Question: are lloyds bank and lloyds tsb the same

Answer: Yes, Lloyds Bank plc is a British retail and commercial bank with branches across England and Wales. It has traditionally been considered one of the ``Big Four'' clearing banks. The bank was founded in Birmingham in 1765. It expanded during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and took over a number of smaller banking companies. In 1995 it merged with the Trustee Savings Bank and traded as Lloyds TSB Bank plc between 1999 and 2013.