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 (43%)
• Mobile App (29%)
• Transactions (10%)
• Login (10%)
• Transfer (10%)

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	17 days ago
Maidstone	Website	20 days ago
London	Mobile App	20 days ago
Dunfermline	Mobile App	22 days ago
Leicester	Mobile App	23 days ago
Newcastle upon Tyne	Login	27 days ago

Full Outage Map

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NatWest Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

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  Newton's Laws (@Newtons_Laws) reported 8 minutes ago

  @RBS_Help I wish to withdraw my consent for using or storing my biometric data but cannot see where that option can be found on the NatWest Group websites. Can you help with this? @NatWest_Help

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  Mancunian 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 (@Mancunian63) reported 8 minutes ago

  @NatWest_Help customer service at natwest is dead. Got a platinum account that's useless. The insurance it comes with is worthless. Rang to complain, and they transferred me to the insurer I was complaining about. They tried to fob me off by transferring me to someone else. Joke.

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  David (@David7964noBS) reported 9 minutes ago

  @the_k_bizzle @NatWest_Help NatWest disappointing service not on the side of the customer. Its a real shameful service. Flight cancelled check-in 9/2/26 Evidence from airline confirmed the refund and from agent but still chasing Natwest for a full refund this should have been so easy ? Going to Ombudsman !

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  Don Carlo (@ddavek007) reported 9 minutes ago

  @greyfinance How do you explain the sudden message from your customer care that you do not receive funds from NatWest thereby seizing fund's for almost 5 days

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  Ali@Makely (@MakelyStudio) reported 13 minutes ago

  10+ years. 50M+ users. £11M+ revenue impact. Mercedes. Citibank. Sky. Virgin Media. NatWest. Here's what I learned: Bad product flows can cost thousands, or even millions, in lost revenue. Regardless of company size. What kills conversions in big-name products does the same for startups: - Onboarding that loses people in the first 60 secs - Pricing pages that confuse instead of convert - Sign-up flows that cause decision fatigue I’ve seen that when you fix these - you get more from the traffic you already have. Now I build those same systems for funded startups - so they keep the users they've already paid to get.

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  Gen Kofi🇬🇧 🇬🇭 (@Ko_fi_Ob) reported 14 minutes ago

  @Lifeofdavie_ Most banks are shutting down due to 90% automation of processes. I have an account with NatWest, the branch in my town has only 2 staff: One teller/customer advisor and Branch Manager/Lead. Machine to deposit coins, cash in, pin resets, cheques scanners, digitised processes!

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  mitchelle holland (@mitchlog) reported 14 minutes ago

  @Resist_CBDC Natwest bank tell you to download carbon tracker on their app said would help reduce my bills 😵‍💫😵‍💫

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  Deborah 🇺🇦 (@deborah_hilliam) reported 16 minutes ago

  @MartinSLewis The BBC had a piece on their website yesterday about cheques from HMRC not scanning on the app and she had to go miles to pay it in. My elderly housebound mum had the same problem this year. My sister tried to scan and pay it but it wouldn’t work on the NatWest app.

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  Paul mear (@spottywolf) reported 16 minutes ago from Ludlow, England

  @MartinSLewis Mortgage question - my fixed rate is up end of June with NatWest 🥲 Got 7 years left. Fix or tracker ?

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  James Berkeley-Clarke (@JBerkeleyClarke) reported 17 minutes ago

  @Sargon_of_Akkad Probably an attack against sly news for harassing his family. Farage doesn't back down from a fight. Look at NatWest scandal he got the CEO fired! Watch what happens...

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  Matt Connolly (@MattCon90191238) reported 20 minutes ago

  @ikeijeh @MetroUK Until quite recently the City had done a good job of resisting ugly modern towers (with the exception of Natwest Tower). And then suddenly in the early 00s the gloves were off and it became a free for all. Was this down to any one individual?

