Barclays online banking down leaving customers locked out of accounts as payments also delayed
BARCLAYS customers have been locked out of online banking and had payments delayed after a glitch on the website.
The bank confirmed the problems after hundreds of people reported being unable to login into online accounts today.
Data from Down Detector – which tracks outages on major services – indicates the issues started around 9.44am.
At the time of publishing, close to 600 customers were experiencing issues across cities including London, Cardiff and Birmingham.
It’s unclear exactly how many customers are affected but Barclays has millions of users.
Barclays said: “A small number of our customers are having problems logging in to their online banking and making payments on online banking and in the Barclays app.
“We apologise for this and are working to fix it as soon as possible.”
Customers took to Twitter to vent their frustration, with one writing: “@barclays your online banking is down on pay day. What on earth is going on?”
Another said: “@Barclays been trying unsuccessfully to access online banking all morning. Need to process some urgent payments. What’s going on?”
Kay said: “@Barclays is online banking down? If so some kind of communication and an apology would be appreciated! How long until it’s fixed?”
David complained to the bank that he had been trying to access his cash online “all morning”, while Gem said that the issue has meant that she “cannot pay staff”.
The bank says it is working to fix the issues, and advises customers to try again if they are having trouble getting into their accounts.
Can I claim compensation for bank outages?
IF you've been impacted by a bank outage, your right to some money back is usually based on how much the issue has affected you.
This is because banks don’t have a fixed compensation scheme for service disruption.
If you’re thinking about making a complaint, you’ll need to gather evidence about how you were disrupted.
Try to make a note of when you were unable to access the website or app, plus any costs you incurred as a result.
If your credit rating has been affected by a service outage, because you got a late payment fee after being unable to make a transaction, for example, you should also keep a record of this.
You’ll also want to make note of any bank member you spoke to when trying to resolve the issue.
If you’re unhappy with how the bank dealt with your problem, you can contact the free Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS).
It adds that affected customers should wait for four hours until trying again to make a payment.
Don’t resend any payments in the meantime if you have received an error message as the payment might still go through within the next few hours.
Customers can also use the app, contact Barclays through its automated telephone banking services or speak to the bank on the phone.
The Sun has contacted Barclays for comment.
How do I check if Barclays is down?
Barclays has a service checker page on its website so you can see if there is an issue.
This includes any problems with its app, website, or if any planned maintenance might be interfering with your service.
If you want to make a complaint then you an do so via online chat, phone, letter or email web form.
Barclays has a dedicated page to help you make the complaint on its website.
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If you don’t have any luck with Barclays or you don’t get a response within eight weeks you can take your complaint to the free Financial Ombudsman Service.
It’s the second time this month that Barclays has experienced and outage, which affected thousands of customers.
Last month, thousands of customers were unable to access Santander online banking accounts after a glitch.