Lloyds, Halifax and Bank of Scotland hit by online banking outage
Lloyds, Halifax and Bank of Scotland online banking down

Customers of Lloyds, Halifax and Bank of Scotland are reporting problems with online banking as thousands of outage reports flood in.

Outage reports spike

Downdetector recorded around 2,450 reports for Lloyds shortly before midday on August 18, alongside more than 1,000 for Halifax and over 340 for Bank of Scotland.

Customers take to social media

Customers have also taken to X to report issues, with one person saying: “Trying to book flights online but Lloyds site has crashed again.”

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