According to Barclays' system monitor page, the bank is experiencing issues with the Barclays app, branches, Message us service, online banking, payments and transfers, and telephone banking.

A U.S. judge ruled on Friday that Barclays must face a proposed class action by shareholders who accused the British bank of securities fraud related to its sale of $17.7 billion more debt than ...

— Barclays UK Help (@BarclaysUKHelp) January 31, 2025 On X, formerly Twitter, one user hoped Barclays would be up and running so they could buy food: "please Barclays. I need ham and cheese bagel".

However, the IT outage at Barclays has a significant sting in its tail given Friday 31 January is the HMRC deadline for filing self-assessment tax returns, which must be done by midnight.