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11 December 2019
Since Open Banking launched in 2018 giving consumers control over their own data, there has been a mountain to climb in terms of the technical implementation to make it a reality. However, building societies and credit unions have been some of the early pioneers using Open Banking in the market.
29 November 2019
Jeremy Palmer, BSA Head of Financial Policy urges the Treasury to pick up and complete the task of widening credit union powers that has been held up for five years since the original policy decisions were made.
28 November 2019
Plans for the BSA Annual Conference 2020 are in full swing. If you are planning to attend, here's some information you may find useful.
22 November 2019
People saving with building societies earned over £450 million more in interest than if they’d received the average interest rate paid by the major banks across the first half of 2019.
21 November 2019
With 9 trophies and 15 highly commended nods across 13 categories, people really are better off with a building society.
31 October 2019
The BSA's Jeremy Palmer welcomes some profound and insightful observations contained in Sam Woods’ speech – “Credit union meets robot” - given on 24 October at the Mansion House.
29 October 2019
Pradeep Ramen, director of digital solutions at DPR, talks about how the UK mortgage market is finally starting to embrace digital technology that has already transformed the US mortgage market.
25 October 2019
Glasgow Credit Union’s innovative Employer Partner scheme is disrupting the traditional savings narrative. Originally published in BSA Society Matters magazine.
23 October 2019
By Yorkshire Building Society.
Originally published in BSA Society Matters magazine.
15 October 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.
09 October 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.
08 October 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.