41 h. ago Services at bank with 14.5m customers to go down twice this weekend

Banking customers across the UK will be unable to access a number of mobile and online services this weekend

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41 h. ago Major bank with 14.5million customers 'to go down twice' this weekend

HSBC has confirmed that it will be carrying out routine maintenance on its systems this weekend, meaning that customers will be unable to access their online and mobile banking services

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2 w. ago Amazon says Web Services are recovering after outage hits millions of users – business live

Fortnite, Roblox, SnapChat, Lloyds Bank, Ring doorbells and Amazon’s own shopping site among services hit by online outageFull story: Amazon Web Services outage hits dozens of websites and appsHeads-up: UBS have upgraded their view on global equities to ‘attractive’, a sign that they think investors should be putting more money into shares.Despite the angst in parts of the market that valuations have risen too high, UBS reckon share prices have further to climb.“We think investors should review current allocations to equities and ensure they are at least consistent with, or modestly higher than, their long-term strategic asset allocation targets. If investors are currently under allocated to equities, we believe they should reallocate excess cash, bond, or high yield credit holdings toward stocks.”“We prefer areas that are exposed to secu­lar growth, like the US, China, (particularly China’s tech sector, which we rate among the Most Attractive sectors globally), as well as global te...

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2 w. ago Amazon battles to fix Web Services outage after millions of users report disruption to websites and apps – business live

Fortnite, Roblox, SnapChat, Lloyds Bank and Ring doorbells among services hit by online outageFull story: Amazon Web Services outage hits dozens of websites and appsHeads-up: UBS have upgraded their view on global equities to ‘attractive’, a sign that they think investors should be putting more money into shares.Despite the angst in parts of the market that valuations have risen too high, UBS reckon share prices have further to climb.“We think investors should review current allocations to equities and ensure they are at least consistent with, or modestly higher than, their long-term strategic asset allocation targets. If investors are currently under allocated to equities, we believe they should reallocate excess cash, bond, or high yield credit holdings toward stocks.”“We prefer areas that are exposed to secu­lar growth, like the US, China, (particularly China’s tech sector, which we rate among the Most Attractive sectors globally), as well as global technology, transformational i...

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2 w. ago Amazon Web Services outage: 6.5m reports of disruption as many websites and apps hit – business live

Fortnite, Roblox, SnapChat, Lloyds Bank and Ring doorbells among services hit by online outageFull story: Amazon Web Services outage hits dozens of websites and appsHeads-up: UBS have upgraded their view on global equities to ‘attractive’, a sign that they think investors should be putting more money into shares.Despite the angst in parts of the market that valuations have risen too high, UBS reckon share prices have further to climb.“We think investors should review current allocations to equities and ensure they are at least consistent with, or modestly higher than, their long-term strategic asset allocation targets. If investors are currently under allocated to equities, we believe they should reallocate excess cash, bond, or high yield credit holdings toward stocks.”“We prefer areas that are exposed to secu­lar growth, like the US, China, (particularly China’s tech sector, which we rate among the Most Attractive sectors globally), as well as global technology, transformational i...

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2 w. ago ‘Signs of recovery’ claims Amazon Web Services after internet outage hits many websites and apps – business live

Fortnite, Roblox, SnapChat, Lloyds Bank and Ring doorbells among services hit by online outage Heads-up: UBS have upgraded their view on global equities to ‘attractive’, a sign that they think investors should be putting more money into shares.Despite the angst in parts of the market that valuations have risen too high, UBS reckon share prices have further to climb.“We think investors should review current allocations to equities and ensure they are at least consistent with, or modestly higher than, their long-term strategic asset allocation targets. If investors are currently under allocated to equities, we believe they should reallocate excess cash, bond, or high yield credit holdings toward stocks.”“We prefer areas that are exposed to secu­lar growth, like the US, China, (particularly China’s tech sector, which we rate among the Most Attractive sectors globally), as well as global technology, transformational inno­vations (AI, Power and resources, and Longevity), and pockets with...

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2 w. ago Bank services down for Lloyds, Halifax and other major names

A crash at hosting company, Amazon Web Services, has seen outages reported across hundreds of online services, games, and apps, including Lloyds and Halifax online banking

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2 w. ago Major internet outage hits websites, apps and Lloyds Bank after issue at Amazon Web Services – business live

Fortnite, Roblox, SnapChat, Lloyds Bank and Ring doorbells among services hit by online outage Heads-up: UBS have upgraded their view on global equities to ‘attractive’, a sign that they think investors should be putting more money into shares.Despite the angst in parts of the market that valuations have risen too high, UBS reckon share prices have further to climb.“We think investors should review current allocations to equities and ensure they are at least consistent with, or modestly higher than, their long-term strategic asset allocation targets. If investors are currently under allocated to equities, we believe they should reallocate excess cash, bond, or high yield credit holdings toward stocks.”“We prefer areas that are exposed to secu­lar growth, like the US, China, (particularly China’s tech sector, which we rate among the Most Attractive sectors globally), as well as global technology, transformational inno­vations (AI, Power and resources, and Longevity), and pockets with...

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2 w. ago Internet outage latest LIVE: Dozens of apps including Amazon, Zoom, Snapchat, HMRC and Lloyds Bank hit by online services crash

A huge internet outage has hit dozens of websites with banks, phone companies and major retailers among those affected.

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