Nationwide - News, Articles & Research

Aviva and Nationwide join £2.5 million round in mortgage broker Tembo

Tembo Money, a mortgage broker for first-time buyers, has raised £2.5 million, with backing from Aviva and Nationwide.

05 August 2021

Nationwide cards certified by Royal National Institute of Blind People

Nationwide Building Society has begun issuing ‘dot and notch’ embossed and recycled bank cards that are certified by the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB).

04 August 2021

News/startups

Nationwide joins $5 million round in charitable giving startup Percent

Nationwide Building Society has doubled down on its interest in charitable donation startup Percent, joining in a $5 million venture round led by Morpheus Ventures.

23 July 2021

News/retail

Nationwide utilises Open Banking technology to help debt-distressed customers

Nastionwide is using Open Banking technology from Openwrks to help customers facing financial hardship build a rounded picture of their finances before meeting with the mutual's collections and recovery team.

22 July 2021

News/security

NatWest lets customers set daily bank transfer limits

NatWest is now allowing customers to set their own daily digital bank transfer limits - a move designed to reduce the damage done by APP scams.

24 May 2021

Company announcement/cloud

Nationwide signs for Form3 payments platform

Nationwide, the world’s largest building society, has partnered with leading technology provider Form3 and will be connecting to their cloud-native payments platform to simplify and reinforce the Society’s payments infrastructure.

11 May 2021

News/sustainable

Nationwide to build green supply chain with EcoVadis

Nationwide Building Society is to adopt EcoVadis’ sustainability rating system to build a more diverse, ethical and green supply chain.

31 March 2021

Company announcement/retail

Nationwide renews with TCS

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) (BSE: 532540, NSE: TCS), a leading global IT services, consulting and business solutions organization, announced that it has renewed its strategic partnership and services footprint with Nationwide Building Society, the world’s largest building society and one of the largest savings and mortgage providers in the UK, to help strengthen the latter’s enterprise agility and operational resilience.

30 March 2021

News/sustainable

Nationwide talks up benefits of energy switching tool

Nationwide Building Society says 2700 customers have signed up to a six-months' free energy switching service on its Web site, with a third opting for green tariffs.

30 March 2021

News/retail

Nationwide rethinks real estate as employees given the chance to 'work anywhere'

UK building society Nationwide is to allow all of its 13,000 office-based staff to choose where they work, including at local branches.

25 March 2021

News/inclusion

Nationwide launches startup challenge to tackle poverty premium

Nationwide Building Society has launched a start-up challenge, calling for ideas to help tackle the so-called poverty premium, which sees poor people pay more for essential services.

24 February 2021

News/devops

Nationwide partners Swindon Institute of Technology to deliver apprenticeships

Nationwide Building Society has teamed up with the new Swindon Institute of Technology to recruit apprentices in area such as cybersecurity, software development and DevOps.

11 February 2021