Nationwide

Modern Mutuality

The Nationwide has mutual (as opposed to Public Limited Company) status, which means that they are owned by and run for the benefit of our members.

The Nationwide are the UK's fourth largest mortgage lender and eighth largest retail banking, saving and lending organisation by asset size. More significantly, they are the largest building society in the world.

The Nationwide's approach to providing financial services is straight-forward. They aim to offer a broad range of mortgages, savings and other financial products, while charging as little as possible for their day-to-day services.

Their website indicates that The Nationwide takes pride in doing their best for their members and championing the rights of all consumers. This year, they state that they "fought honesty and transparency in the credit card market and are the first provider to publish a Summary Box on all our credit card information.

We've got 150 years of expertise and experience at being a building society, looking after the interests of our members. And we intend to deliver great value to our members as a modern, mutual building society for many years to come."