Year: 2024

Harpenden Building Society has won the ‘Best Local Building Society’ category at the prestigious What Mortgage Awards for a 10th consecutive year. Harpenden continue to work tirelessly to serve its communities and members, providing continued support and comfort during these challenging social and financial times. The Society has created a platform for sustainable growth, and […]

Wednesday July 24th 2024 2:05pm: We are experiencing a service outage which is affecting our ability to view and transact on your accounts. Our team is currently working to restore normal service. You are still able to view your accounts using Harpenden Online and request payments this way, however we will not be able to […]

We are decreasing the interest rates on the following savings accounts: Online 60 Days’ Notice From 15th August 2024 the variable interest rate will decrease from 5.00% to 4.81% Gross/AER*. In accordance with the terms and conditions of the account, we have notified customers of the rate reduction on 15th August 2024, and we will […]

We will be carrying out some scheduled maintenance to our Harpenden Online platform on Sunday 23rd June between 10am and 4pm – so this service will be unavailable during this time. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause and normal service will resume after 4pm. We thank you for your patience during this time.

What are the main priorities within your role? My primary responsibility is monitoring the Information security resilience of the systems infrastructure. It involves ensuring that systems are working smoothly and efficiently for all users within the Society. What changes or improvements have you seen in your time at Harpenden BS within IT? We have significantly […]

With summer on the way, events and concerts are fully on the agenda. Whether it be sporting events such as the 2024 Olympics, the European Championships or headline concerts such as the eagerly anticipated Taylor Swift Eras Tour, demand for event tickets remains sky high. This demand, alongside limited availability creates prime opportunities for fraudsters […]

Harpenden Building Society is proud to support Mind as our Charity of the Year for 2024. If you would like to donate to our fundraising, you can do so on this link: https://www.justgiving.com/page/hbs-charityoftheyear  You can visit Mind’s website here: https://www.mind.org.uk/  This is why we think it is important to support Mind… Around a third of adults and […]

For many, our holidays are the most important part of any year. Whether it be that dream holiday you have been saving years for, or just a short break to get away from it all, we all get excited about going away. More often than not, we end up booking our entire holiday online. Despite […]

The purpose of our Endowment Fund is to support children, health and local community projects primarily within the geographic area of Hertfordshire but also Bedfordshire. During 2023, we received a wide range of project applications for funding. We’re committed to supporting a diverse variety of applications and each submission is assessed against specific criteria. We […]

Harpenden Building Society are delighted to announce the appointment of Tracie Pearce as its new Chief Executive Officer. Tracie has over 29 years’ experience in retail banking across three major financial institutions, Nationwide Building Society, HSBC and most recently Santander, where she was the Chief Customer Officer, Homes at Santander UK. At HSBC she started […]