Barclays has confirmed that its payment systems and banking app are fully operational following technical issues that began on Tuesday evening. The bank apologised for disruptions affecting payments into and out of accounts for some UK customers.
In an update at 03:25 GMT, Barclays stated that customers can now make and receive payments again. The outage, which started around 21:15 on Tuesday, was reported by monitoring site DownDetector, with dozens of account holders unable to log into the app or online banking services.
One business customer expressed concern on social media, stating the issue was "not a joke or glitch; this is people's lives" and highlighting the need for emergency plans when money is inaccessible. Barclays responded via social media, acknowledging the login and payment issues and apologising to affected users.
Barclays serves approximately 20 million UK customers and handles over 50 million payments monthly. This outage follows recent technical problems at other firms, including Sainsbury's, Tesco, and McDonald's, which experienced IT failures attributed to third-party providers.
