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.

• Login (25%)
• Transactions (23%)
• Website (20%)
• Mobile App (18%)
• Withdrawals (10%)
• Transfer (5%)

Live Outage Map

The most recent NatWest outage reports came from the following cities: Maidstone, Plymouth, Telford, Burry Port, Westminster Abbey, Chard, Reading, Bromley, Islington, Hounslow, Morecambe, Hexham, Yeadon, Aberdeen, and Chorley.

City	Problem Type	Report Time
Maidstone	Withdrawals	2 days ago
Plymouth	Withdrawals	2 days ago
Telford	Withdrawals	2 days ago
Burry Port	Website	8 days ago
Westminster Abbey	Website	10 days ago
Chard	Mobile App	12 days 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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  100 (@GhostNoFace0101) reported 7 minutes ago

  NatWest Bank got retards working for them

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  Dan Lee (@MCFCDANLEE) reported 8 minutes ago

  @MartinSLewis I have Natwest black rewards account. I get travel insurance , phone insurance, breakdown cover ,free airport lounge access and £10 back each month. Comes in handy as I fly at least twice a month. It costs me £32 per month.

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  FunkyApe🍌 (@funkyape297) reported 9 minutes ago

  @Loopify After repeated issues trying to buy on Coinbase, with NatWest limiting transactions for no clear reason, I closed the account and moved to Nationwide. Let’s see how they handle it.

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  Pulp Librarian (@PulpLibrarian) reported 10 minutes ago

  Smiley Culture: NatWest On Line (1986). This is one of two adverts reggae star Smiley Culture did for the bank, promoting their On Line bank accounts aimed at teenagers. UK banks leaned heavily into the teenage market in the 1980s, on the assumption that customers rarely changed bank accounts. If you got the customer young they would stay with you for life, so why not give them a cash card and a free sports bag when they were 14?

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  kati roll eater. cricket watcher. (@katirollcricket) reported 10 minutes ago

  Between this brain fade, and that in Bby that prompted Ganguly shirt waving at the NatWest final at Lords, has any Englishman done more to support terrific 🇮🇳 cricket memories than @flintoff11 ? 🇮🇳 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

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  VirtualAstro (@VirtualAstro) reported 11 minutes ago

  I used to recommend NatWest but unfortunately, they have provided a really really poor service recently. I used to recommend them a lot, after being a loyal customer. Maybe not so much now. Time to join another bank possibly... @NatWestBusiness @NatWestGroup @NatWest_Help

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  UniteinNatWest (@UniteNatwest) reported 12 minutes ago

  @KatieW456938 Thanks for raising these points. We’ve checked and the revised FAQs were not shared with the Unite NatWest reps in advance of publication but Unite will raise these issues on Monday. A Unite FAQ set was issued this afternoon.

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  Diane Berry dynamayphotography (@dbsWebsites) reported 12 minutes ago

  @NatWest_Help Somethinhbis going with accessing accounts, i’ve been locked out for no reason, i’ve asked other people with natwest banking and they’re having the same issue. have you been hacked, google said there’s been no confirmation

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  Mort ⚽️💙🍏❤️🐹🇪🇺🎧 🙏 (@M_Daawwgg) reported 21 minutes ago

  @scriptwren I’m not confident they’ll be a supply by Friday as the causes are so vague. As you say, there have been problems for several years.I’m sure they’ve enjoyed their dividends but the #NatWest et al have some investing to do.There needs to be a proper plan, honesty & transparency 2/2

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  Di Beirne (@ScattyCat) reported 22 minutes ago

  @HMRCcustomers Hi - is there a problem making payments on the app with NatWest? Been trying to pay for 3 days but keep getting blank screen on NatWest app after logging in to authorise payment. I do suspect it's a NatWest problem but I know how busy you are atm so maybe it's you

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  Michael Wilcox (@mj_wilcox) reported 26 minutes ago

  @JustEatUK @CUSTOMERRE58657 I have raised a chargeback with NatWest. Awful I’ve had to go to these lengths.

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  aysha ✝️ (@AyshaCCM) reported 27 minutes ago

  @tom_string @NatWest_Help Received the same too, NatWest said it was an error and was sent to all customers!

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  LT🌷 (@lozmach) reported 27 minutes ago

  @NatWest_Help hi, I’ve been kicked out the NatWest app and have tried logging in and it won’t let me! I have then tried to log into online banking but it won’t let me in without accepting it on the app? Please help!

