NatWest status: access issues and outage reports

Problems in the last 24 hours in Smethwick, England

The chart below shows the number of NatWest reports we have received in the last 24 hours from users in Smethwick, England and surrounding areas. An outage is declared when the number of reports exceeds the baseline, represented by the red line.

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NatWest Issues Reports Near Smethwick, England

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in Smethwick and nearby locations:

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  JesusJM (@hardhouse6) reported 1 minute ago from Birmingham, England

  I will talk about failings by institutions like @Natwest not issuing him any investigation. He’s a vulnerable adult there must be a duty of care or support

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  AJKearney (@aquaticsmum64) reported 6 minutes ago from Aldridge, England

  Really disappointing that @NatWest_Help use a web chat service for nok to report a bereavement. Totally impersonal at such a difficult time. So glad I don’t actually bank with you 🥲 #NatWest #Bereavement

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  Martyn2😀 (@Martyn210) reported 11 minutes ago from Dudley, England

  @grantfeller Yet a customer in natwest locally in 2019 was asked what she wanted £5000 for she had to fill in a form, it was for a new kitchen, I was in the queue waiting to be served, it was her money .

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  Mrs Spoon (@ChadwickCheri) reported 55 minutes ago from Swindon, England

  @TeresaTinsel @LloydsBank It’s really annoying when things like this happen. I often find it’s a branch problem. I had an issue with Natwest. One branch couldn’t do something for me, yet another could. So infuriating.

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  Elliott Brown (@ellrbrown) reported 60 minutes ago from Birmingham, England

  Just remembered seeing that NatWest at St Philips Place and Temple Row is now closed down. Halifax on Colmore Row might be going too.

NatWest Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

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  WealthLog | Isa Journey (@UKWealthLog) reported 7 minutes ago

  Just moved another £3,000 into my NS&I Premium Bonds. It came from money sitting in my NatWest account that I kept dipping into whenever I needed it. I’ve now only got around £1,000 left in that account, with another £2,000 salary due tomorrow. The idea is simple: if the money isn’t sat in my current account, I’m less tempted to transfer it back and spend it. Sometimes the best financial decisions aren’t about earning a higher return-they’re about making it harder to spend. Has anyone else changed the way they organise their money to help them save more?

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  LiveSquawk (@LiveSquawk) reported 18 minutes ago

  NatWest H1 2026 Earnings - Q2 Pretax Oper Profit GBP 2.29B (est 2.01B) - H1 Impairment Charge Of £280 M, Prev Y/Y £226 M - Keeps Ordinary *** Around 50% Attributable Profit - Sees 2026 ROTE +19% - Still Sees 2028 ROTE Above +18% - Still Sees 2028 Customer Assets And Liabilities Rising +4% From End 2025

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  Callum (@rapiddescentsco) reported 21 minutes ago

  @isabelrosesss This is the NatWest/old RBS digital banking login. It is designed to use multiple authentication methods but they've just stuck with partial date of birth id/partial passcode for the last 18 years or so! It could use the EMV card reader, but that'd just confuse customers.

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  NoOrdinaryFamily (@BooksFromNOF) reported 22 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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  Kenne_A (@StMollyBloom) reported 24 minutes ago

  This Cian_UTD bollocks doing the rounds, and I’ve got to say I don’t believe the majority of it, but if true, and Betfred and NatWest are looking at reimbursing and even compensating him, they’re setting themselves up for a real shitstorm. Anyone who’s ever known an addict of anything will know that it’s ultimately up to themselves to help themselves. And what BF and NatWest are seemingly about to do is set up a precedent where any gambler can freeroll the bookies and the banks by Gamstop’ing themselves, working around it, and recouping any losses. Why would you not? If I can deposit £5k to a bookies and go all out to try triple it in an evening knowing they have to refund me if I lose I’d be an idiot not to. Situation here should be as followed. Thorough investigation, apology if in the wrong and a review of their internal flagging system. And instead of a refund, assistance to Cian to get help with his addiction. Cian has been on the timeline for a long while with one grift or the other. If he comes out of this even or ahead he’s learned nothing. And in a few months time he’ll hit one of the other bookies with the same story. And someone help his ******* kid.

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  Lyn Hamilton (@LynHami27606202) reported 24 minutes ago

  Anyone else having problems with their NatWest Banking App following the last 2 phone updates? Last time I had to phone NW and they said they had others saying the same. I had to delete and reinstate my APP. I had an update last night and now can’t get in my NW Banking APP again

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  Teds (@Tedtalks13) reported 25 minutes ago

  I’ll go through the hole list of **** again Monday. Hmcts re the complaint of case file empty. (Wasn’t me on that hearing @Experian don’t care if she threatens to slit her wrists) Lloyds (and its energy company ) HSBC (and its estate agent and energy company) NatWest (just so you know did you birmingham wood fraud) Companies house (IT error) IPO office (reference your reference is one efficiency companies house) Ovo energy and its tupe (2p) sse notice transfer audit issue with eon Then a list of those law firms that agreed in 2018 to the bent bet that I found out about; that in those law firms they were involved in the house court case that moved even though stayed in any application existed @HMCTSgovuk has the walsal court Brough the police in yet and when can I see the hybrid video to show it wasn’t me

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  QuanChain (@Quan_Chain) reported 31 minutes ago

  Quantum readiness programs feel like progress. They aren't. NatWest and 10 others joined NQCC's QTAP cohort 3, awareness, not migration. Different problems. QuanChain's oracle-triggered key rotation solves the second in under 90 days, no protocol vote. Should regulators require migration proof, not just program enrollment, before 2028?

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  James Berkeley-Clarke (@JBerkeleyClarke) reported 34 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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  Mortgage Solutions (@mortgagesols) reported 36 minutes ago

  NatWest has launched a fund to help housing associations buy affordable homes from housebuilders. 👇 Link to article in the comments