The apps for several major banks associated with Lloyds Banking Group are currently experience outages in the UK, leaving customers unable to access their funds. Banks affected by the disruption include Lloyds, Halifax, Bank of Scotland and TSB. According to DownDetector, the problems started at around 8am this morning and are affecting users across the UK.
To make matters worse, the error has occurred on the last day of the month, which is pay day for many Brits. Customers have also complained of not being able to pay their bills and of a lack of transparency from the banks about the issue. In a statement shared on X (formerly Twitter), Lloyds said: “We know some of our customers are having issues logging on to online banking and our app. We're sorry for this and we're working to have everything back to normal.”.
Nationwide has acknowledged the problem in a statement: “We’re sorry, some incoming and outgoing payments are delayed at the moment. They are in a queue and will arrive ASAP.”. While customers can still send money, according to Nationwide, transactions won’t be processed immediately. However, direct debits and standing orders remain unaffected.
