News

• Building Society opens new Kembrey Park site, strengthening the commitment to its hometown
• The site has been constructed with community, wellbeing and sustainability at the centre of the building’s design
• Nationwide plans to send zero waste to landfill

23 branches across Sussex and Essex will pilot new approach to make people more comfortable

Nationwide Building Society is trialling a range of measures in branches to make the experience as comfortable and convenient as possible for members living with hidden disabilities.

Assessment Period 1 (July 1st, 2019 – September 30th, 2019)

Nationwide Building Society today announces that it will invest in fintech for good platform Percent. Percent’s mission is to revolutionise donating money by using the latest technology to enable people to raise money for their favourite cause, via the innovative Percent App, simply by spending as they normally would.

Nationwide Building Society is today announcing that it will invest in Switchd, a company that automatically switches people’s energy supplier to ensure they are always on the best deal. 

• Decision In Principle no longer leaves hard footprint on customer credit score
• Updates to broker system to provide greater range of information and reduce calls

Nationwide Building Society today announces its latest venturing fund investment in Bunk, a digital lettings agency. 

• Nationwide opening new Digital Innovation Centre in Holborn to house around 1000 people
• Announcement confirms Society’s commitment to service leadership across UK financial services
• Society will boost London workforce with around 750 new digital, data and technology roles
• News comes after the Society recently unveiled expansion plans in Swindon

• Reliance on online for shopping and social media means many are sharing and storing personal details
• Six in ten post full name on social media while more than four in ten include date of birth and home town
• New industry efforts come into play in September to make online shopping more secure for customers

Nationwide Building Society is today announcing that it will invest in Scaled Insights (This link will open in a new window), a company that uses behavioural AI to analyse people’s speech in order to communicate with them in language that is most accessible for them.

Nationwide Building Society is today announcing that it has invested in Ordo, an innovative payment request service launching later this year that connects billers to payers using apps and secure messaging, putting billers and their customers back in control of their payments.