bank disruption

Virgin Money was in the news again on Tuesday when its digital services were hit by technical problems.  It is reported that current account customers were unable to make transactions and access their accounts for much of Tuesday, with many expressing their frustration on social media.  The timing was particularly unfortunate, coming at the start

Millions of users of on-line banking services have been hit this week by disruptions at three different banks.  Cashplus was the first bank to experience difficulties, the impact on customers was particularly severe as it is an on-line bank so people were unable to access their accounts, make cash withdrawals, or make or receive payments.  Then,

The inability of BP stations to handle card payments for a period on Sunday evening has been widely reported.  There have been no reports of further problems since then so it appears that the glitch has been successfully resolved.  Meanwhile, the fault  in the UK’s Faster Payments system, which occurred a few hours earlier, has