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Lloyds Banking Outage Disrupts Online Access for Thousands of Users Lloyds Banking Group, encompassing Lloyds Bank, Halifax, and Bank of Scotland, experienced an online banking outage affecting thousands of users. The issue began around 1115 BST, with customers unable to access their accounts via apps and online services. The group, serving 26 million customers, resolved the issue by Wednesday afternoon, apologizing for the inconvenience. This follows a March incident where nearly half a million customers were affected by an IT glitch that exposed transaction data. The recent outage was marked by a 503 error, indicating server unavailability.