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• Just five per cent of Brits would fall for the traditional doorstep builder scam¹
• But more than a quarter would put themselves at risk of fake email invoice scams
• Research shows many Brits would fail to query whether an invoice is real or fake
• A third in the South West would fail to check versus a fifth in Northern Ireland
• Nationwide urges people to always stop and think before paying an invoice

Today, Nationwide has enhanced its savings range by increasing its one and two-year Bonds and Fixed Rate ISAs (FRISA) and launching a new three-year Bond and FRISA.

• Parents expect to have saved around £7,000 by the time their child turns 18
• Money intended to help children get a home, buy a car or fund university
• But over a third of parents have had to dip into their children’s savings in an emergency
• A quarter have never spoken to their children about money and saving

• More than a third of private tenants have lost some or all of a previous tenancy deposit
• Average time for return of deposit is almost two months – but for more than one in five it takes 3 months +
• Two in five lose deposit cash to wear and tear or cleaning costs

Poll follows #TogetherAgainstHate campaign aimed at raising awareness of online abuse

• One in six people receive online abuse while one in 20 have sent hateful comments
• Abusive, sexist, racist and homophobic posts most common types received
• Lack of reaction allows hate to fester as a quarter of recipients fail to report posts

• Nationwide’s Open Banking for Good challenge set to help those living on a financial knife edge
• Participants challenged to develop apps and services to combat common financial capability issues
• Challenge convenes experts from Nationwide, Doteveryone, Money Advice Trust, Nesta, Accenture
• Launches with a £3 million fund from Nationwide to ignite, challenge and encourage innovation

Nationwide Building Society is today launching a practical partnership with homelessness charity St Mungo’s aimed at providing a consistent and compassionate response to people rough sleeping on the high street – and is urging other businesses to follow suit.

• Three in ten Brits willing to move own money into a new account to ‘keep it safe’
• Young at risk: those aged 16-24 four times more susceptible than those 55 plus
• People in London, West Midlands, Wales and North East areas most likely to be at risk of impersonation scams
• But education message is working, with one in three refusing to hand over money

Richard Beck, Adviser to the CEO, has resigned from Nationwide Building Society. In May this year he stood down as Chief Strategy & External Relations Officer and a member of the Society’s Executive Committee, which allowed him to make provisions for his sick mother overseas.

• More than five in ten lose their deposit in full, despite over two thirds disputing it
• More male students get their money back than women
• Students lose an average of £150 of their rental deposits while at university
• Lack of experience means many students fail to spot cost of renting

Cash-strapped students are being hit with an average bill of £150 at the end of their tenancy, with eight in ten saying the money was held back unfairly.

• New account aimed at parents looking to save for their children pays 3.50% AER
• Flexible account designed in response to member feedback allowing parents to maintain access to the money

Nationwide Building Society today launches Future Saver, a savings account for parents looking to save for their children’s future.

• Investment will fuel technology transformation, including re-platforming of digital assets
• Enhanced spend will see Nationwide invest a total of £4.1 billion over next five years
• Technical transformation will be underpinned by significant operating model changes driven by Agile adoption, DevOps standards and Cloud exploitation
• Society to create up to 1,000 new jobs and open a new UK technology hub
• Core focus of the strategy is to drive UK service leadership through digitisation and multi-channel technology integration across the high street and mobile channel estate
• Innovation agenda includes the creation of a £50m FinTech venture fund and planned launch of Open Banking aggregation services
• Latest in line of major technology investments, including one of the largest SAP Core Banking deployments globally.

Nationwide today announces £4.1bn of investment, of which £1.3bn is incremental to an already ambitious plan, that will ensure Britain’s biggest building Society, and the UK’s second largest mortgage lender, is primed for the next generation of digital innovation.