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.

It comes after many Barclays customers were affected by an outage that affected payments for nearly three days

MILLIONS of Lloyds Banking Group customers are facing a rise in overdraft fees from today. In August, the bank announced a huge shake-up of interest rates on overdrafts for Lloyds, Halifax and

Britain's Lloyds Banking Group said on Monday that some of its customers were affected by an outage preventing them from making or receiving payments, after hundreds of customers reported problems with the service.

The closures across the country are due to begin in May this year as the banking group goes increasingly online

Lloyds Bank and Halifax customers have become the latest to be hit by problems with their banking app after issues with Barclays over the weekend. Customers of both companies – which are both part of the Lloyds Banking Group – reported issues with their banking apps this morning,

Lloyds Bank and Halifax customers reported issues with payments on Monday morning, in the latest service issue to hit the sector.