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The Dunfermline Building Society is a building society
Building society

A building society is a financial institution, Mutual organization, that offers Banking institution and other financial services, especially mortgage loan....
 based in Dunfermline
Dunfermline

Dunfermline is a town in Fife which had official City_status_in_the_United_Kingdom#Pretenders until 1970. It is located on high ground five miles from the northern shore of the Firth of Forth on the route of major road and rail crossings across the firth to Edinburgh and the south....
, Fife
Fife

Fife is a council area of Scotland, situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, with inland boundaries to Perth and Kinross and Clackmannanshire....
, Scotland
Scotland

conventional_long_name = ScotlandAlba|common_name= Scotland|image_flag = Flag of Scotland.svg|flag_width = 130px...
. It is the largest building society in Scotland and the 14th largest in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 based on total assets of £3.3 billion at 31 December 2006. It is a member of the Building Societies Association
Building Societies Association

The Building Societies Association is the trade organisation of the building society in the United Kingdom. In 2008 the 59 building societies in the UK had total assets of over ?360 billion....
.

History
The Dunfermline was established in 1869 in the town of Dunfermline from which it takes its name.

It expanded throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, and acquired over 20 other organisations including: the Stenhousemuir, Peebles, Fourth Fifeshire Investment Company, the Stirlingshire, and the Edinburgh and Paisley Building Society.

A telephone banking service, Dunfermline Direct, was launched during Spring 1999.

By the end of 2005, the Society had 34 branches and 38 agencies throughout Scotland.






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The Dunfermline Building Society is a building society
Building society

A building society is a financial institution, Mutual organization, that offers Banking institution and other financial services, especially mortgage loan....
 based in Dunfermline
Dunfermline

Dunfermline is a town in Fife which had official City_status_in_the_United_Kingdom#Pretenders until 1970. It is located on high ground five miles from the northern shore of the Firth of Forth on the route of major road and rail crossings across the firth to Edinburgh and the south....
, Fife
Fife

Fife is a council area of Scotland, situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, with inland boundaries to Perth and Kinross and Clackmannanshire....
, Scotland
Scotland

conventional_long_name = ScotlandAlba|common_name= Scotland|image_flag = Flag of Scotland.svg|flag_width = 130px...
. It is the largest building society in Scotland and the 14th largest in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 based on total assets of £3.3 billion at 31 December 2006. It is a member of the Building Societies Association
Building Societies Association

The Building Societies Association is the trade organisation of the building society in the United Kingdom. In 2008 the 59 building societies in the UK had total assets of over ?360 billion....
.

History


The Dunfermline was established in 1869 in the town of Dunfermline from which it takes its name.

It expanded throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, and acquired over 20 other organisations including: the Stenhousemuir, Peebles, Fourth Fifeshire Investment Company, the Stirlingshire, and the Edinburgh and Paisley Building Society.

A telephone banking service, Dunfermline Direct, was launched during Spring 1999.

By the end of 2005, the Society had 34 branches and 38 agencies throughout Scotland. Around 20% of its business is generated from outwith Scotland. The Society also has a large commercial lending book and is leading the way in investment in social housing.

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