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Nationwide scoops £50m prize to fund new tech and services

Nationwide Building Society has won the second round of a hotly-contested prize to boost competition in the UK’s business banking market, receiving £50m to fund investments in new technology and services.

Shared by the Financial Times
May 15, 2019

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Investec and the Co-Operative Bank won smaller awards of £15m each.

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