NatWest Group - Outage Notification: Planned Outage for RBS and UBN Open Banking services on 18th April 2026

Scheduled Maintenance Report for Bank of APIs

Completed

The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
Posted Apr 18, 2026 - 03:00 UTC

In progress

Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Posted Apr 18, 2026 - 01:00 UTC

Scheduled

We’d like to make you aware that there will be an outage of Open Banking services for customers of Royal Bank of Scotland and Ulster Bank (Northern Ireland) from 02:00 until 04:00 BST on 18th April.
 
During this outage, customers will be unable to use Account Information Services or Payment Initiation Services.

Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.

We’ll be using the time to carry out essential system maintenance that will ensure we continue to provide you and your customers with a reliable service.

Should you have any concerns regarding these outages, get in touch with us via our API Service Desk by logging in to the Bank of APIs website and raising a service desk ticket. We’ll be on hand to provide support.
Posted Apr 17, 2026 - 16:08 UTC
This scheduled maintenance affected: Ulster Bank NI - Payments API (UBN Payment Consent, UBN Payment Status, UBN Payments - Ebanking, UBN Payments - Bankline), Royal Bank Of Scotland - Payments API (RBS Payment Consent, RBS Payment Status, RBS Payments - Ebanking, RBS Payments - Bankline), Royal Bank of Scotland - Accounts API (RBS - Accounts API - Ebanking, RBS - Accounts API - Bankline, RBS - Accounts API - CreditCard, RBS-Accounts API - ClearSpend), and Ulster Bank NI - Accounts API (UBN - Accounts API - Ebanking, UBN - Accounts API - Bankline, UBN - Accounts API - CreditCard, UBN - Accounts API - ClearSpend).