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Tue 08 Aug 2008UK building society to launch in Republic
THE LARGEST building society in the UK, Nationwide, is planning to launch savings products in the Irish market next spring and may subsequently sell more retail products in the Republic.
The building society said it was "putting plans in place to operate" in the Republic. It already has 14 retail branches in Northern Ireland. Nationwide, the second-largest player in the UK savings and mortgage market with assets of £180 billion (€228 billion), is planning to offer savings products by post, phone and online initially.
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