Britain's Lloyds Banking Group said on Monday that some of its customers were affected by an outage preventing them from making or receiving payments, after hundreds of customers reported problems with the service.

Lloyds Bank and Halifax customers reported issues with payments on Monday morning, in the latest service issue to hit the sector.

Hundreds of customers were left frustrated on Monday morning as Lloyds Bank and Halifax, both part of the Lloyds Banking Group, were hit by major

According to Lloyds Banking Group, the issue preventing Lloyds Bank and Halifax customers from receiving payments has fixed. Users of both banks earlier reported problems with their banking apps, including difficulties making and receiving payments.

Both banks have confirmed customer issues ‘making and or receiving payments’ and said they were working ‘to have everything back to normal’.

Lloyds Bank and Halifax customers have become the latest to be hit by problems with their banking app after issues with Barclays over the weekend. Customers of both companies – which are both part of the Lloyds Banking Group – reported issues with their banking apps this morning,