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  Musa (@mkhankhakwani) reported 26 minutes ago

  NatWest is a **** bank they stole my money as well

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  Helen Macdonald 🇺🇦🖤💜🖤 (@alpacapower) reported 27 minutes ago

  @MartinSLewis @DrFionaCares I am leaving NatWest after 40 yrs because my nearest branch is now over 7 miles away, there are no cash points & they can’t explain why my second set of 2 debit cards refuse to work in card machines. And don’t get me started on bloody Cora… Customer service is dead.

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  Ali@Makely (@MakelyStudio) reported 32 minutes ago

  10 years. 50M+ users. £11M+ revenue impact. Citibank. Mercedes. Sky. Virgin Media. NatWest. I spent a decade fixing conversion problems at companies most startups would kill to work with. what I learned: the same broken patterns show up everywhere - onboarding that loses people in the first 60 seconds, pricing pages that confuse instead of convert, signup flows with friction nobody ever fixed. now I build the same systems for funded startups.

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  TRAXXAS58 (@TRAXXAS58) reported 35 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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  Hector McNeil (@Hector_McNeil) reported 38 minutes ago

  @stephenpollard Think you made a big error here. NatWest got bailed out in the financial crisis so think that is a counter to your argument without the state it wouldnt exist and shareholders would have got nothing. Also industries like rail and water just can’t be made competitive. I can’t get Scot’s rail when I want to get a train in london or use Thames water in Leeds cos I don’t want to use Yorkshire water. I am 100% capitalist and set up multiple companies from scratch and employed a bunch of people but it doesn’t work for everything. Also the best rail companies in the world are state owned and many state owned foreign companies bought up many of the companies thatcher sold off. So that makes no sense anyway

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  Jumpers For Goalposts (@Anthony86619842) reported 39 minutes ago

  @NatWest_Help 35 years as a NatWest personal and business customer and zero understanding of my business or the support you’d expect from your bank. Utterly aghast…..

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  Maurice Andrews (@maurice_an63983) reported 41 minutes ago

  @Neccccy No because he at the moment doesn't support HBOS Lloyds Banking Group Barclays RBS Natwest Unicredit Private Equity Vulture Funds serious criminal activities fraud forgery perjury false declaration to courts

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  Palash (@ABiggerSpalash) reported 42 minutes ago

  wtf i never noticed rajeev shukla was there at the natwest final too 😭

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  dyan gough (@dylan12135) reported 42 minutes ago

  @Aodh_MagUidhir @NewnhamTony under FCA regulations NatWest will need to move hq to inside the uk You are the problem in this country - can’t have a sensible conversation with someone who has a differing view so u resort to abuse. Sad that you’re so full of hatred for the uk to make ur stereotype comments

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  Maurice Andrews (@maurice_an63983) reported 45 minutes ago

  @trussliz Liz Does that include fighting the corrupt fraudulent disease ridden HBOS Lloyds Banking Group RBS Natwest Unicredit Barclays also their legal support UK government?

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  Gen Kofi🇬🇧 🇬🇭 (@Ko_fi_Ob) reported 47 minutes ago

  @Lifeofdavie_ Most banks are shutting down due to 90% automation of processes. I have an account with NatWest, the branch in my town has only 2 staff: One teller/customer advisor and Branch Manager/Lead. Machine to deposit coins, cash in, pin resets, cheques scanners, digitised processes!

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  SAGAR THAKKAR (@sagarthakkar189) reported 49 minutes ago

