Banks Expect London to Remain a Top Financial Centre, Says Survey

The City of London financial district can be seen as people walk along the south side of River Thames, in London, on March 19, 2021. Henry Nicholls/Reuters

LONDON—London will remain a leading global financial centre despite uncertainty over regulation due to Brexit, Lloyds Bank’s annual sentiment survey of financial firms showed on Monday.

Britain fully left the European Union, its biggest single export customer, in December last year, with thousands of jobs and billions of euros in daily trading moving from London to the continent, raising concerns about the capital’s clout in global finance.