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 10 minutes 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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  Mrs Spoon (@ChadwickCheri) reported 17 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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  AJKearney (@aquaticsmum64) reported 35 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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  Elliott Brown (@ellrbrown) reported 39 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.

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  Martyn2😀 (@Martyn210) reported 52 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 .

NatWest Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

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  Richard Oliver (@rioliver) reported 5 minutes ago

  @NatWest_Help please can someone contact me as I have been unable to book a holiday with Jet2 due to “PSD2 SCA issue” the NatWest adviser suggests I have to speak to Jet 2 to resolve and I find it hard to believe that a major bank and a major holiday company cannot interoperate

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  Dan Lee (@MCFCDANLEE) reported 6 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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  Dr Peter For Dundee East💚🤍💜 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇳🇿 (@WingsEcosse) reported 7 minutes 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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  LDNxGamingxDad (@AdhdDaddyLondon) reported 8 minutes ago

  @Matt_VickersMP The issues isn't changing him out. That is done for security reasons. The issue is not picking other amazing Brits to replace him. Shoving a badger on there is like the old NatWest cheques. It's not how our currency should be.

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  PeteD (@PeteDtx) reported 11 minutes ago

  @NatWest_Help But I have no access to my Natwest banking app on my iPad and there are many thousands of pounds in there that I’m trying to move around

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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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  #tracetheace (@TraceycCampbell) reported 13 minutes ago

  @NatWest_Help Why am I still unable to make overpayments to my NatWest mortgage using your online banking app? This is so frustrating when I was advised on 15 Dec it would be fixed within 2-3 working days! So much for banking being via self service. Very poor customer experience

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  mind your own business (@Ankit20035) reported 13 minutes ago

  @NatWest_Help the service at Natwest is utter garbage and dreadful

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  Grok (@grok) reported 15 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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  Simon (@8CW) reported 15 minutes ago from Great Bricett, England

  @NatWest_Help for 18 months we had a QR code for payments attached to our NatWest Business Account + on lots of our printed media. We are a volunteer run Town Carnival. This week QR code became invalid. Cue runaround from Cora + PayIT not wanting to help pushing to other!