UK Finance Chief Executive Stephen Jones said:

Ensuring business and personal customers continue to access their banking services is critical during this time. Operational resilience is therefore crucial and the industry is working hard to ensure its systems, human and digital, are robust and secure.

"The industry has conducted a number of sector-wide exercises with regulators to ensure it is prepared to respond effectively to any major disruptions or events and has already put in place contingency plans to ensure operational continuity. UK Finance continues to work closely with government and regulatory authorities to ensure firms? ability to protect and continue serving their customers.