Barclays bank customers have been warned to be vigilant after the issues left people struggling to access up-to-date figures

The bank says a technical issue, which began on Friday and impacted the its app, online banking and payments, has been resolved.

LONDON (Reuters) -British banks Lloyds and Barclays on Monday apologised to customers who suffered service outages over the past 48 hours, the latest in a string of such disruptions in recent years as lenders push their customers to bank online.

People with Barclays accounts were unable to access their funds or use online banking due to a technical issue over the weekend - the bank has now apologised

Barclays customers are experiencing intermittent errors with payments and transfers for a second day after serious IT problems that also affected the bank's app and online banking. Customers have told the BBC they are unable to make essential transactions, ranging from buying baby milk to completing a house move.

Barclays customers have been left stranded abroad and say they have even unable to buy food for newborn babies as a major IT outage entered its second day.

Barclays previously stated affected customers were viewing outdated balances and payments were not being displayed. A Barclays spokesperson said after services returned to normal

A woman was left without a home for three days after Barclays was hit by a technical issue just as she was completing the purchase of her new house. Emily McAllister, from Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire,