Payday woes as Nationwide, Lloyds, Halifax, First Direct, TSB and Bank of Scotland down with customers unable to log on | News Tech [Video]

Nationwide, Lloyds, Halifax, First Direct, TSB and Bank of Scotland’s online services were all down today in an ‘industry-wide’ outage.

Thousands reported issues logging in, using online banking and transferring money this morning, according to Downdetector, which tracks online disruptions.

With it being the end of the month for many, users have said they are frustrated and furious they could not check their accounts.

At just before 7.40am, more than 860 people banking with Nationwide said they were struggling to access their account. Of them, nearly half cannot use their mobile banking, according to Downdetector.

‘Has anyone been paid today yet?’ asked one Nationwide user on social media.

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There may be some déjà vu for some Britons. Barclays was hit by a days-long outage last month on payday, which saw customers unable to buy groceries, …