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Re:Some Dark Patterns Now Illegal in UK by pjc50 on Tuesday August 26, 2014 @10:43AM (#8227319)
(UK) This is basically what you get from John Lewis, and the Co-Operative; both are the last vestiges of the old mutual movement.

The building societies used to be a good option for non-aggressive finance, but almost all of them sold out.

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Re:Some Dark Patterns Now Illegal in UK by rjsw on Tuesday August 26, 2014 @10:49AM (#8227355)
The Nationwide Building Society is still a mutual.
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Re:Some Dark Patterns Now Illegal in UK by porker on Tuesday August 26, 2014 @11:20AM (#8227575)
The remuneration packages and board make-up are very corporate-banking and not 'mutual' in their outlook.

If it still thought of itself as a mutual building society Nationwide would have one of the best interest rates around for their members' savings.

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Re:Some Dark Patterns Now Illegal in UK by lmm on Tuesday August 26, 2014 @11:10AM (#8227504)
Sort of. New members don't get share rights any more.
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Re:Some Dark Patterns Now Illegal in UK by rjsw on Tuesday August 26, 2014 @11:57AM (#8227826)
That is so that carpetbaggers can't vote to turn it into a bank.
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Re:Some Dark Patterns Now Illegal in UK by lmm on Wednesday August 27, 2014 @09:25AM (#8231937)
Sounds rather "we had to burn the village in order to save it".
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