Brits' HSBC bank cards, net access goes TITSUP

Hi everyone! We're really sorry about this

HSBC in the UK is suffering an unexplained outage across a number of systems today.

Brit customers have had their cards declined and experienced problems using internet banking and the fast balance app.

A spokesperson for the bank told The Reg: "We're aware that some customers are experiencing problems and we're looking into it."

The first tweets started rolling in the last hour to @HSBC_UK_Help asking the bank why customer transactions were being declined.

HSBC is having a few problems. My card was declied and customer service told me to call back in an hour as they're having a system problem.

— James Pain (@jamesepain) June 21, 2013

@HSBC_UK_Help I'm getting this message all morning. 'Sorry appears to be a system problem' - cant log on to Internet banking

— Lewis Skydro (@SkydroUK) June 21, 2013

@stainton153 @HSBC_UK_Help There seems to be some problem with the system,I just almost had heart failure because my card didn't work!

— Kyra Lennon (@KLennonWrites) June 21, 2013

The bank tweeted:

Hi everyone, we are aware that customers are experiencing issues, these are under investigation. We are sorry for any impact. ^MS

— HSBC UK Help (@HSBC_UK_Help) June 21, 2013

HSBC representatives have contacted the Reg saying that they believe the problems are fixed, but our readers continue to experience problems. ®