LONDON, Jan 5 (Reuters) - A senior British lawmaker, AndrewTyrie, said on Tuesday he would ask the head of HSBC and regulators to explain repeated technical failures atEurope's biggest bank, after customers were unable to accessonline banking services.
HSBC has apologised for the latest faults, which are intheir second day, and said customers would not lose out, but hasoffered no explanation of the underlying cause.
Tyrie, who heads a parliament committee which regularlycalls bank executives and Bank of England officials to testify,said he wanted answers, adding that the frequency of technicalfailures across the financial services sector was "concerning".
"I will be asking the Chief Executive of HSBC, and theregulators, for an explanation of these failures," he said in astatement. (Reporting by Ana Nicolaci da Costa, editing by David Milliken)