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Halifax to disappear from high street after 173 years

By Abigail Townsend

Date: Wednesday 01 Jul 2026

(Sharecast News) - Lloyds Banking Group is to scrap the 173-year-old Halifax brand, the blue chip lender confirmed on Wednesday.

The bank was founded in 1853 as the Halifax Permanent Benefit Building Society in West Yorkshire. It demutualised in 1997 before merging with the Bank of Scotland in 2001 to...

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