Lloyds and Nationwide were among British lenders hit by IT glitches on Friday for several hours, amid increased scrutiny by lawmakers of technical problems at banks that have prevented customers from accessing services.

Thousands of people affected, with users of TSB and Bank of Scotland services also reporting glitches

Thousands of banking app users in the UK have reported issues affecting their ability to use them. Platform outage monitor Downdetector saw reports of technical issues affecting the Lloyds Bank app rise to more than 4,

Lloyds Banking Group has issued an update after thousands of customers reported issues with online banking and mobile apps

Lloyds Bank and other banks’ online services appear to be down in a major outage. Halifax, TSB, First Direct, Nationwide and Bank of Scotland all appeared to be suffering from problems at the same time.

Multiple banking apps have gone down this morning including Lloyds Bank, Halifax, TSB, and Nationwide, meaning thousands of customers are unable to access their online banking. According to reports, the majority of customers are having issues accessing their mobile and online banking,

Britons are experiencing another banking app outage this morning as customers of Lloyds Banking Group are the latest to experience technical issues. Banking apps for Lloyds, Halifax, Bank of Scotland and TSB have crashed this morning,