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Wed, 03 Jun 2026

Wed, 03 Jun 2026 Lloyds, Halifax and Bank of Scotland back after online banking outage

"We're aware some customers are having issues with our app and online banking. We're really sorry about this," Lloyds Bank posted on X.

* Lloyds Banking Group services are back online after thousands of customers experienced problems with online banking.
* Customers reported issues accessing their accounts through the app or website since around 11:15 BST on Wednesday.
* A spokesperson for the bank apologized for the inconvenience and asked customers to try again if they were still experiencing issues.
* The outage affected Lloyds Bank, Halifax, and Bank of Scotland, which together have 26 million customers across the UK.
* This is not the first IT glitch affecting Lloyds Banking Group, as almost half a million customers experienced issues in March due to an IT error.