DUNFERMLINE BUILDING SOCIETY

Dunfermline is a building society and later a trading division of Nationwide Building Society, based in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. 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.