  India Daybook – Stocks in News *KEC International:* Company has received new orders worth Rs 1,180 crore. (Positive) *RBL Bank:* CARE Ratings upgraded the rating on Tier II bonds to CARE AAA/Stable from CARE AA-. (Positive) *PDS:* Company partners with Busana Apparel Group to build next-generation global apparel manufacturing and expand sourcing capabilities, scale and supply chain resilience. (Positive) *Jammu & Kashmir Bank:* Monetization of stake in PNB MetLife. (Positive) *SEAMEC:* Board approved sale of vessel “SEAMEC Gallant”. (Positive) *Ather Energy:* Additional investments of Rs 1000 cr by Hero Moto Corp. (Positive) *Textile Stocks, United Spirits:* India-UK FTA effective from today. (Positive) *Quess Corp, Teamlease:* India has prohibited the import of goods produced using forced labour. (Positive) *SG Mart:* Abu Dhabi Investment Authority bought 11.23lk shares (Positive) *Dalmia Sugar:* Company has approved development of an integrated sugar project in Tanzania through its subsidiary. (Positive) *Capacite Infraprojects:* Company has secured repeat order worth ₹482 Crore. (Positive) *LTTS:* Company has partnered with Anthropic to accelerate AI-led engineering, integrating Claude models across its proprietary platforms (Positive) *Landmark Cars:* Company has recorded highest-ever Q1 sales, with revenue rising 22.5% YoY to ₹1,733 crore, driven by strong vehicle sales growth and robust after-sales performance. (Positive) *IOL Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals:* Company's Clopidogrel Bisulfate API has received approval from China's National Medical Products Administration (NMPA), strengthening its presence in the Chinese pharmaceutical market. (Positive) *OM Infra:* Infomerics has upgraded the company's credit ratings for Rs. 718.96 crore of bank loan facilities. (Positive) *Vedanta:* Company plans to nearly triple its zinc and lead production capacity by FY31. (Positive) *Easy Trip Planners:* Company has signed MoU with the Government of Jharkhand to promote tourism digitally across the state. (Positive) *United Spirits:* Management stated that India is poised to become one of the world's largest premium alcoholic beverage markets over the next decade. (Positive) *Kirloskar Brothers:* Company's UK subsidiary has secured an order worth GBP 11.7 million from Saipem for the supply of vertical pumps and spares. (Positive) *Delhivery:* Company's wholly owned subsidiary has received RBI approval for registration as a Non-Banking Financial Company (NBFC), subject to compliance with regulatory conditions. (Positive) *Shriram Finance:* Company's Board will meet on July 24, 2026 to consider raising funds through the issuance of Non-Convertible Debentures (NCDs). (Neutral) *Axis Bank:* Company has completed the preferential issue in Axis Finance Ltd. Following the issue, its stake has reduced to 94.92%, while retaining its status as the holding company. (Neutral) *Vedanta:* Management stated that India could achieve 50% self-sufficiency in critical minerals within the next 5–10 years. (Neutral) *Manaksia Coated Metals & Industries:* Q1 FY27 Standalone Net Profit at Rs. 14.2 crore vs Rs. 14.1 crore YoY. Revenue at Rs. 262 crore vs Rs. 250 crore YoY. (Neutral) *ICICI Bank:* Board will consider a proposal to revise the overseas bond fundraising limit. (Neutral) *Jindal SAW:* Q1 FY27 Net Profit at Rs. 104 crore vs Rs. 424 crore YoY. Revenue at Rs. 4,452 crore vs Rs. 4,085 crore YoY. (Neutral) *HPCL:* India Ratings & Research has assigned an IND A1+ rating with a Stable outlook to the company's proposed Rs. 10,000 crore Commercial Paper programme. (Neutral) *Jet Freight Logistics:* Company has agreed to acquire a 45% stake in Natwest Trade & Logistics Services – FZCO for Rs. 18 crore, payable in tranches over two years. (Neutral) *Belrise Industries:* QIP opens; floor price set at ₹230.79 per share. (Neutral) *Signature Global:* Pre-sales at ₹1,970 cr vs ₹1,570 cr, up 25% QoQ. (Neutral) *HEG:* Company's TACC Unit Gets 'IND A-' Rating for Major Battery Material Project. (Neutral) *SJVN:* Company has received notices from BSE and NSE imposing fines for non-compliance with certain SEBI (LODR) Regulations, 2015. The Board has taken note of the notices and approved the company's response. (Neutral) *Texmaco Rail:* Kishor Kumar Rajgaria resigns as CFO. (Neutral) *Tata Elxsi:* Net profit at Rs 171 crore versus Rs 220 crore, Revenue at Rs 1,021 crore versus Rs 994 crore QoQ. (Neutral) *LTTS:* Net profit at Rs 357 crore versus Rs 332 crore, Revenue at Rs 2940 crore versus Rs 2858 crore QoQ. (Neutral) *NBCC:* Board approved the merger of HSCC into NBCC. (Neutral) *63 Moons Technologies:* Subsidiary Financial Technologies Singapore Pte Ltd acquired 79.58 lakh equity shares in unlisted subsidiary Ticker Ltd. (Neutral) *Sobha:* Board meeting scheduled on July 20, 2026 to consider Q1FY27 results and issuance of non-convertible debentures through private placement in one or more tranches. (Neutral) *State Bank of India:* Moody's affirmed the bank's long-term deposit rating at Baa3 and Baseline Credit Assessment at baa3 with a stable outlook. (Neutral) *Keystone Realtors:* CRISIL assigned a CRISIL AA-/Stable rating to the company's bank loan facilities and reaffirmed the CRISIL AA-/Stable rating on Rs 335 crore of non-convertible debentures. (Neutral) *Just Dial:* Irage Broking Services LLP net sold 2,87,355 shares at Rs. 765.25 per share. (Neutral) List of stocks included in the short term ASM Framework: Kalyan Jewellers, C.E. Info Systems. (Neutral) List of stocks excluded from ASM Framework: EPack Prefab, Amir Chand Jagdish Kumar (Exports) Limited. (Neutral) Circuit filter change from 20% to 10%: Just Dial Limited. (Neutral) *Utkarsh Small Finance Bank:* CARE Ratings downgraded the rating. (Negative) *Jain Resource Recycling:* Company informed about a furnace explosion at its manufacturing facility in Tamil Nadu. (Negative) *ICICI Lombard:* An arbitral tribunal directed the company to pay Rs 78 crore to an insured party along with interest at 7.5% per annum. (Negative) *IT Sector Stocks:* IBM announced weak early quarter numbers with cautious guidance. (Negative)

