Barclays customers are experiencing intermittent errors with payments and transfers for a second day after serious IT problems that also affected the bank's app and online banking. Customers have told the BBC they are unable to make essential transactions, ranging from buying baby milk to completing a house move.

People with Barclays accounts were unable to access their funds or use online banking due to a technical issue over the weekend - the bank has now apologised

And on the evening of Monday, February 3, CEO of Barclays UK, Vim Maru, sent out an email to customers. He apologised for the issue and admitted that it took 'longer than we hoped' to fix.

The bank says a technical issue, which began on Friday and impacted the its app, online banking and payments, has been resolved.

LONDON (Reuters) -British banks Lloyds and Barclays on Monday apologised to customers who suffered service outages over the past 48 hours, the latest in a string of such disruptions in recent years as lenders push their customers to bank online.

Lloyds and Halifax banks were hit by service outages today after Barclays customers saw major problems over the weekend. The high street banks, which are part of the same company, saw problems spike at around 7am and last for around three hours, though both are now running again as normal.

A woman was left without a home for three days after Barclays was hit by a technical issue just as she was completing the purchase of her new house. Emily McAllister, from Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire,

UK regulators are in close contact with Barclays Plc after a IT problem left thousands of customers locked out of their accounts for several days, according to people familiar with the matter.

Barclays previously stated affected customers were viewing outdated balances and payments were not being displayed. A Barclays spokesperson said after services returned to normal