UK banking outages mostly fixed; US goods trade deficit widens as tariff threats backfire – business live

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From 7h ago 04.13 EST Major banks hit by online issues Some UK customers are suffering online banking problems today. Nationwide, First Direct, Lloyds and Halifax have all confirmed issues with their online banking systems, and say they’re working to fix them. Nationwide said in a message on its website that “some incoming and outgoing payments are delayed at the moment”, but that “everything else is working normally”. It said direct debits and standing orders were working as normal, but that payments were in a queue and would arrive soon, adding that customers did not need to do anything. Meanwhile,...