RBS Customer Payments Delayed after Technical Glitch
Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) recently admitted to have undergone a technology failure that obstructed around 600,000 payments from reaching their respective beneficiaries' accounts. The problem, which began to affect customers since early morning today, became apparent only when the RBC Twitter account tweeted: "Some customer payments are missing this morning - we are investigating this issue as a matter of urgency." The bank further advised the affected customers to contact its customer care services immediately. The word "missing" created a frenzy among the RBS customers, resulting into....
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