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Closing Post

Time to wrap up (for a little while…) here’s today’s main stories:

We’ll be back next week, when political drama on both sides of the channel may grip the markets….

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We flagged earlier that there were technical problems affecting HSBC, Nationwide and Virgin Money.

And PA Media are reporting that the UK’s biggest banks have been hit by glitches affecting digital banking, leaving some customers unable to send and receive money on what is commonly pay day for workers across the country.

HSBC UK said there had been a “separate payments issue affecting multiple banks”, and Nationwide blamed a “third-party payments issue” for the glitches.

Barclays also alerted customers to the issue, which has left some customers unable to send or receive payments.

HSBC has become the latest bank to apologise to customers after some were left locked out of their online banking on what is commonly pay day for workers across the country

✍️: @annawisey https://t.co/YRy6p7uSjF

— PA Media (@PA) June 28, 2024