Lloyds and Halifax Banking apps go down

Lloyds blamed the decision to shut the branches on customers shifting away from banking in person to using mobile services.
Residents in two Shropshire towns have taken to social media to voice their frustration that their towns are to lose its branches of a high street bank.
Residents have shared their thoughts on a town centre bank closing with people calling Kidderminster a "ghost town".
This strategy includes ceasing operations of 61 Lloyds, 61 Halifax, and 14 Bank of Scotland locations from May this year till March 2026. These changes follow shortly after Lloyds restructured ...
Lloyds Bank is shutting 136 branches as digital banking takes over. Customers are increasingly using apps, leading to a drop in branch transactions. X / BirminghamWorldUK @BhamWorld_ Lloyds ...
The changes, as of January 31, 2025, mean that all Lloyds, Halifax and Bank of Scotland customers with an overdraft will now be moved to one of four new rates of either 19.9%, 29.9%, 39.9% or 49.9%, ...
British businesses turned more pessimistic in January, extending a run of falling corporate confidence to five months, but ...