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Building Societies and Mutualisman 8-track cassette in a digital world, or something quite special beyond big banks? Demutualisation (where traditional Building Societies became Banks) gathered pace in the 1990’s, following earlier financial deregulation, and increasing competition within the Building Society’s traditional mortgage market. This led to mutuality, the core principle of a traditional building society, […]
Read MoreGet comfortable and start talking about mental health Time to Talk Day is the nation’s biggest mental health conversation. It’s a day for friends, families, communities and workplaces to come together to talk, listen and change lives. Time to Talk Day is taking place 6th February 2025 and is run by Mind and Rethink Mental […]
Read MoreTeam Harpenden Building Society Great Big Walk for Herts 2024 Our colleagues Emma Brown, King Wan and Amanda Andrews dusted down their walking boots and took part in the Great Big Walk for Herts on the 28th September. Our team were 3 out of 23 participants altogether and what started out to be a planned […]
Read MoreWe are delighted to announce that our Charity of the Year for 2025 is Keech Hospice. The hospice provides free, specialist care for adults and children with life-limiting and terminal illnesses and vital support for their loved ones too. In addition to raising funds via our AGM, we also will be supporting Keech Hospice in […]
Read MoreOur Leighton Buzzard branch will be closed from Monday 24th February 2025, whilst we complete some essential works. We aim to reopen again on Monday 7th April 2025. We will inform regular customers if the closure period is extended. During this period, you can request money to be sent to your nominated bank account over […]
Read MoreWe consider many factors when reviewing the pricing of our savings accounts which includes the monitoring of market conditions whilst ensuring we provide our customers with fair value on their savings. Following the Bank of England base rate reduction on November 7th 2024, we are letting you know we will be reducing the interest rates […]
Read MoreMessage to Brokers- Our Loans Origination Broker Portal is currently experiencing some technical issues and may be unavailable to use. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause and normal service will resume ASAP.
Read MoreOur Harpenden Online platform is temporarily unavailable. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause and normal service will resume ASAP.
Read MoreWe will be carrying out some scheduled maintenance and updates to our Harpenden Online platform on Tuesday 29th October between 5pm and 7:30pm – so this service will be unavailable during this time. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause and normal service will resume after 7:30pm. We thank you for your patience during […]
Read MoreThursday 24 October 2024 10:10am – We are currently experiencing connectivity issues, which we are working hard to resolve. During this time, you may experience difficulties in reaching us by phone. We would like to thank you for your patience whilst we work to resolve this.
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