Millions of Nationwide customers are set to discover this week whether they will be receiving an additional £100 Fairer Share bonus. The building society has been issuing £100 bonus payments to millions of its customers annually for the past three years. The announcement regarding the bonus for 2026 is expected to be made on Thursday (May 21) along with the release of Nationwide’s latest full-year financial results.
Nationwide will disclose the specific eligibility criteria for the one-off bonus payment. In previous years, customers needed to have a qualifying current account, along with a savings account or mortgage with Nationwide, to be eligible for the bonus.
Customers with FlexOne, FlexStudent, or FlexGraduate accounts were required to have received or made at least one payment in or out of their account during March the previous year, unless they completed an account switch using the Current Account Switch Service between January and March. For FlexAccount, FlexDirect, or FlexBasic account holders, receiving £500 in their account in two out of the three months of January, February, and March, and making at least two payments out of their account during two of those months, were the qualifying conditions. Additionally, customers could qualify by making at least ten payments out of their account during two of those three months, excluding switch completions between January and March. FlexPlus customers only needed to pay the £18 monthly fee to be eligible for the £100 bonus.
To qualify for the bonus with savings accounts, customers needed to have saved a minimum of £100, while mortgage customers required at least £100 left to pay off by the end of March. It is important to note that the qualifying conditions may vary from previous years, but the guidelines from 2025 give an insight into the process.
If the Fairer Share bonus is confirmed and customers meet the eligibility criteria, the bonus amount will be deposited automatically into their Nationwide account. Last year, Nationwide introduced the Fairer Share scheme in May, with payments distributed in June and July.
The bonus is considered savings for tax purposes, and individuals can earn up to £1,000 in savings interest each tax year before being subject to tax. Nationwide distributed £400 million to over four million customers last year, following a record statutory profit before tax of £2.3 billion. In the preceding year, £385 million was awarded to 3.85 million individuals.
