Branch and telephone banking systems crashed over the weekend, with reports of problems online today.

HSBC customers are having difficulty accessing banking services after a weekend of disruption that saw the bank’s computer systems fail. HSBC’s in-branch IT systems went down on Saturday, leaving customers unable to access banking services such as opening new accounts, applying for loans or transferring funds in branch. Customers were also unable to access telephone banking services for several hours. The technical glitches did not appear to be fully resolved this morning, with some users having trouble accessing HSBC’s website this morning. A holding page said: “We are sorry that our website is currently unavailable, please try again later”.....Read more here