NatWest status: access issues and outage reports

Problems in the last 24 hours

The graph below depicts the number of NatWest reports received over the last 24 hours by time of day. When the number of reports exceeds the baseline, represented by the red line, an outage is determined.

Most Reported Problems

The following are the most recent problems reported by NatWest users through our website.

• Website (44%)
• Mobile App (28%)
• Transactions (11%)
• Transfer (11%)
• Login (6%)

Live Outage Map

The most recent NatWest outage reports came from the following cities: Manchester, Maidstone, London, Dunfermline, Leicester, Newcastle upon Tyne, Stalybridge, Southampton, Barry, Canterbury, Sittingbourne, Didcot, and Northampton.

City	Problem Type	Report Time
Manchester	Website	20 days ago
Maidstone	Website	23 days ago
London	Mobile App	23 days ago
Dunfermline	Mobile App	25 days ago
Leicester	Mobile App	26 days ago
Newcastle upon Tyne	Login	1 month ago

Full Outage Map

Community Discussion

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NatWest Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

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  theVARdict (@theVARdict) reported 5 minutes ago

  @Nigel_Farage ****. This hounding is absolutely horrendous! It's almost like they spend more than 1 minute knocking on the door. Is the same apology you wanted from Coutts because they rejected you for your dealings with criminals? If I were NatWest, I'd be asking for my settlement back.

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  Daniella (@JupitorsL) reported 7 minutes ago

  @ZackPolanski Never mind me just down voting the community notes that are willfully ignoring the very valid point. It you got arrested for running into NatWest and smashing up their display, charged for it, then got done for robbing the bank later with no jury or due process you'd kick off.

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  An Engineer (@deloreancars) reported 13 minutes ago

  @PaulReadGB @LifeThruSpecs Credit cards carry insurance by law. They don't like it, and might even claim it's not true. But squirrelled away in a dark corner of their website is a crappy little form to fill in so they can begrudgingly comply with their legal obligations (been there, done it with NatWest).

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  Di Beirne (@ScattyCat) reported 14 minutes ago

  @NatWest_Help Hi Mikyla - thanks, I'm still having the same problem I'm afraid. I've just tried again now to make a payment to HMRC through their app but unfortunately, after their app transfers me to the NatWest app to approve the payment, I log in, then just get a blank screen. The ... cont.

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  Chaipeelo (@YFSat7pm) reported 19 minutes ago

  @ChineseEmbinUK British students get special treatment in China, but once Chinese students leave the UK, they can’t get their own money back from @NatWestGroup, NatWest is basically an international banking scammer. Shouldn’t the Chinese Embassy in UK help Chinese students? #scammer #bank

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  TRAXXAS58 (@TRAXXAS58) reported 19 minutes ago

  How tf can #Natwest reject my driving licence for being too blurry when their website automatically takes the picture for you once the card is in focus & in the correct position. Just waited an hour to be verified to be told no because they chose to apparently take a blurry pic.

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  Di Beirne (@ScattyCat) reported 22 minutes ago

  @NatWest_Help Cont... the NatWest app lets me log in then I just get a blank screen. HMRC think the problem is with NatWest, as I can log in. I've been told it's not a known issue with you, but it's been happening to me for 2 weeks now. I've made several payments to HMRC this way before..cont.

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  Bjorn Again (@NewBjornTab) reported 26 minutes ago

  NatWest - your support for elderly people is so bad! You have very little empathy for relatives & you just don’t listen to those trying to help & resolve a problem. Call after call is the same! It’s like talking to a brick wall!

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  Chris (@Sparky2504) reported 26 minutes ago

  @AskNationwide This is exactly why I’ve now taken my 3 accounts to NatWest. Nationwide are so behind with the times with their procedures & systems. NatWest can usually fix everything online without having to call them. People don’t have time to call companies & wait on hold for ages anymore!

