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16 November 2020
Originally published in BSA Society Matters Magazine
by Simon Lyons, Head of Ecosystem Engagement, Open Banking Implementation Entity
12 November 2020
Affordable home ownership has been an important part of government housing policy across all four UK countries for at least forty years, especially in England. Now, access to home ownership has deteriorated to the extent that the Conservative government in England is looking to expand its provision of ‘affordable’ home ownership to help 2 million more households into ownership. Based on an independent report from the London School of Economics (LSE) for the BSA and UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence (CaCHE), report authors Christine Whitehead and Peter Williams explore what can be done to improve the situation.
06 November 2020
Originally published in BSA Society Matters magazine.
By Leek United Building Society
29 October 2020
By The West Brom
23 October 2020
Ahead of his appearance on the mortgage technology discussion at the BSA’s Digital Mutual on the 3rd November, Steve Carruthers, principal consultant at mortgage software provider Iress, spoke to the BSA about the company’s latest Mortgage Efficiency Survey (MES) and why Covid is pushing firms of all sizes to innovate their mortgage processes.
By Paragon Customer Communications
21 October 2020
Guest blog by BSA Associate, Benenden Health
16 October 2020
Originally published in Society Matters magazine.
By Stuart Miller, Customer Director, Newcastle Building Society
08 October 2020
The BSA’s latest report, Rebuilding business for society - co-authored with Association of Financial Mutuals (AFM), Co-operatives UK, the Employee Ownership Association and Social Enterprise UK -explores our sector's purpose. Here we explore some of its findings and recommendations.
06 October 2020
Ahead of his appearance at the BSA's Digital Mutual on the 3rd and 4th November 2020, Wayne Duke, principal architect at Sopra Banking Software, discusses the similarities between banking and the music industry. Could a push for digital services in banking compliment rather than cannibalise real-world products like cash just as has been the case with vinyl records?
02 October 2020
This article was originally published on PoliticsHome
01 October 2020
Guest blog by Jenny Herrera, CEO, Good Business Foundation