That's not the whole. That's the UK. I use banking services in Switzerland, built on GCP. No interruption at all. Been travelling all day.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19280131
https://www.srf.ch/play/tv/kassensturz/video/internetbank-re...
Even the KYC process the first time I was making a larger transfer was surprisingly smooth.
Currency exchange fees/spread with "classical" banks are absolutely prohibitive.