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Service Status

How our services are running and updates on planned maintenance

What's this all about?

Find out important updates related to our range of services. And, you can also see whether our range of services are running as we expect, if we're aware of any issues, or if we're planning a period of maintenance soon.

Planned System Updates

In order to keep our systems up to date, we sometimes need to carry out essential maintenance. So that we don't cause you too much disruption, we do this in the early hours of the morning from 01:55 to 02:30.

When we have essential maintenance planned outside of these times, we will update the information below with the specific times and services affected. We are sorry for any disruption that this may cause you.

Making your online shopping safer and more secure

New rules have recently been put in place which means we’ll be asking you to verify online purchases on your card  more often. That'll help us check it’s really you making the payment, and make it easier for us to protect you from fraud and scams.

When you shop online, retailers may direct your card payment to a secure 3D portal which is usually a pop up in the website browser or app. This will mean that the retailer can perform the purchase in line with the new rules. Where the retailer isn’t ready to do these checks, your transaction may decline. This isn’t because your card is faulty, but more likely the retailer isn’t ready for the rules.

What you’ll need to do

We may ask you to verify payment in our app or send you a One Time Passcode by text to your mobile number. This means it’s important that your contact details are up to date, so we can contact you quickly and verify your payment smoothly. You can review and amend your contact details within the app or online banking.

We know that some retailers aren’t quite ready for this new regulation. So, if you’ve approved a payment and it is declined, contact the retailer first to see how you can make this payment securely.

Our Services

Digital and Mobile Services

Mobile App

Service update

To ensure we continue to provide you with a reliable service, we will be carrying out routine maintenance from approximately 02:20 until approximately 04:20 this Sunday 6th July.

This means that our Mobile Banking will be unavailable during these times. We are sorry for any inconvenience that this will cause and thank you for your patience.

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Anytime Banking

Service update

To ensure we continue to provide you with a reliable service, we will be carrying out routine maintenance from approximately 01:30 until approximately 05:35 this Sunday 6th July.

This means that our Anytime Banking service will be unavailable during these times. We are sorry for any inconvenience that this will cause and thank you for your patience.

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Website

Service working normally

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Payments and Cards

Payments

Service working normally

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Credit Cards

Service working normally 

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Debit Cards

Service working normally

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Branch, ATM and Telephone Services

Branch

Service working normally

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ATM

Service update

Ulster Bank cash machines will be undergoing routine maintenance between 01:15 and 01:45 on Sunday 6th July. Customers will experience an outage of 15 mins of the ATM service during these times.

When an outage occurs this means:

Access to cash will not be available at the NatWest, Royal Bank of Scotland, Ulster Bank & Tesco ATMs impacted by this change.

Ulster Bank Debit card holders will not be able to use the cash machines of other financial institutions.

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Telephone Services

Service disruption

Some of our customers are experiencing issues when trying to call us and call wait times are much longer than usual. We're working to fix this as fast as possible. Our mobile app and Anytime Banking are working just fine though.  We recommend waiting until we update you that our phones are working again, or using our other services in the meantime.

Need help? Here’s how to reach us:

  • Send us a secure message in our app.
  • Drop us a private message on social media

Keep in mind: – wait times on chats might be longer than normal. Thanks for your patience.

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