Building Society
A financial institution which is owned by its customers. Building societies return all profits made to their members through cheaper loans, mortgages and better savings rates - which they say makes them able to provide better value to their customers. There used to be over 2,000 building societies in the UK, but there are now only about 60 as members voted to merge with other building societies or sell the overall ownership to the stock market.
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