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  C B Campbel (@Tw0pAcPr0) reported 27 minutes ago

  @NatWest_Help dear natwest bot, your phone app has an issue. Unfortunately it doesn't know how many hours in a daily reset. Ive want to move funds but it keeps telling ive reached my daily amount. I moved money Sunday its now Tuesday.

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  Ian Darbyshire (@Ian_darbyshire) reported 28 minutes ago

  @stevemiddi1 @ArturNadol7566 @LloydsBank I have the internal Natwest interest forecasts and they were all going down at that time.

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  gill pind (@gillpind) reported 28 minutes ago

  @NatWestBusiness Been a NatWest business customer for 25 years my new manager rang me I imagined he was going to visit my premises and get to know me & my company but NO NatWest has stopped mangers visiting business customers!!. Digital meetings😡😡😡 box ticking for them😡👎🏼

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  Robin Nakamoto (@RobinNakamoto) reported 28 minutes ago

  @rich_rdctd Sounds like a pretty good reason to tell Natwest to go **** themselves.

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  geekgoddess (@geekgoddess2024) reported 32 minutes ago

  I was in a union at NatWest and honestly they seemed more interested in protecting the company relationship than representing ordinary staff. So spare me the lecture that unions automatically speak for all working people.

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  Alicia (@Aliciasdnud) reported 35 minutes ago

  @NatWest_Help hi I placed a switch to HSBC from NatWest and I want to cancel. HSBC have been no help. Can you please reject the switch request please I don’t want to switch to them anymore

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  jess (@Jessicakillilea) reported 37 minutes ago

  I’ve contacted via email, dm and many phone calls. Each member of staff passes you onto another and lies. It’s clear why NatWest branches are closing down.

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  Magic hat 🎩 (@themagic_tophat) reported 37 minutes ago

  𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝟭𝟭𝟱 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻? I know a certain commentator on the case (who claims insider knowledge) asserts there’s been no decision as of 2 weeks ago. But I very much doubt an initial decision is still pending - I believe it’s been issued to parties. There’s no reason why we would hear if it had. Initial decisions have never been published or leaked prior to the Final Award before. Why do I think it’s been issued? Because it’s been more than 19 months since the hearing concluded. A delay as long as 19 months for an initial decision on liability would put the integrity of the decision at risk and would raise questions over the arbitrators’ intentions (did they delay on purpose to damage it). I just can’t see them having done that. For context, NatWest Markets plc v Bilta (UK) Ltd [2021] was ordered a retrial when its decision was still waiting after 19 months at the High Court. The Master of Rolls at the Court of Appeal absolutely blasted the delay. He said decisions like these should need a good reason to take over 3 months in the courts and if they do, they get closely monitored. For it to take this long in private arbitration when there’s a requirement in the rules for a decision as soon as practicable… and the arbitrators have been working on other cases… totally inexcusable if it weren’t already out. Career enders for the arbitrators. A hearing on sanctions and final award should be quick too. So no excuses. Only 3 possibilities I see: 1) Initial decision was already issued to parties and a Final Award is coming imminently. Before the season starts. 2) They have the Final Award already but they’re waiting for the end of the World Cup before publishing it (they shouldn’t do this and it could even open themselves up to damages if this were the case) 3) City launched an appeal after the decision on liability was issued but before the hearing on sanctions, thereby delaying a Final Award Number 3) would be novel (i.e., never done before) but the rules do not explicitly prohibit it. I’ve hypothesised it as a possibility for a while. If so, we might not hear anything until 2027. The longer it goes without a Final Award, the more likely I believe that’s what’s happened.

