Global IT Outage Disrupts Financial Services and Markets

LSEG and other financial institutions experience significant service interruptions due to a third-party technical issue.

LSEG's data and services, including the Regulatory News Service, were temporarily disrupted but have now been restored.
Major banks like JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs reported no significant trading issues, though smaller institutions faced difficulties.
Barclays' digital investing platform experienced access problems, affecting customer account management.
The global outage impacted multiple sectors, from airlines to healthcare, with varying degrees of disruption.
The issue was linked to a product update from cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike affecting Microsoft's Windows OS.