Nationwide Reviews

This bank is the reason my career is hanging in the balance, I opened an account with them at 16, my father has placed large sums of money, around 15,000 a year into it for my flight training. I am now 19 and went to speak with them about getting a small loan to fund the rest, they said no. I asked if there was any student type loan offer ...  Read the complete review

In my view nationwide is a small bank for small customers and I couldn't be happier with that. I've never seen a bank with so FEW arbitrary rules, my local branch is friendly, open on saturdays and I can generally expect to be served quickly with few problems. Their online banking service is always up, its easy to use, convincingly ...  Read the complete review

Nationwide is the largest building society in the UK offering a wide range of financial products from savings accounts to mortgages to insurance. The building society has an extensive branch network meaning that there is a branch on nearly every high street. I have had a savings account with them for over 16 years and a few years ago ...  Read the complete review

Foreign currency at Nationwide - Advantages: None - Disadvantages: High charges, Very very slow, Loose papers

I have been a memebr of Nationwide for nearly four years now having opened a smart account with them because of its interest rate and all though it is still relatively high I am not impressed with the company as a whole. Firstly I use their internet banking facility and find it unbeliable that they do not offer BACS, especially when every ...  Read the complete review

Being someone who has had accounts with HSBC and Lloyds TSB over the last year *cough*...moving swiftly on...let me tell you about my experience of Nationwide's banking services with a bit of a student edge...Maybe i'll "savour the delights" of the first two for a later review... :D Over the last 5 years as a nationwide ...  Read the complete review

Nationwide has a great instant access savings account for 12-17 year olds who want some independence with their money but also a decent interest rate on their cash. I had a Smart account until recently and I found it really good. It is supposed to be for up to 18 year olds only but you can keep it for another 6 months after your 18th ...  Read the complete review

I recently applied for a Nationwide Flex Account, I chose to do this online via their website which as mentioned by other users is well laid out. 14 days later I was still awaiting confirmation of this account, luckily Nationwide provide you with a tracking/pre account code with passnumber etc for you to access your applied for accounts, ...  Read the complete review

In my home town there aren’t all that many building societies, or rather there aren’t all that many of those things that used to be called building societies. When the day came, after having savings in TSB for about 15 years, to move my money elsewhere, I naturally wanted somewhere I could get to easily, and so after checking that they ...  Read the complete review

Ok but not the best - Advantages: Handy: phone, net or in branch, better rates than normal banks - Disadvantages: Rates have droped recently, Not really aimed at students

I highly recommend the high interest paying bank Nationwide. Its web site is just as good. It is well-laid-out, clear, and easy to use, great for checking your balances, recent transactions, transferring money between Natiowide accounts, and communicating with Nationwide (asking questions, reporting problems etc. they're very prompt in ...  Read the complete review

Well as a student having lots of money in your account may seem like a dream. Well if you do happen to have some money then this is the place for it to be. I am receiving 7.05% interest, and I do not have to pay tax. This wonderful goldmine is in The Smart Account at the Nationwide Building Scociety. There are no gimmicks to join such as ...  Read the complete review

After searching long and hard, I have finally found a bank which can provide an outstanding account for those of us in the 12-17 age group. Nationwide offers the Smart Account, which provides teenagers with ATM access, Internet banking and an incredible 7% (at time of writing) interest rate. Interest is paid twice a year and even those too young ...  Read the complete review

Its a Nationwide CD so I put it under this heading. Goals on CD is a new magazine type CD Rom that shows the month's action in the Nationwide League. I was sent the demo through the post and was extremely empressed by the setup and also the amount of different things available to do. Its a new revolution for monthly magazines, forget shoot and ...  Read the complete review

I am just about to become an undergraduate at the University of Bath. I have some savings, and I am about to get a fat student loan cheque; so naturally I want a bank account with large interest rate. My friends, you need look no further than Nationwides excellent e-savings account. You will need a normal flexaccount (current account) to be able ...  Read the complete review