UK banking software glitch delays payments, bills

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LONDON (AP) — A British banking group says it has almost fully cleared up a weeklong banking glitch which delayed posting credits and debits to millions of customers with its NatWest and Royal Bank of Scotland accounts.

RBS Group said Tuesday it had successfully updated all but 1 percent of NatWest and RBS account balances overnight. The company also announced it was scrapping plans to entertain clients at the Wimbledon tennis tournament, saying it would be “inappropriate” while the problems, caused by a failed software upgrade, were unresolved.

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