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Faulty Patch Freezes Millions of UK Bank Accounts

Posted by timothy on from the cuba-will-send-doctors dept.

frisket writes with news from The Register about ongoing problems for some UK banks: "'RBS and Natwest have failed to register inbound payments for up to three days, customers have reported, leaving people unable to pay for bills, travel and even food. The banks — both owned by RBS Group — have confirmed that technical glitches have left bank accounts displaying the wrong balances and certain services unavailable. There is no fix date available.' Customers of NatWest subsidiary Ulster Bank in Ireland have also been left without banking services. RTE reports that 'the problem had arisen within the systems of parent bank RBOS when an incorrect patch was applied.'"

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  1. Solution: by Cornwallis · · Score: 4, Funny

    Where are those cleanmypc.com ads when you need them?

  2. Aargh by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    I always mess up some mundane detail.

    1. Re:Aargh by TheSpoom · · Score: 5, Funny

      This is not a mundane detail, Michael!

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  3. food! by AltGrendel · · Score: 3, Funny

    I hate it when I can't food. We all need to food sometime.

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  4. That's one way ... by ackthpt · · Score: 5, Funny

    To prevent another run on UK banks.

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  5. Re:it's obvious by GNious · · Score: 4, Funny

    A few weeks ago (5th June, to be precise) a similar thing happened in Belgium. Caused chaos on the railways.

    What, SNCB suddenly had trains leave on time?

  6. Re:it's obvious by petes_PoV · · Score: 3, Funny

    I've got a nice bridge for sale.

    ahh, so you're the guy who bought it! Big of you to own up.

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  7. Re:it's obvious by ColdWetDog · · Score: 4, Funny

    If anyone thinks it isn't a rehearsal for when Greece drops out of the Euro then I've got a nice bridge for sale.

    I'd take you up on that offer except my bank account seems to be locked. However, I have a good friend in a Central African state that has access to many large bank's internal systems. He has generously offered to transfer the funds through his contacts. All he needs is your banking account number and routing data and he will gladly oblige us both.

    Simply reply to this communicationl with the appropriate information.

    Thanking you in advance.

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