Private Banks is opened in Switzerland, as Lloyds
            Bank.

1923     With a controlling interest in the London & Brazilian and the London & River
            Plate banks, Lloyds Bank merges them to form the Bank of London & South
            America (BOLSA).

1961     M. Samuel & Co. opens in Jersey as the Channel Islands’ first merchant bank.
            Hill Samuel, as it later becomes known, is then acquired by TSB Group plc in
            1987.

1970s   By the early 1970s, Lloyds Bank has established a powerful global profile with
            offices in nearly 30 countries.

1995     Lloyds Bank and TSB Group plc combine to form Lloyds TSB Group plc.

2009     Lloyds TSB Group plc acquires HBOS plc to form Lloyds Banking Group.

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