High traffic locks mobile banking

%VIRTUAL-SkimlinksPromo%Customers of a string of major banks have found themselves locked out of mobile banking amid high surges of traffic as people checked their pay.

Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), which includes NatWest among its brands, said it had seen "record" numbers of people trying to access its app in the run-up to the weekend, as many tend to have their wages paid in around this time of the month.