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  Looney (@looneyluke93) reported 32 minutes ago

  NatWest app.. Not working great

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  Grok (@grok) reported 33 minutes ago

  @AsianFoxMulder @TheOnlyDSC @piersmorgan Here's a list of some major documented UK bank money laundering scandals, based on regulatory findings: - HSBC (2012): Fined $1.9B for allowing $881M to be laundered by Mexican drug cartels via inadequate AML controls. - Standard Chartered (2019): Fined £102M by FCA for AML breaches, including poor customer due diligence in UAE branches. - NatWest (2021): Fined £265M for failing to monitor £264M in suspicious cash deposits from 2012-2016. - Santander UK (2022): Fined £108M for persistent AML control gaps, allowing £298M in suspicious funds. - Barclays (2025): Fined £42M by FCA for inadequate due diligence on high-risk clients.

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  DandyDanFan (@DanFanshawe) reported 36 minutes ago

  @OmniSteve @LloydsBank @NatWest_Help They waited for the official final switch day - when NatWest closed my account - to then cancel. If there was an issue with my application it should have been dealt with much sooner.

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  ❤️citizen Macca (@P15pm) reported 37 minutes ago

  @thetimepls @deirdrecostigan There’s a difference between having an opinion and just punching down. People in Southall needing accessible banking aren’t the problem — decisions by NatWest are. This just shifts blame away from where it belongs.

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  Gen Kofi🇬🇧 🇬🇭 (@Ko_fi_Ob) reported 37 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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  Toby (@Toby1062065) reported 39 minutes ago

  When I pushed for answers your team implied I was part of a fraud pattern — despite your own agent’s written warehouse confirmation. PayPal and NatWest can’t help due to direct debit rules. Now pursuing Small Claims Court. All evidence documented.

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  Mick Holds the Line (@Mickandhismusic) reported 39 minutes ago

  @NatWest_Help Head Office need to investigate this flawed Access Issue and fire the lunatic who was responsible for it . Other banks don’t have this issue. This time wasting by NW is the worst call experience I have ever had. 0/10 NatWest- DO BETTER, RESPECT YOUR CUSTOMERS

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  ivan (@kondratiuk59) reported 41 minutes ago

  @Wayne_adams83 There was talk of the banks working together in ONE building. Ie Barclays on Mondays, NatWest on Wednesdays and so on. Haven’t heard anything about it since though !

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  RingoMAN (@centurysteve) reported 43 minutes ago

  @Leighlines @AllegroEddie NatWest tried this **** with me when trying to transferring funds using the app (transfer to another account of mine, not a new one). Log in via website and won’t be needed.

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  Claire Webb (@ClaireMBear) reported 47 minutes ago

  @BarclaysUKHelp Are you having trouble with NatWest Payit app? been trying to make a payment all morning to them and keeps going to security details on my barclays account and coming up with an error? 🤔

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  Surinder (@SurinderRehal) reported 50 minutes ago

  @NatWest_Help i’ve now made three attempts to make a payment around £300. Each time I’m being asked to approve the transaction and when I go into my account there is nothing waiting to be approved. It really is a rubbish system with NatWest as I have no such issues with oth accts

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  Dr HOX ENDUCTION HOUR 🌻🎩🧐 (@hoxtonwanka) reported 51 minutes ago

  @K_Niemietz there's a lot of space between the skyscrapers so they get to speak for themselves. the problem in the city at the moment is that they've all been clustered together. it used to look way more impressive when you just had the Gherkin, Natwest buildiing and LSE building

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  Ethan (@ethanms10) reported 51 minutes ago

  @NatWest_Help hey folks! My sister banks with you still - she’s just found a car that my dad will buy for her. She needs to transfer £7k from her account to him also a NatWest customer. How can she temporarily up her limits?

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  Geoff IX (@geofftheninth) reported 59 minutes ago

  @Gibintbank I keep to call you to to fox the issue with my account but you can't be ******. You should all be going to natwest.

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  khalid bhatt (@phasethree360) reported 1 hour ago

  @NatWest_Help WHEN A CASH MACHINE MALFUNCTIONS AND DOESNT DISPENSE YOUR RENT MONEY AND U CALL DOR THE FIRST TIME NATWEST TREATS YOU AS A CRIMINAL ABD TRYS NOT TO PAY, REGARDLESS OF YOUR ISSUES.NATWEST. FORGET LOYALITY ITS ABOUT THEIR PROFITS. I NEED MY RENT MONEY 🥺 PLEASE

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  Dr Peter For Dundee East💚🤍💜 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇳🇿 (@WingsEcosse) reported 1 hour ago

  @FFS_WhatNow @zaphod799 I’m reminded of when NatWest’s computer went south over a weekend. They’d fired the old sysadmins who knew the ancient system for Indians who lied about knowing the arcane programming language. NW had to hire sysadmins as consultants to fix it.

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  ALAW (@Yeboah_21) reported 1 hour ago

  @robertmdaws Early 80s NatWest Leeds Sunday League team wore the yellow away kit. Awful scratchy polyester thing.