UK shoppers inspired by health food trends on social media ‘lift retail sales’ Year-on-year credit and debit card spending in January is highest upsurge since March 2024, says Barclays The Guardian - UK · Feb 11, 2025
January sales give retail stores their strongest growth in almost two years Total retail sales across the UK increased by 2.6% year on year in January, according to the British Retail Consortium (BRC) and KPMG. The Independent UK · Feb 11, 2025
MPs quiz bank bosses over scale of IT failures after Barclays outage The Treasury Committee, a cross-party group formed of 11 members, wrote to banks including Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds and Nationwide on Monday. Evening Standard · Feb 10, 2025
Will the bonus bubbly still flow as reality bites for British banks? Job losses, shakeups and the motor finance commission scandal will cast a shadow over lenders when they start reporting results this week The Guardian - UK · Feb 8, 2025
Bank shareholders eye returns as Barclays and NatWest report Shares in both firms have more than doubled over the past year, with Barclays up 111% and NatWest 105% higher. Evening Standard · Feb 7, 2025
Cirrus Logic Upgraded After Q3 Earnings Beat—More Gains Ahead? Cirrus Logic reported Q3 revenue of $555.7 million, surpassing analyst expectations of $510 million. Non-GAAP EPS was $2.51, compared to the projected $2.04. MarketBeat · Feb 6, 2025
Lloyds and Halifax down as customers unable to access online banking and app accounts Lloyds, Halifax and the Bank of Scotland are having major problems with their apps and online banking, leaving customers unable to see their money. The Independent UK · Feb 3, 2025
Furious Customers Slam Barclays For Leaving Brits Unable To Pay Bills And Buy Groceries Barclays suffered a major IT outage, leaving customers stranded, unable to access funds, pay bills (including rent and taxes), or even buy food. International Business Times UK · Feb 3, 2025
Barclays says IT glitch that locked customers out of accounts is fixed Fault caused major problems with payments for two days and reportedly disrupted house moves The Guardian - UK · Feb 2, 2025
Barclays services back to normal after technical issue Delayed payments have now been processed after the bank was hit by an outage over the weekend The Independent UK · Feb 2, 2025
Barclays says services are back to normal after technical issue ‘resolved’ The bank said the issue had been resolved on Sunday morning and delayed payments processed. Evening Standard · Feb 2, 2025
Barclays customers faces third day of disruption It is understood the problem has been caused by a technical issue The Independent UK · Feb 2, 2025
Barclays customers face third day of banking chaos as IT outage drags on The bank said it has been tackling ‘ongoing technical issues’ since Friday. Evening Standard · Feb 2, 2025
Barclays outage continues as customers face third day of disruption The bank said it has been tackling ‘ongoing technical issues’ since Friday The Independent UK · Feb 2, 2025
Evening Standard · Feb 2, 2025 Disruption to Barclays services likely to continue following IT issues The bank has warned some people may see an outdated balance, and payments made or received may not show following the initial IT outage on Friday.
Evening Standard · Feb 1, 2025 Barclays technical issues continue more than 24 hours on from initial outage Barclays has been experiencing technical issues since Friday with customers unable to make payments or see updated balances.
The Independent UK · Feb 1, 2025 Barclays IT glitch leaves family ‘homeless’ as bank outage derails house purchase Paola Mereu, 39, sold the house her and her husband and their daughters lived in at Uxbridge and were meant to buy their new home on Friday
Evening Standard · Feb 1, 2025 Civil servant and family ‘homeless’ after Barclays IT issue halts house purchase Paola Mereu, 39, sold the house her and her husband and their daughters lived in at Uxbridge and were meant to buy their new home on Friday.
The National (Scotland) · Feb 1, 2025 ‘Royal’ told Jeffrey Epstein they would ‘play more soon’ after no contact claims A royal family member reportedly told paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein they would “play more soon” after claiming they no longer had…
The Guardian - UK · Feb 1, 2025 Barclays IT glitch locks customers out of accounts for almost 24 hours Outage comes on HMRC’s deadline day for settling self-assessment tax returns and a pay day for many workers
Evening Standard · Feb 1, 2025 Barclays customers ‘still unable to make payments’ as mass bank outage continues On Friday, the bank apologised to customers, saying they were ‘currently facing intermittent errors’ with their payment system.
The National (Scotland) · Jan 31, 2025 'Royal family member' in contact with Epstein until 2011, court documents show A “ROYAL family member” was in email contact with the paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein as late as February 2011, according to court…
The Guardian - UK · Jan 31, 2025 Ex-Barclays CEO gears up for explosive trial over City regulator’s allegations on Jeffrey Epstein ties Court papers seen by the Guardian mean Jes Staley’s appeal against FCA ruling will demand answers on links to sex offender
Evening Standard · Jan 31, 2025 Barclays apologises after customers unable to access accounts online Some Barclays customers on social media said they have not received wages and have been unable to pay rent to landlords as a result.
The Independent UK · Jan 31, 2025 Barclays down: App and online banking not working as outage leaves customers unable to check accounts Customers were unable to check their accounts on what for many was their January pay day.