Consumers
FAQs
This section provides answers to many frequently asked questions. If you can't find what you're looking for here, please check our fact sheets and advice pages.
Savings & Investments
Other frequently asked questions
- What's the difference between a bank and a building society?
- What are my rights as a building society member?
- What is the role of The Building Societies Association?
- How large is the building society sector?
- How are building societies regulated?
- How do I set up a new society?
- What does mutuality mean?
- What is a carpetbagger?
- How can I make a complaint about my building society?
- Do building societies provide just mortgage and saving facilities?
- Do building societies really give better value for money to their members?
- Why have some building societies converted to banks in the past?
- Why are there no new building societies being set up?
- Is it just members that benefit from building societies?
- What is the future for building societies?
