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The voice of building societies
Winter 2018 edition available here
New independent report available here
Download the 2018/19 BSA Yearbook here
Download the leaflet here.
The BSA is proud to have signed up to the Women in Finance Charter
Lending into retirement report, MMC housing report, BSA Yearbook, consumer brochures, MSc prospectus and more...
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Economic abuse: Government bill and code of practice will help support victims
Ten years ago as a newly arrived member of the BSA team I wrote my first BSA article for public consumption. The subject was financial abuse.
Sadly, I did still expect to be writing about financial abuse ten years later – or “Economic abuse” to use its new name. However, writing in 2019, it is pleasing to report some significant progress in tackling abuse and supporting abuse victims.
Strong Q4 boosts building society 2018 performance
Lending and savings figures published today show that building societies lent £68.9 billion in mortgage finance in 2018, up 7% on 2017. Over the same period savings balances increased by £14.3 billion, well ahead of the £8.5 billion increase for the previous year.
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List of UK building societies and associates
Arrears handling
Treasury risk management
An introduction to treasury management
About the BSA
Mortgage lending and savings statistics for the building society sector are now available.
Monthly data for Q4 2018 can be downloaded. Please click here for more information.
We organise a range of educational and networking events for building societies. Many of our events are open to other financial service providers.