NatWest status: access issues and outage reports

Problems in the last 24 hours in Chelmsford, England

The chart below shows the number of NatWest reports we have received in the last 24 hours from users in Chelmsford, 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

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

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  Kev (@suffolkev) reported 6 minutes ago

  @NatWest_Help my son is in America trying to use his NatWest card but you keep declining payments. Your app says you don’t need to tell you if abroad and your useless chatbot is no help. The “emergency” number is just an endless Voice menu with no option to speak to someone! 🤬

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  puristini (@jurisdoctrine) reported 9 minutes ago

  Emails included Wells Fargo Bank ING Direct HSBC Bank NatWest Capital One Citibank Chase Bank Dubai Abu Dhabi London Nigeria I opened accounts with login access as well. I went into both Chase and Citibank to deposit cheques sent by FedEx and UPS delivery service.

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  Madhur Kapoor (@MadhurKapoor12) reported 11 minutes ago

  I haven't seen number 7 or 8 - but rest looks a very fair list.. I might need sometime to dig more.. but will get back to u for sure Ind v England Natwest Final 2002 Lords will also be in my list - especially India were down n out after 143/5 chasing 326

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  Matt (@MattBurnham82) reported 12 minutes ago

  @NatWest_Help I am no longer receiving notifications from my NatWest app when making payments, withdrawing or when using Apple all Notifications are on my the app and on my iPhone settings. This happened a week ago. Can you help?

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  Dianne cox (@dianneport) reported 15 minutes ago

  @NatWest_Help @christobinsings Bring help back please 🙏 dreadfill we cant direct messeage as natwest now as golden tick preventing us from contacting you

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  Magic hat 🎩 (@themagic_tophat) reported 16 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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  Tom Hingley (@tomhingleymusic) reported 21 minutes ago

  delays on the M1 today as assistance vehicles with ‘abnormal load’ vehicles steer Nigel Farage’s wallet down from a private airport to London . There will be a 30 minute silence at noon to remember how the nasty NatWest stopped poor Nigel’s bank account lead by Nick Robinson

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  QuanChain (@Quan_Chain) reported 21 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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  Earnings Prism (@earnings_prism) reported 22 minutes ago

  NatWest Group $NWG announced the publication of the H1 2026 Pillar 3 documents for several large subsidiaries. The H1 2026 Pillar 3 documents for the subsidiaries are available on the NatWest Group plc website. The subsidiaries listed in the filing include NatWest Holdings Limited, NatWest Markets Plc, National Westminster Bank Plc, The Royal Bank of Scotland plc, and Coutts & Company

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  Butterknife Operator (@Butterknifeopr8) reported 24 minutes ago

  NatWest customer service is some of the shittiest I have ever come across.