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How our services are running and updates on planned maintenance

What's this all about?

Find out important updates related to our range of services. And, you can also see whether our range of services are running as we expect, if we're aware of any issues, or if we're planning a period of maintenance soon.

Planned Upgrades

In order to keep our systems up to date and add improvements we sometimes need to carry out essential maintenance.

So we don't cause you too much disruption, we do this in the early hours of the morning from 01:55 to 02:30.

When we have essential maintenance planned outside of these times, we will provide an update below and give you the specific times and services affected. 

Making your online shopping safer and more secure

New rules have recently been put in place which means we’ll be asking you to verify online purchases on your card  more often. That'll help us check it’s really you making the payment, and make it easier for us to protect you from fraud and scams.

When you shop online, retailers may direct your card payment to a secure 3D portal which is usually a pop up in the website browser or app. This will mean that the retailer can perform the purchase in line with the new rules. Where the retailer isn’t ready to do these checks, your transaction may decline. This isn’t because your card is faulty, but more likely the retailer isn’t ready for the rules.

What you’ll need to do

We may ask you to verify payment in our app or send you a One Time Passcode by text to your mobile number. This means it’s important that your contact details are up to date, so we can contact you quickly and verify your payment smoothly. You can review and amend your contact details within the app or online banking.

We know that some retailers aren’t quite ready for this new regulation. So, if you’ve approved a payment and it is declined, contact the retailer first to see how you can make this payment securely.

Our Services

Below you'll see whether our range of services are running as expected, if we're aware if any issues, or, if we're planning any updates in the near future.

Online and Mobile Services

Mobile App

Service update

To ensure we continue to provide you with a reliable service, we will be carrying out routine maintenance from approximately 02:30 BST until approximately 05:30 BST this Sunday 31st March. This means that our Mobile banking will be unavailable during these times. We are sorry for any inconvenience that this will cause and thank you for your patience.

 

Online Banking

Service update

To ensure we continue to provide you with a reliable service, we will be carrying out routine maintenance from approximately 02:30 BST until approximately 07:15 BST this Sunday 31st March. This means that our Online banking will be unavailable during these times. We are sorry for any inconvenience that this will cause and thank you for your patience.

Websites

Service working normally

Payments and Cards

Payments

Service working normally

Credit Cards

Service working normally

Debit Cards

Service working normally

Branch, ATMs and Telephone Services

Branch

Service working normally

ATM Network

Service update

NatWest cash machines will be under-going routine maintenance between 02:15 BST and 02:45 BST on Sunday 31 March. Customers will experience an outage of 15mins of the ATM service during these times.

When an outage occurs this means:

Access to cash will not be available at the NatWest, Royal Bank of Scotland, Ulster Bank & Tesco ATMs impacted by this change.

NatWest Debit card holders will not be able to use the cash machines of other financial institutions

Payments and Transfers Options will be unavailable at these times

Telephone Services

Service update

To ensure we continue to provide you with a reliable service, we will be carrying out routine maintenance from approximately 02:30 BST until approximately 07:20 BST this Sunday 31st March. This means that our Telephone banking will be unavailable during these times. We are sorry for any inconvenience that this will cause and thank you for your patience.

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