Lloyds Payout In Balance After Scrapes Through UK Bank Test

(Reuters) - Britain's state-backed lenders only narrowly passed the Bank of England's debut annual stress test, putting the prospects of Lloyds paying a dividend for 2014 in the balance. Lloyds and its British banking rival Royal Bank of Scotland on Tuesday scraped through a doomsday scenario of plummeting house prices and soaring unemployment after both took pre-emptive measures to shore up their capital.