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Bank customers hit by IT glitch¹

Mon, 27 Jan 14

Lloyds Banking² Group has apologised after an IT failure left customers unable to withdraw cash or pay on their cards yesterday. We ask an expert on the bank's IT systems what's going wrong. The economic gap between London and the rest of the UK is widening because other cities are "punching below their weight", according to research. And later today the Prime Minister will tell us how important small businesses are to the economic recovery. We talk to the woman Barack Obama hired to promote SMEs in the US about how we could do things better here.

1 glitch   

n.干扰；误操作，小故障

参考例句：

• There is a glitch in the computer program somewhere.这个计算机程序中的某个部分有点小问题。
• It could just be a random glitch that can be solved by restarting the machine.可能只是一个小故障，重新启动主机就能解决了。

2 banking   

n.银行业，银行学，金融业

参考例句：

• John is launching his son on a career in banking.约翰打算让儿子在银行界谋一个新职位。
• He possesses an extensive knowledge of banking.他具有广博的银行业务知识。