Barclays hit by major IT outage on tax deadline day

Customers replying to Barclays' announcement about the outage, external on social media have reacted with fury while reporting a series of problems it is causing them.

One said their card had been declined despite them having funds - another said that that her January wages "had disappeared".

A family has told the BBC they can't move into their new house because of the outage, branding the situation "ridiculous".

Scott, 27, and his wife, who is four months pregnant, said they had sold their house on Friday morning, but the money for their new home had not gone through yet due to the problems at Barclays.

Scott told BBC News they were effectively homeless, and had been left waiting in their car at a service station in Horsham, West Sussex.

"Because the system is down, the money can't go through", he said.

"We just have to sit and wait. We're waiting for the solicitors to tell us."