The UK is full of unhappy workers that are unable to manage their payday cash amid online service outages at a host of major banks.
Downdetector indicates trouble at Lloyds Bank, Halifax, TSB, Nationwide, First Direct, Bank of Scotland, and Barclays, although the latter’s woes appear to have been resolved since the surge of complaints earlier today.
The same can’t be said for the others, however, which all continue to report glitches via their service status pages.
Across the board, the outages seem to be related to web and mobile banking, with the root cause unclear.
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Unlike the other banks whose customers can’t access their online banking platforms, those who use Nationwide can still access their accounts and move money around seamlessly, provided the money is going into other Nationwide accounts under their control.
All affected customers are still able to use their debit and credit cards at ATMs and in shops.
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the UK’s finance regulator, published a post-CrowdStrike report in October, saying it noticed an upward trend of third-party related outages hitting UK banks since the beginning of 2023.
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Today’s outage comes weeks after Barclays suffered a weekend-long service wobble, that reportedly left at least one customer homeless as a result.
Source: Payday from hell as several Brit banks report major outages • The Register
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