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Lloyds, Halifax and Bank of Scotland app users now back online after outage

10h ago · UK · primary source: feeds.bbci.co.uk

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Lloyds Banking Group services are back online after a widespread outage Wednesday morning left thousands of customers of Lloyds, Halifax, and Bank of Scotland unable to access online banking and mobile apps [1][2].

The technical problems began at approximately 1115 BST, according to an online outage tracker [1][2]. Customers reported being unable to log in or conduct transactions, with some encountering a 503 error message on the app [1]. Halifax posted on social media that it was aware of issues with its mobile app and was working on a fix [1]. A spokesperson for Lloyds Banking Group, which serves 26 million customers across its three main brands [1][2], apologized for the inconvenience as engineers worked to resolve the issue [1]. By Wednesday afternoon, the group confirmed all services had been restored [1]. The company advised any customers still experiencing problems to wait a few minutes and try again [1]. This incident follows a separate IT glitch in March that affected data visibility for hundreds of thousands of the group's customers [1].

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  1. bbc.com B · newspaper — https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9d37gdxp7xo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss ↗
  2. bbc.com B · newspaper — https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9d37gdxp7xo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss ↗
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