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  Fordy (@Andyfor03298768) reported 37 minutes ago

  @NatwestB @TunnelGuruVPN Time to close our accounts and take all our money elsewhere! NatWest bull ****

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  Judith Cossins (@CossinsJudith) reported 42 minutes ago

  @NatWest_Help NatWest is awful. My partner applied online 6 weeks ago for control over his mum's account (she has dementia). He has power of attorney. He waited a month. No joy. He phoned 3 times. No joy. He went to the branch. No joy. You WILL NOT help him. Utter rubbish. 😡

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  Jack Regan (@999Sweeney) reported 44 minutes ago

  @paullewismoney I wouldn’t use them if I could, NatWest are awful

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  Joanne Fowler (@jofowler38) reported 46 minutes ago

  @birdman2 This post promotes a known scam using AI deepfakes of Emily Maitlis and NatWest CEO Paul Thwaite to advertise the fake Garlenix trading app. The linked site is part of an affiliate fraud scheme that tricks users into depositing money on bogus investment platforms. Please do your own due diligence. Reported as spam and deceptive content.

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  Alan Crispman (@cheeseandbunion) reported 46 minutes ago

  @NatWest_Help hey can you help with missing amount of money that was sent to a closed NatWest account? I switched with CASS and the money hasn’t followed

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  Rob W R 🇪🇺 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 (@Woollygar) reported 46 minutes ago

  @give_me_caffine Worked with a guy in NatWest 1980's who was asked if he was a Welsh speaker by a well healed female customer said 'no, I've forgotten it all' She shunned him. Told me after that use was beaten out of him in school so his parents stopped using it at home & he just stopped using it

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  Stephen Mills (@Stephen_Mills85) reported 54 minutes ago

  @afneil And also, she said “people working in a bank.” Not “bankers.” Somebody working at Natwest, opening accounts and helping pensioners with their PIN number enquiries should not be necking a couple of wines on their lunch break.

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  An Engineer (@deloreancars) reported 54 minutes ago

  @PaulReadGB @LifeThruSpecs Credit cards carry insurance by law. They don't like it, and might even claim it's not true. But squirrelled away in a dark corner of their website is a crappy little form to fill in so they can begrudgingly comply with their legal obligations (been there, done it with NatWest).

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  Phil page (@sixthtimelucky6) reported 57 minutes ago

  @GavinBoby @RedbridgeLive despite several complaints about the use of the former NatWest bank as a mosque in Barkingside High St it appears you have decided to not act upon these!! You are truly letting the community down by not taking us seriously !!!

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  Sam Hosier (@AutoInfatuation) reported 59 minutes ago

  As of 1st June I am going back to being solely self employed and will need a new business account as a Sole Trader. Given up with having a physical branch to go to as we literally only have a HSBC and a NatWest left in my town now 🙃 Have had both a Monzo and Lloyds LTD Company Business accounts before and have a Monzo personal account I quite like. I keep being told Revolut Business is really good now they have their banking license? Most of my payments will be made via BACs either way, only need access for myself and also needs to be able to link up to Xero. What Bank does everyone suggest to go with or even avoid?

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  Rich (@rich_rdctd) reported 1 hour ago

  Natwest Bank just dropped a banger. "Tomorrow begins today" they say. If you set up biometric approval in the mobile app or Voice ID for Telephone Banking, you gave them consent to use this data. As per their email: "From 20th May, Natwest will use ‘legitimate interests’ to process biometric data, instead of your consent. Legitimate interests is a term in Data Protection Law, which means we use your data only when necessary and where we have carefully balanced your rights in the public interest." Bear this in mind as you cannot update your details or send more than £750 without using their biometrics service. @freddienew @DecentraSuze

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  jeremyhead (@jeremyhead) reported 1 hour ago

  I did exactly that with NatWest and got an apology and compensation. (Think it was £100) Clearly an issue with training that needs highlighting.

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  Joe Easton (@marketsjoe) reported 1 hour ago

  Biggest market value losses on FTSE 100 this year: Unilever down £13.9 billion Reckitt Benckiser down £10.3 billion Barclays down £6.2 billion RELX down £6.0 billion Experian down £5.0 billion Compass down £4.6 billion NatWest down £4.2 billion Imperial Brands down £3.6 billion 3i down £3.4 billion British American Tobacco down £3.1 billion