>Public own bank. We had those in the UK, they were called building societies. They were mostly regional and offered savings accounts and mortgages. Unfortuna

>Public own bank. We had those in the UK, they were called building societies. They were mostly regional and offered savings accounts and mortgages. Unfortunately nearly all of them demutualised in the nineties, there is only one major one left now[1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationwide_Building_Society https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationwide_Building_Society