Payment issues affect thousands of HSBC, Barclays and Nationwide customers | UK News [Video]

A raft of major banks have suffered online technical issues today leaving thousands of customers unable to access their money.

HSBC, Nationwide, Barclays and Virgin Money are among the companies affected on what is commonly pay day for workers across the UK.

Some said their salary payments still hadn’t even gone through, sparking outrage on social media.

Banks have apologised to people, who have been left with no way of using their online accounts or apps.

‘We’re really sorry that some customers are having issues accessing personal online and mobile banking,’ HSBC UK said on the service status page of its website.

‘Our IT teams are working hard to get these services back to normal. You can still authorise online card purchases via SMS.’

Furious customers lashed out on X to complain they needed to access their money to pay bills and make transfers.

According to the website DownDetector, more than …