Nationwide Building Society
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Nationwide is the largest building society in the world with approximately 15 million customers as well as assets approaching £200 billion. The organisation remains one of just a few mutual societies operating on the high street and is the end result of over 100 mergers since the original society was launched in 1848. The organisation’s mutual status means it is owned by and run for the benefit of its members, both depositors and borrowers, and it describes its purpose as: "offering a broad range of great value mortgages, savings and other financial products, while charging as little as possible for day-to-day services". Today Nationwide operates from around 720 branches across the UK and Ireland and employs around 18,500 people. Nationwide enjoys a well-earned reputation for both integrity and innovation. It was, for example, the first organisation to introduce an internet banking service back in 1997. The organisation’s products, such as the award-winning FlexAccount, have also long been recognised for their responsiveness to changing customer needs. |
