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Nationwide branches to offer dementia nurse clinics

Nationwide is use its national network of branches to offer specialist dementia clinics to help tackle the country’s leading cause of death.

05 August 2024

News/ai

Lloyds and Nationwide invest in Scottish AI fintech Aveni

Lloyds Banking Group and Nationwide have joined an £11 million Series A funding round in Scottish AI fintech Aveni.

29 July 2024

News/retail

Nationwide joins Open Property Data Association

Nationwide Building Society has followed in the footsteps of Lloyds Banking Group by joining the Open Property Data Association, backing efforts to bring a standardised approach to sharing digital data in the home buying process.

23 July 2024

News/payments

UK bank customers hit by payment delays

Thousands of major bank customers in the UK have been hit by payments problems that has seen some people not receiving their salaries.

28 June 2024

News/retail

CMA investigates Virgin Money's merger with Nationwide

The UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has announced it is considering investigating Nationwide's merger with Virgin Money.

31 May 2024

News/retail

Half of young Brits left frustrated after finding local branch has closed

Half of young Brits have been left frustrated after finding their local branch closed when they needed it, according to research from Nationwide.

20 May 2024

News/retail

Nationwide branch advert banned as misleading

A Nationwide advert has been banned for incorrectly suggesting that the building society has not been closing branches.

03 April 2024

News/payments

Nationwide customers hit by payment delays

Nationwide says a "fault" on Friday morning led to all payments between it and other banks and building societies being delayed.

22 March 2024

News/retail

Nationwide to acquire Virgin Money with extended Branch Promise

Nationwide Building Society has confirmed the offer of acquisition to Virgin Money UK, agreeing to the terms of a cash offer of £2.9 billion with Virgin Money’s Board.

22 March 2024

News/retail

Nationwide adds British Sign language to online content

In honour of Sign Language week, Nationwide has rolled out a new digital service for deaf customers by providing its website in British Sign Language (BSL).

18 March 2024

Company announcement/retail

Nationwide selects Auriga to modernise ATM channel

Auriga, a global software provider for the omnichannel banking and payments industry, today announced a major new contract with Nationwide, the world’s largest building society, to provide a new software solution to run, manage and secure the ATMs installed across its UK branch network.

12 March 2024

News/retail

Nationwide to buy Virgin Money for £2.9 billion

Nationwide has struck a deal to buy Virgin Money for £2.9 billion in a move that would see the building society expand into business banking and present a challenge to the might of the four big high street banks.

07 March 2024