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Nationwide customers hit by Faster Payments glitch

Nationwide customers have been left panicked after a Faster Payments outage at the building society days before Christmas.

22 December 2021

News/cloud

Nationwide moves online banking to Microsoft Azure

Nationwide has moved its public-facing website to Microsoft Azure, marking the building society's first application to be hosted in the Microsoft cloud.

16 December 2021

News/startups

Former TSB chief Paul Pester moves into fintech with social network for money

Paul Pester, the former TSB chief executive who fell on his sword in the wake of a disastrous IT failure at the UK lender, is set to launch a social networking app enabling friends and family members to share money.

06 December 2021

News/retail

Nationwide takes van around UK to help people make switch to online

Nationwide Building Society is touring the UK with a specially kitted-out van packed with staffers who can offer advice and help with digital banking.

14 October 2021

Company announcement/retail

Nationwide establishes online resource to support private landlords

A free service has been launched to help landlords manage their properties in one place and navigate them through the complex rules and regulations in the sector.

07 October 2021

Company announcement/security

Nationwide launches APP fraud scam checker service

Nationwide Building Society is today announcing further support to help protect members from falling victim to Authorised Push Payment (APP) scams.

27 September 2021

News/startups

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

News/inclusion

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

News/devops

Open Banking year three: Insights from the CMA9

The UK banking industry had its hands full in 2020 as institutions had to respond to lockdowns and other restrictions on business activity designed to curb the spread of Covid-19. What effect did this have on the ongoing adoption of Open Banking? In Finextra’s annual review, we look at how Open Banking has grown, what still needs to improve and what will happen next.

13 January 2021

News/retail

Nationwide pledges not to leave any towns until 2023

Citing the Covid-19 pandemic, Nationwide Building Society has extended its pledge not to leave any town or city in the UK where it has a branch until at least 2023.

20 November 2020