Major banks including Lloyds, Halifax and Nationwide go down with thousands of customers locked out of online banking

A HOST of high street banks have been hit with an outage leaving thousands of customers locked out of accounts.

Lloyds Bank, Halifax, Nationwide and First Direct customers are all suffering issues, according to Downdetector.

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The vast majority of customers are having issues accessing their mobile or online banking.

Others are having issues making payments.

More than 3,000 Lloyds customers have reported issues with their mobile and online banking.

Halifax, part of the Lloyds Banking Group, has also been hit with technical issues, with almost 4,000 people reporting issues.

Nearly 700 Nationwide customers are flagging problems with their mobile, online banking and viewing their account balances.

Hundreds of TSB, First Direct, Cooperative Bank and Bank of Scotland have reported issues on Downdetector as well.

Customers have taken to X, formerly Twitter, fuming about the outage which comes on payday for many.

One Lloyds customer said: "I've worked 2 long weeks to be paid today and now i can't access my accounts on the app or desktop site.

"It is imperative this is resolved IMMEDIATELY."

A Halifax customer fumed: "I can't get in the app!!"

Meanwhile, someone who banks with TSB added: "Can't get into the TSB app or website since 7.30am."

The Sun has contacted the banks to comment.

It comes just weeks after Barclays was hit by a major outage which left some customers locked out of their accounts for days.

The bank said the outage was caused by a technical issue and was not related to a cyber attack or any malicious activity.

But the glitch left customers fuming with many left locked out of accounts around pay day and one left homeless.