OneSavings Bank
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OneSavings Bank Plc which trades as Kent Reliance Banking Services or krbs.com is a British banking company that has been formed by Kent Reliance Building Society
Kent Reliance Building Society
Kent Reliance Banking service, also known as KRBS, was a building society based in Kent, England. Incorporating the Chatham Reliance , Dover District , Herne Bay and Kent & Canterbury , KRBS was the fastest growing building society in the UK between 2003 and 2008 and was a member of the Building...

 and JC Flowers
JC Flowers
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Banking Services

The business of Kent Reliance Building Society was transferred to the new entity, OneSavings Plc, on 1 February 2011 and OneSavings Plc was immediately renamed OneSavings Bank Plc. The transfer was approved by the members of the society in November 2010 . Kent Reliance Building Society, in common with other British financial institutions, struggled following the financial crisis and decided to seek new capital to enable it to continue lending. The deal is the first of its kind in the British financial mutual sector. The transfer of assets was approved by 75.8% of investing members voting in favour of the transfer, compared to 75% required to approve the deal .
OneSavings Bank currently offer Savings Accounts, Mortgages, ISA
ISA
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s, and a limited Insurance
Insurance
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 range under the KRBS Brand..

Ownership

59.9% of the shares in OneSavings are owned by the Kent Reliance Provident Society
Kent Reliance Provident Society
Kent Reliance Provident Society ' is an Industrial and Provident Society in the United Kingdom, it is also a member of Co-operatives UK. KRPS currently holds the majority of shares in OneSavings Bank Plc following the transfer of the Kent Reliance Building Society business to OneSavings Plc on 1...

and 40.1% are owned by JC Flowers.. Following the transfer of business in February 2011, the Kent Reliance Building Society was dissolved and its members became members of Kent Reliance Provident Society.
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