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The Building Societies Association or BSA is the voice for all 43 UK building societies as well as 6 credit unions. Together these organisations serve around 25 million customers across the UK
Society Matters magazine: Housing special available here
A 15-minute snapshot of the work building societies do with and for their communities.
New report available here
New independent report available here
15 Oct 2019
Given that savings are at the heart of our sector, it is little wonder that building societies offer a multitude of innovative savings initiatives. Here are just a few examples.
By Amy McCluskey
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09 Oct 2019
Festina Finance will speak at tomorrow's Digital Mutual event. Here, senior consultant Gunnar Rafn shows how applying AI to financial services is key to happy customers.
By Gunnar Rafn
08 Oct 2019
Ahead of the BSA's Digital Mutual event, speaker Mark Warrick, Chief Design Officer at Thought Machine, shares his thoughts on using gaming to help people to develop a saving habit.
By Anonymous
07 Oct 2019
A guest blog from BSA Associate member, Benenden Health
By Helen Smith
26 Sep 2019
Claims in a post-PPI world, what does it all mean to financial services providers?
By Chris Lawrenson
24 Sep 2019
Third party press release: Cifas, the UK’s leading fraud prevention service, has revealed that mortgage fraud has seen a 5% increase in the first six months of 2019 compared to the last six months of 2018.
By Hilary McVitty
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22 October 2019
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We produce a range of industry related newsletters, publications, factsheets and advice booklets.
The BSA's quarterly magazine, Society Matters covers what is happening in the world of building societies and the wider financial services sector today.
Find the latest lending and savings statistics for the building society sector here.
These factsheets are designed to give you the information you need about savings, mortgages or the building society sector in general. Feel free to print off, share or download the information.