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, was told by her solicitors that she was unable to finalise the move into her new property because of the fault.

UK regulators are in close contact with Barclays Plc after a IT problem left thousands of customers locked out of their accounts for several days, according to people familiar with the matter.

Barclays previously stated affected customers were viewing outdated balances and payments were not being displayed.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

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