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  NoOrdinaryFamily (@BooksFromNOF) reported 50 minutes ago

  Don't you just love it when your @NatWest account gets locked for a second time in a week and you can't access your money? The second I get back to the UK, that account is getting binned. ******* useless.

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  Magic hat 🎩 (@themagic_tophat) reported 55 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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  Di Beirne (@ScattyCat) reported 55 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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  Joe Smith (@IzriteAD) reported 57 minutes ago

  @peterjukes This was literally 3 years ago, the article states the short position was held since the spring of 2023 before the announcement that coutts closed his account. If Farage got the letter in June 2023 but they were already shorting NatWest, then this will be a non-issue.

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  An Engineer (@deloreancars) reported 1 hour 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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  Funmi (@Funminz) reported 1 hour ago

  Joint borrowers earning £150,000+ can now borrow up to 6.5× their income. NatWest will lend at 6.5× for higher earners, but only if they’re borrowing 75% LTV or less. Pros Higher borrowing power — High income earners can access larger mortgages, which helps in expensive markets like London where property prices are high. More competitive offering — NatWest becomes more attractive to wealthy buyers who might otherwise go to specialist lenders. Useful for joint high earners — Couples earning £150k+ combined can stretch further to buy homes in premium areas. Potentially better rates — The article notes NatWest often has best buy rates, so borrowers may get both a high LTI and a good interest rate. Cons Higher financial risk — Borrowing 6.5x income is a big commitment. If interest rates rise or income drops, repayments can become stressful. Lower LTV allowed — To borrow at 6.5x, you must have at least a 25% deposit. That’s a huge barrier for many people. Only for high earners — This doesn’t help average income buyers struggling with affordability. It widens the gap between who can and can’t buy. Could push prices up — Allowing people to borrow more can fuel higher property prices, especially in already expensive areas. This move is good for wealthy buyers who want bigger loans, but it does nothing for regular earners and may even increase market pressure. It’s a strategic play by NatWest to attract high income clients, not a broad affordability solution.

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  WGCitizens (@WGCitizens) reported 1 hour ago

  My reward for years of customer loyalty to NatWest bank? Their pockets stuffed with profit and the high street branches closed, including WGC. Customer service? Nah, just shareholder fixation…and a failure to support those who’ve supported their company.