Tagged: nationwide

January 6, 2024 @ 10:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

New data from Nationwide shows that cash usage continues “to rise as many households respond to the cost-of-living crisis by budgeting with physical money.” That data also shows where the building society is “the last remaining branch in town, the growth in usage is at… Read More

October 10, 2023 @ 9:20 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Nationwide Building Society’s longstanding commitment to the High Street means it now has the largest number of branches in the UK – which is “more than any other banking brand.” Research from Britain’s biggest building society reveals “around two thirds of people (63%) value their… Read More

August 15, 2023 @ 8:39 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Aegon UK has announced an extended strategic partnership with Nationwide Building Society. Aegon UK will continue to be the ISA and General Investment Account provider of choice for all Nationwide customers, “with the extended partnership seeing the building society transfer its existing financial planning service… Read More

March 10, 2023 @ 5:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nationwide Building Society has selected Accenture (NYSE: ACN) and Form3 to transform its digital payments infrastructure through the adoption of “a cloud native platform, aiming to enhance the customer experience with seamless, secure and fast transactions.” As digital payments continue to grow, the cost-efficient solution… Read More

March 1, 2023 @ 9:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Board, a global provider of Intelligent Planning Solutions which help organizations plan smarter, enabling actionable insights and better outcomes, announced it has been selected by Nationwide, the world’s “largest” Building Society, in order “to transform financial planning.” Nationwide decided on Intelligent Planning from Board, in… Read More

November 17, 2022 @ 1:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nationwide announced a partnership with Human API, a health data platform, to improve the life insurance buying experience “by maximizing the use of digital health data to accelerate the underwriting process.” Human API’s Health Intelligence Platform “connects electronic health data from thousands of sources in… Read More

August 26, 2022 @ 8:48 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Nationwide Building Society has improved the process for new and existing members opening a savings account by now “allowing them to fund the account straight away as part of the application process.” Previously members would have to wait a few days “until the account was… Read More

July 26, 2022 @ 5:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nationwide has invested in a rent-to-own start-up “helping first-time buyers unable to access typical mortgages get a home by saving a slice of their rent to build the deposit.” The investment in Kettel Homes forms “part of Britain’s biggest building society’s efforts to help its… Read More

June 21, 2022 @ 11:05 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Mortgage brokers can now get a decision in principle (DIP) a lot faster with Nationwide as the Society improves its API tech in partnership with mortgage tech company Twenty7Tec. The service will see brokers only having “to re-key minimal data into the Nationwide for Intermediaries… Read More

June 7, 2022 @ 9:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Nationwide Building Society has reportedly extended its commitment to protect physical branch locations in cities and towns across the United Kingdom for at least another year as part of ongoing efforts to assist households amid the unprecedented rise in cost-of-living. The mutual lender stated that… Read More

May 15, 2022 @ 10:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

New payment checks at online checkouts are “proving invaluable” as Nationwide Building Society reports it is “protecting its members from an additional 2,000 cases of online card fraud a month.” Despite the fact that some transactions now take a little longer, new research from UK’s… Read More

April 3, 2022 @ 12:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Carefull, which claims to be the first digital platform built “to protect the daily finances of older adults,” has announced a pilot program with Nationwide and their Innovation team, “leveraging access to Carefull’s safe money monitoring technology.” In using its tech to support the 45… Read More

March 27, 2022 @ 10:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UK house prices continue to “advance unrestrained,” and on average are “up £29,000” over the last year, according to an update shared by Blend Network, a specialist development finance lender. The Nationwide House Price Index increased by 12.6% YoY in February 2022, which is an… Read More

December 28, 2021 @ 8:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The UK’s Nationwide House Price Index reveals that the price of a “typical” home in the country grew by 10% YoY in November, which is a just bit higher than the 9.9% recorded in October 2021 (on a monthly basis, prices surged by 0.9%, up… Read More

December 23, 2021 @ 8:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Nationwide clients had been left panicking after a recent Faster Payments outage at the building society only a few days before Christmas. After problems being reported on Tuesday (December 22, 2021), Nationwide confirmed that the “technical issue” had now been resolved and that “all delayed… Read More

December 17, 2021 @ 10:13 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Nationwide, one of the world’s largest building societies, has reportedly moved its member website to Microsoft Azure. The move, which was designed, built and released by Nationwide’s Cloud team with assistance from digital transformation consultancy Contino, aims to improve the robust security features of the… Read More

June 18, 2021 @ 11:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

London-based 10x Future Technologies, a Cloud banking solution provider, has finalized an oversubscribed $187 million Series C round. The company states: “10x Future Technologies is … focused on transforming banking to be 10x better for customers, banks and society. The group has developed its own… Read More

May 13, 2021 @ 9:29 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  MoneyLion, a U.S.-based consumer digital finance platform, announced on Thursday it has teamed up with insurance broker NFP to provide its members with direct access to insurance and financial wellness offerings. MoneyLion reported that the offerings are to help its members support their financial… Read More

August 28, 2020 @ 7:54 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The UK’s Nationwide Building Society (NBS), a British mutual financial institution, the seventh largest cooperative financial institution and the world’s largest building society with 15 million members, has introduced a cloud-native Speed Layer so that it can quickly launch new products and services. Headquartered in… Read More

May 13, 2020 @ 11:16 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The UK’s Nationwide Building Society has prepared its virtual assistant Arti to answer common COVID-19 mortgage holiday questions from the country’s residents. Nationwide’s team of mortgage, technology, and artificial intelligence (AI) professionals have been working on an initiative that involves developing, testing, and launching a… Read More