Banking apps have once again been hit by IT issues on payday in the UK. Lloyds Bank and Halifax apps went down on Friday morning, according to thousands of user reports to platform outage monitor Downdetector. Users also reported technical issues affecting access to the TSB and Bank of Scotland apps.

Lloyds Bank’s top executives have received a bumper windfall despite the lender’s rocky results and mass closure of high-street branches. In its annual report published on Thursday, the bank said its top two bosses would receive nearly £2m in bonuses in 2024 in addition to their regular payouts.

Lloyds Bank and other banks’ online services appear to be down in a major outage. Halifax, TSB, First Direct, Nationwide and Bank of Scotland all appeared to be suffering from problems at the same time.

Thousands of Lloyds, Halifax, Bank of Scotland and TSB app users have been left without access to funds on payday due to a service outage.

Many Lloyds Bank, Halifax, Nationwide and First Direct customers are suffering issues that are leaving them locked out of their accounts on payday according to Down- Detector.

Thousands of people affected, with users of TSB and Bank of Scotland services also reporting glitches

Thousands of Lloyds Group banking app users across the UK have reported technical difficulties when trying to access their money. Outage monitor Downdector recorded issues affecting the Lloyds banking app spike over 4,

Customers at Lloyds, Halifax, Nationwide, First Direct, TSB and Bank of Scotland, are reporting issues with banking apps this morning.