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Speaking on the first day of the Building Societies 2023 Annual Conference at the ACC in Liverpool, BSA Chief Executive, Robin Fieth, talked about the beauty of the simplicity of the mutual sector’s social purpose in an increasingly complex world.
Speaking on the first day of the Building Societies 2023 Annual Conference at the ACC in Liverpool, BSA Chief Executive, Robin Fieth, talked about the beauty of the simplicity of the mutual sector’s social purpose in an increasingly complex world.
Social purpose has been the consistent backbone of our sector since the first known building society was founded in a pub in Birmingham back in 1755. Today the oldest building society, the Scottish is celebrating its 175th anniversary and is joined by the Skipton Building Society at 170, Newcastle and Leek Building Societies at 160 and the Swansea Building Society marking its centenary.
Immediately post pandemic, the government’s mantra was briefly about building back better and the potential for a new covenant between government, business and society was flirted with. A covenant which challenged the dogma that the purpose of business is to maximise return to shareholders and fostered a debate on a much wider stakeholder purpose.
The Government’s primary narrative has moved on. Building societies and credit unions continue to work to maximise member value, not shareholder value, as they always have done.
Through the lens of this simpler model, Robin Fieth explores some of the complexities that all financial services firms, including customer-owned mutuals, are living with today:
Robin also explores other topics such as the Consumer Duty, the Digital Pound, the growth of AI, and personal financial resilience and the need here to ensure that no one is left behind.
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