One of the UK’s biggest high street lenders, NatWest, has confirmed it will not be placing a bid for rival bank TSB, narrowing the field of potential suitors for the Spanish-owned retail lender. The decision comes as NatWest also prepares to shut a number of its branches across the UK in 2025, part of a
Barclays has announced rate increases averaging 0.2% across its fixed mortgage range starting today, with similar increases launched by HSBC. The move comes after NatWest’s latest decision to cut rates, with up to 0.23% off selected fixed deals from June 11. Mortgage brokers warn that the influx of deals with interest rates below 4% may
UK retail bank NatWest has recently apologised after a wide‑scale mobile banking outage left millions of customers locked out today. Starting just before 9 am on Friday, June 6, the bank’s mobile app—used daily by over 10 million people—suffered a technical failure that prevented logins and balance access. What Happened at NatWest’s IT Outage? NatWest experienced a