Lloyds new sort codes

steven141

I’ve noticed that when opening new bank accounts and savings accounts with Lloyds they no longer issue the 30 sort codes and all seem to be 77 is this a new thing?

ForumUser7

steven141 said:

I’ve noticed that when opening new bank accounts and savings accounts with Lloyds they no longer issue the 30 sort codes and all seem to be 77 is this a new thing?

Not sure, but this list has some https://wise.com/gb/sort-code/lloyds

WillPS

steven141 said:

I’ve noticed that when opening new bank accounts and savings accounts with Lloyds they no longer issue the 30 sort codes and all seem to be 77 is this a new thing?

LBG tend to issue new customers with a sort code relating to your nearest branch, unless one is too far away when a random branch is selected.

molerat

Originally Trustee Savings Bank before they were taken over by Lloyds who then moved the accounts to Lloyds codes.  My first one was issued in March.

Brie

It may in part be a recognition that sort codes relate more to a type of banking rather than a branch perhaps.  

Interesting (at least to me) is that there's still a sort code 77-00-32 which is for their traveler cheque clearing.  

Olinda99

77 was TSB

I opened a Lloyds many years ago and got 77

EarthBoy

molerat said:

Originally Trustee Savings Bank before they were taken over by Lloyds who then moved the accounts to Lloyds codes.  My first one was issued in March.

They didn't move TSB accounts (77) to Lloyds sort codes (30); they continued to use the existing ones, both 30 and 77.

When the "new" TSB was created in 2013, the sort codes went with the branches, so both Lloyds and the new TSB have some branches with a 30 sort code, and some with a 77 sort code.

steven141 said:

I’ve noticed that when opening new bank accounts and savings accounts with Lloyds they no longer issue the 30 sort codes and all seem to be 77 is this a new thing?

It probably means that all the original Lloyds branches, which used the 30 codes, have closed down near you, and only the old TSB 77 branches are left.  

Also, as branches have closed down, sort codes have been reallocated to other branches nearby, and each branch could notionally serve both 30 and 77 sort codes.  The branch finder on Lloyds' website used to list the sort codes served by each branch, and for some of them there were several sort codes listed, from both ranges.  Sadly, the branch finder no longer lists the sort codes.

wmb194

EarthBoy said:

molerat said:

Originally Trustee Savings Bank before they were taken over by Lloyds who then moved the accounts to Lloyds codes.  My first one was issued in March.

They didn't move TSB accounts (77) to Lloyds sort codes (30); they continued to use the existing ones, both 30 and 77.

When the "new" TSB was created in 2013, the sort codes went with the branches, so both Lloyds and the new TSB have some branches with a 30 sort code, and some with a 77 sort code.

steven141 said:

I’ve noticed that when opening new bank accounts and savings accounts with Lloyds they no longer issue the 30 sort codes and all seem to be 77 is this a new thing?

It probably means that all the original Lloyds branches, which used the 30 codes, have closed down near you, and only the old TSB 77 branches are left.  

Also, as branches have closed down, sort codes have been reallocated to other branches nearby, and each branch could notionally serve both 30 and 77 sort codes.  The branch finder on Lloyds' website used to list the sort codes served by each branch, and for some of them there were several sort codes listed, from both ranges.  Sadly, the branch finder no longer lists the sort codes.

Yes, I have two TSB current accounts where one is a '30' and the other a '77' whilst all my Lloyds accounts, including those opened recently, have my home branch's '30' code. 

steven141

I’m based in Edinburgh and my Lloyds current account starts 30 and has a London branch which would match what people are saying. 

I have opened savings accounts and they all start 77 now. Also I know of others here who have opened Lloyds current accounts and they have got a 77 sort code. 

I have used TSB in the past and Lloyds TSB and they always had an 87 sort code. 

MeadowsVale

I opened a TSB account in the 90s which was 77. Then the branch became LloydsTSB and then Lloyds after the de-merger. My sort code is still 77.

Gers

My TSB current accounts have 87 codes - opened in 2010. My very ancient Lloyds a/c (from over 40 years ago) is a 30 one, branch still exists.