The society of 2030.
Built today.

We power mortgage and savings transformation for UK building societies without disrupting the operations that matter to members.
The society of 2030.  Built today.

12 of Top 20

mortgage lenders and servicers in the US

7 of Top 10

credit card issuers in the US

3 of Top 6

retail banks in the UK

NelsonHall

Leader — GenAI & Process Automation in Banking, NEAT 2025

HFS Research

Horizon 3 Market Leader — Best Service Providers for Mortgage Reinvention

Everest Group

Star Performer & Major Contender — Financial Crime and Compliance (FCC) Operations, PEAK Matrix®

Everest Group

Leader & Star Performer — Banking Operations Services, PEAK Matrix® Assessment

ISG

Leader — Generative AI Services, ISG Provider Lens®
WHY THIS MATTERS

Three forces reshaping building society economics

Product transfer surge, Consumer Duty obligations, and intensifying AML scrutiny are landing simultaneously on operations built for a different era — forcing COOs and CFOs to act at the same time on three separate fronts.
UK | MORTGAGE MARKET 

1.8M

fixed-rate mortgages are expiring, encompassing around £300B in balances navigating rate resets.
UK | FIRST-TIME BUYERS 

6% 

of UK property purchases are first-time buyers under 25 today — down from 25% in the 1990s. 
UK | SECTOR STRENGTH 

52% 

of all UK mortgage market growth in the six months to March 2025 was driven by building societies and mutual-owned banks.
PROVEN OUTCOMES

Real outcomes from live building society operations

Every number below is from a confirmed Firstsource building society engagement — not a projection or modelled estimate.

55%

TCO savings

One of the UK's biggest building societies saw a commitment of 55% total cost savings across banking and lending, economic crime prevention, and chat.

30%

TAT improvement

A prominent UK building society saw an improvement in operational turnaround time delivered through process redesign and AI-native tooling.

62%

fraud losses reduced

We delivered a reduction in APP fraud losses for a major building society with proactive real-time screening and AI-augmented investigation workflows.

99.3%

fraud resolved

We delivered payment dispute resolutions in less than a week, sustained across high-volume economic crime operations for a major UK building society.
DEEP DOMAIN SOLUTIONS

Building the future, one capability at a time

Every capability is aligned to the operational, regulatory, and member demands defining the next generation of building societies.

Mortgage operations

We manage mortgage processing and servicing end-to-end at elevated product transfer volumes. Consumer Duty evidence MI is generated at every stage and delivered in board-ready format.

Economic crime prevention

We run AI-native economic crime prevention covering application vetting, fraud investigation, mule account management, scam intervention, and refund processing.

AML and sanctions screening

We screen relationships across sanctions, PEP, SIP, and RCA lists, draft and QA SARs for NCA submission, and maintain adaptive monitoring against evolving threats.

Digital member service

We run omni-channel member services across savings, mortgages, credit cards, and loans, with AI-powered agent guidance and QA reviewing every interaction.

Savings operations

We run ISA and bond administration at building society scale — with full PRA and FCA auditability and bereavement support built into every member interaction.

Product transfer processing

We run high-volume product transfer operations built for the 2024-2026 rate environment, and handle mid-office processing at scale without disrupting experience at renewal.

Consumer Duty reporting

We produce audit-grade Consumer Duty evidence across every product and member interaction, built into your building society's operations, with board-level MI and FCA-ready reporting as standard.

Consulting and advisory

We design target operating models, taking 3 weeks to a diagnostic and 4 to a roadmap, with specialists who guide building societies making this transition for the first time.
CLIENT SPOTLIGHT

How we built a first-time outsourcer's operating model

A major building society partnered with us to optimize total cost of ownership and create a more sustainable, future-ready service model. The engagement spanned banking and savings, economic crime prevention, and customer service operations, requiring transformation across processes, technology, and ways of working. As a first-time outsourcer, the society needed a partner that could deliver cultural alignment alongside operational improvement.

Firstsource helped redesign the operating model to improve efficiency, strengthen service quality, and enhance the member experience. Advanced analytics, AI-enabled capabilities, and robust governance frameworks supported continuous improvement, while specialist service models ensured sensitive customer interactions were handled with the appropriate care and expertise.
How we built a first-time outsourcer's operating model

55%

cost savings committed
PROVEN OUTCOMES

Building the future. Delivering results today.

Three building society engagements. Three measurable outcomes. A proven approach to transformation.

55%

TCO savings

over 3 years across banking and savings, economic crime prevention, and chat operations, while improving turnaround times by 30%.

62%

APP fraud reduction

through proactive real-time payment screening and AI-augmented investigations that identified and stopped fraudulent transactions before funds were lost.

99.3%

fraud resolution

consistently sustaining performance across high-volume economic crime operations while maintaining speed, accuracy, and customer confidence.
INSIGHTS

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Contact Us

The pressure is structural. The response starts now.

A building society transformation roadmap in 4 weeks, delivered by the team running your operations.
  • Built by operators running mortgage, savings, and economic crime for the world's largest building society — not strategy advisors.
  • Designed for building societies, not adapted from a bank framework.
  • TCO reduction committed before the engagement starts — not after.