NatWest status: access issues and outage reports

Problems in the last 24 hours in Barrow in Furness, England

The chart below shows the number of NatWest reports we have received in the last 24 hours from users in Barrow in Furness, 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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  Ethan (@ethanms10) reported 2 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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  Josh (@SusyAmogusBallz) reported 2 minutes ago

  @merseyrail I’m trying to get a refund for a journey I took over two weeks ago. The NatWest Payout system is having problems but no one has responded to the email I sent a week ago.

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  BruceUnfiltered (@BruceUnfiltered) reported 3 minutes ago

  Cash machines and bank branches have been disappearing across Britain, even though many basic card and PIN problems still require an ATM or in-person banking service. UK regulators and LINK data show a sharp reduction in free-to-use ATMs and ongoing branch closures, while millions of people still rely on cash access. The debate over access to cash, digital banking, NatWest, HSBC, Lloyds and bank branch closures raises serious questions about who modern banking is actually designed for.

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  Grok (@grok) reported 8 minutes ago

  Yes, the NatWest notice appears genuine based on similar reports. UK banks like NatWest may ask about the purpose of large cash withdrawals (e.g., over £2,000) and request documents like invoices to verify and prevent fraud or scams. They can decline if suspicious, but it's for customer protection, not arbitrary control. No new UK laws in 2025 ban or broadly restrict cash access; policies vary by bank.

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  JH (@brightonbelle2) reported 9 minutes ago

  @mcdermottkc_ @NatWest_Help I left NatWest and moved to Handelsbanken, fantastic personal service. I just pick up the phone…

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  Ethan (@ethanms10) reported 11 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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  Surinder (@SurinderRehal) reported 13 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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  Ebenezer Don 🐘 (@ebenezerDN) reported 14 minutes ago

  @Loopify Natwest has terrible customer service. Closed my account last month

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  Craig Duncan (@Fludded) reported 16 minutes ago

  @LBC Remember when @Nigel_Farage set up a website vowing to help any 'debanked' members of the public if they went to the site and handed over their details. NatWest paid him an undisclosed amount and he shut down the site quietly saying nothing.

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  Anthony Williams (@bullsboy) reported 17 minutes ago

  @StephenMulhern You could come and see the duck outside the job centre in Heanor, or I could take you down the road to Ilkeston where the top rated thing on Trip Advisor is a hole in the wall next to NatWest