21/09/2018

Ulster Bank Resolves Online And Mobile Accounts 'Technical Glitch'

The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has apologised after thousands of Ulster Bank customers were locked out of their online and mobile bank accounts this morning due to a "technical glitch".

In the early hours of Friday, customers reported trouble attempting to access their online banking services.

However, RBS, NatWest and Ulster Bank revealed the issue has now been resolved.

On Twitter, Ulster Bank said: "We would like to apologise to customers who experienced issues logging into their online and mobile banking accounts this morning, this issue has now been resolved."

(MH/CM)

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