Dunfermline Building Society
| Dunfermline Building Society | |
|---|---|
| legal form | |
| founding | 1869 |
| Seat | Dunfermline |
| Number of employees | 500 |
| Branch | Building society |
| Website | [1] |
The Dunfermline Building Society is the largest building society in Scotland . The Dunfermline- based credit institution had approximately 312,000 customers in 2009.
history
The company was founded in 1869. In 1994 the new headquarters in the south of Dunfermline were moved. Telephone banking was first offered in 1999 . In 2009, the company ran into economic difficulties during the financial crisis . Reason should be high-risk investments in the USA. According to press reports, the British Financial Market Authority is looking for buyers for parts of the company. The company is expected to post a loss for 2008 of £ 27 million.
Footnotes
- ↑ a b tagesschau.de, Buyer wanted for ailing financial institution - Scotland's largest building society before the collapse , March 29, 2009 ( Memento from March 30, 2009 on the Internet Archive ) ( WebCite ( Memento from March 29, 2009 on WebCite ))
- ↑ Times online, Dunfermline Building Society chiefs reassure investors , March 21, 2009 ( WebCite ( March 29, 2009 memento on WebCite ))
- ^ Dunfermline, Dunfermline - Scotland's Building Society ( Memento of the original from April 1, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed on March 29, 2009 ()
- ↑ bbc, Scramble to save building society , March 28, 2009 ( Memento of the original from March 30, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ()
