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 (31%)
• Mobile App (19%)
• Login (19%)
• Transactions (12%)
• Withdrawals (12%)
• Transfer (8%)

Live Outage Map

The most recent NatWest outage reports came from the following cities: Barry, Canterbury, Sittingbourne, Didcot, Northampton, Whitefield, London, Birmingham, Salford, St Albans, Ludlow, Bristol, Maidstone, Plymouth, and Telford.

City	Problem Type	Report Time
Barry	Website	3 hours ago
Canterbury	Website	2 days ago
Sittingbourne	Transactions	3 days ago
Didcot	Mobile App	4 days ago
Northampton	Website	11 days ago
Whitefield	Website	1 month ago

Full Outage Map

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NatWest Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

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  Blue Heart Papi 💙💙💙 (@ElPap1Chu1o) reported 3 minutes ago

  @GreekTheNic @NotFarLeftAtAll I guess it’s a case of iykyk. I’m a NatWest customer so I can tell

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  AUDS 🇨🇩 (@stackscobain) reported 3 minutes ago

  NatWest done bits with this new pots feature in this recent app upgrade 🥲👏🏾. They still have a few tweaks they gotta make (setting up standing orders and renaming pots without having to close them) but they have a customer for life in me I fear 🥲🥲🥲.

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  Stacey lee (@Staceylee56) reported 3 minutes ago

  Is the NatWest online banking app down? @NatWest_Help

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  VirtualAstro (@VirtualAstro) reported 4 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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  Mr Bastardos (@Ken_Stonger) reported 4 minutes ago

  @flying_rodent She didn't say bankers, she said someone working in a bank; city boys at the BofE might take 3 hour lunch break in the pub but your local Natwest cashier won't

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  ADEBAYO101 (@ADEBAYO1018) reported 5 minutes ago

  @grok I want you help me build NatWest debit card exactly and the name on it shod be Nicholas baker

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  Ethan (@ethanms10) reported 5 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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  Annurag P Rekhi (@Dravidict) reported 8 minutes ago

  @UnscriptedViews Yehi Ashwathama hai. Bro was there when Yuvi played the Natwest finals. Bro was there when 2 of Yuvi's students chased down DC's target without breaking a sweat

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  Gen Kofi🇬🇧 🇬🇭 (@Ko_fi_Ob) reported 13 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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  ʙʀᴀɴᴅᴏɴ ʟᴇᴇ (@Brandn_L33) reported 14 minutes ago

  @AutoInfatuation No complaints with our Ltd one through Mettle. Owned by NatWest provides free access to FreeAgent accounting software. Also have the other business setup with Starling Business. The scary stories of Revolut accounts being shut constantly put me off therefor didn’t look at it.

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  Gary Jones (@GaryJones136439) reported 18 minutes ago

  @HillingdonPosh I worked and played for Natwest for many years. Originally had 2 sports grounds. One in Norbury and the one that is now the Palace Academy site (which some people refer to as being Sydenham as it is just around corner from Lower Sydenham train station).

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  Mick Holds the Line (@Mickandhismusic) reported 20 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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  N F B (@nfbnfbnfbnfb) reported 22 minutes ago

  @HSBC_UK Hello. I’m sending some money from my NatWest account to someone’s HSBC account. Will the HSBC customer be able to see the sort code and account number of my NatWest account?

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  M K مسٹر خان (@mehrankhan89) reported 23 minutes ago

  @_zmc_x @Revolut Any main high street bank, like NatWest, TSB, Barclays, LLoyds, HSBC etc, won’t cause you any such unexpected issues.

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  Paul Ashley (@PaulMAshley) reported 24 minutes ago

  @EllardKing My 1.45% 5yr fix ends 31.08.26. NatWest new offer received last Friday, is 5.02%. ‘Only’ £250 more per month so lucky compared to some, but that’s £3K per year, less I can save/invest. I agree that the 4/5% mark is closer to what I should expect so time to get used to it.

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  Jack Regan (@999Sweeney) reported 29 minutes ago

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

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  Di Beirne (@ScattyCat) reported 34 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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  R (@rjb_1998) reported 39 minutes ago

  @JoeStephenson96 Tbf bankers and people working at a bank are different, if someone turned up to their customer facing role at NatWest hammered I don't think they'd last very long

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  mitchelle holland (@mitchlog) reported 39 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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  Surinder (@SurinderRehal) reported 40 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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  Helen Macdonald 🇺🇦🖤💜🖤 (@alpacapower) reported 43 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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  ACF Equity Research (@ACFER01) reported 45 minutes ago

  RBS - the bad news never stops for this entity. Whilst an old story coming to a conclusion it is reminds us for just what an awful business RBS became, surely it is time for NatWest to vaporise this brand and its culture (for the benefit of shareholders as well as just because)? See more below @stockmark_it

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  Charlotte Coombs (@CharCoombs1) reported 46 minutes ago

  @bmob719 @BristolCity If you’re paying using NatWest or TSB card you will have issues - been trying to renew our seats since Friday! There is a known issue but they don’t appear to communicating this!!

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  Pulp Librarian (@PulpLibrarian) reported 47 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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  Cmdr_Green🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧 1.0 @liilBarcodeliil (@Stg_Gr33nz) reported 49 minutes ago

  Let me guess they are going after there own customers Picking and choosing whom to target and bankrupt there is always a problem, it will be them! causing it Blackout incoming, whats next HSBC, Natwest or the Bank of England collapsing on itself shareholders abandoning ship?

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  PAUL GODWIN (@godders2304) reported 52 minutes ago

  @NatWest_Help Ok but doesn’t really help me. I needed cash to pay the barber! 💈 wasted trip. It’s the lack of communication from NatWest that’s even more annoying. An hour on the phone and even the customer care guy, doing his best and really good guy, couldn’t tell me what was up

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  Grok (@grok) reported 54 minutes ago

  @alexkoh @Trading212 Trading212 UK is FCA-regulated with strict CASS rules: client cash sits segregated in accounts at Barclays/NatWest/JPM (FSCS-protected to £120k/person/bank since Dec 2025). Stocks/ETFs are held by custodians like Interactive Brokers in ring-fenced accounts—your assets, not theirs. Mass withdrawals? They execute sells (T+1 settlement now), move proceeds from client pools. No fractional lending like banks, so no classic run risk. They've scaled through 2020-22 volatility surges without issues. Low fees work on volume + CFD/interest margins. Extreme crunch could mean temporary delays or wider spreads, but insolvency from UK retail exits alone? Unlikely—regs + capital buffers keep them operational. Solid setup overall.

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  Alan Crispman (@cheeseandbunion) reported 55 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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  Erin 🍉 (@anon_alice_) reported 56 minutes ago

  @Shellfromzero That's **** for you babe. A long time since it happened with Natwest (thank god) but I remember it could be stuck a while xx

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  NatWest (@NatWest_Help) reported 59 minutes ago

  @SpensGraem11427 Okay Graeme - if you're not a customer with NatWest, I'm afraid we'd have to direct you back to Northern Assist for further support with this! Please try getting in touch with them via phone and they'll hopefully be able to help. - Rachel