Thousands of customers have reported that they are locked out of their Lloyds Bank, Halifax and Bank of Scotland’s internet banking services and apps.

Reports of issues with the online banking services began just after 10am today, according to Down Detector.

Several customers tweeted about their trouble accessing the apps and making essential payments online.

One user said: “@LloydsBank Unable to access online banking and the app for the past hour. Any timeframe for this to be solved? Tried several browsers, closing the app on and off wifi with no luck.”

Another tweeted: “Still the same. App shows my account balances everywhere is 0.00 and Desktop just doesn’t allow to get in showing error.”

More to come.