Lloyds, Halifax and Bank of Scotland banking apps are back online

by · Mail Online

They're some of the most popular banking apps in the UK. 

But Lloyds, Halifax and Bank of Scotland's banking apps have all experienced issues this afternoon. 

According to Down Detector, the problems started at around 11:00 BST and affected users across the UK. 

The banks confirmed that the outage had now been resolved, writing in a post on X: 'Our Internet Banking and Mobile Banking is working as normal.'

However, angry customers have already taken to social media to vent their frustration over the disruption. 

They're some of the most popular banking apps in the UK. But Lloyds, Halifax and Bank of Scotland's banking apps have all experienced issues this afternoon
At 11:11 am today, Lloyds, Halifax, and Bank of Scotland all confirmed that customers were experiencing issues accessing internet and mobile banking services 
After two hours, the banks finally confirmed that their banking services were once again 'working as normal'

According to Down Detector, Lloyds Bank customers first began experiencing issues shortly before 10:00 am this morning.

By 11:00 am reports of outages spiked to 2,317 with 63 per cent of reports claiming that online banking services were inaccessible. 

Halifax began experiencing issues at the same time, with reports of outages quickly reaching 3,915 by 10:30 am.

While most reports note that online banking services are down, a third of Halifax customers also report that they are unable to access mobile banking.

Likewise, Bank of Scotland's issues began shortly before 10:00 am and hit a peak of 1,339 reports less than two hours later. 

Lloyds Bank customers first experienced issues shortly after 10:00 am, with reports of issues spiking shortly after
By 10:30 am, almost 4,000 Halifax customers had reported that they were unable to access online or mobile banking 
According to Down Detector, Bank of Scotland customers started reporting issues shortly after 9:30 am with reports hitting their peak less than two hours later

Earlier this morning, Halifax, Lloyds and Bank of Scotland acknowledged the outage with identical posts on X.

The banks wrote: 'We know some customers are having issues with Internet Banking and Mobile Banking.'

'We're sorry about this and we're working to have everything back to normal.'

After two hours of disruption, the banks jointly confirmed that normal services had now been restored.

Down Detector suggests that the issue has been resolved as reports of service disruption fall off sharply after 12:00 pm.

However, some customers may be experiencing lingering issues as Down Detector shows that between 50 and 100 customers of the three banks are still reporting outages.