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Nationwide has issued a major update over "46% of accounts" ahead of Christmas . Now the academic year is three months old, Nationwide says it has taken the lion’s share of the UK student current account market this year.

More than 80,000 students have opened a FlexStudent account – equating to 46 per cent of the overall market and around double last year’s openings.

So far, over 62,000 students have registered with Nationwide’s Just Eat portal, downloading 125,000 takeaway vouchers worth £1.25 million since launching in July.

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With Christmas approaching, Nationwide expects this number to climb rapidly, with a total of £9.8 million of free food available across the 12-month offer.

Tom Riley, Director of Gro

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