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posted by MyBnk on Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:01:51

Lily becomes an Ashoka Fellow! Exciting news this month our very own Lily Lapenna, CEO and Founder of MyBnk, has been awarded a very prestigious Ashoka Fellowship! Ashoka Fellows are world leading social entrepreneurs who are recognized to demonstrate unrivalled commitment to bold new social ideas and prove that compassion, creativity, and collaboration are tremendous forces for change. Ashoka Fellows work [...]

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posted by MyBnk on Mon, 11 Jan 2010 14:03:36

Happy New Year! We hope you had a wonderful start into the New Year and wish you all the best for 2010! The MyBnk team is looking forward to the exciting challenges that lie ahead and we are determined to meet them with the same enthusiasm and motivation as last year. We are very excited to welcome [...]

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posted by MyBnk on Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:58:50

We are delighted about the launch of Enterprise-in-a-Box, the first new product for MyBnk and we look forward to working with youth establishments, business schools and corporate companies to develop the enterprise capability of aspiring entrepreneurs across London and the South East. In this blog: Read how this new product helps to address the need [...]

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posted by MyBnk on Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:20:43

At the end of last week Ed Balls announced that personal lessons in finance will become compulsory in 2011. MyBnk founder Lily Lapenna’s first reaction to the good news: “I am feeling so positive this morning knowing that come 2011 every young person in the UK will be exposed to  finacial education through PSHEE, MyBnk [...]

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posted by MyBnk on Fri, 23 Oct 2009 09:13:53

“The diverse role of financial capability in building future economic stability” John Davis, Head of Policy at MyBnk Nine out of ten British adults have never been taught how to manage money. Given this startling figure, it is easy to see how people were left vulnerable to the manipulative lending practises which played a major role [...]

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posted by MyBnk on Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:30:07

Here at MyBnk we’re very excited about the new academic year and looking forward to working with lots more amazing young people in 09/10! In this blog: Read all about our new members of staff, Lily’s brilliant appearance on Working Lunch and everything else that we have been up to lately! First of all, we are [...]

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posted by MyBnk on Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:25:34

Lily Lapenna, MyBnk founder, writes about her exciting trip to Trani, Italy, to take part in the launch of Michael Norton’s book! Here are some insights on her thoughts and inspirations about spreading MyBnk’s spirit in Italy. After reading Michael Norton’s book 365 Ways to Change the World, I was very inspired and decided to set [...]

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posted by MyBnk on Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:17:03

Even with the fast-approaching spring bank holiday (which fingers crossed should be the hottest weekend so far this year) we’re still working our socks off here at MyBnk. We’ve held a couple of really helpful focus groups with students from Woodside High and Mount Carmel School in North London to get their input on our new [...]

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posted by MyBnk on Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:07:12

It’s been a rather interesting week what with the ongoing MP expenses row, Gordon Brown pledging£100 million to social enterprises and the demise of the Jordan-Andre empire not to mention what’s been going on at MyBnk… We’ve been out visiting some of the schools we work with –Mount Carmel, Swanlea and Westminister Boys – to ensure [...]

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posted by MyBnk on Mon, 01 Jun 2009 13:34:12

Well this is MyBnk’s first blog, so let’s start by introducing ourselves… MyBnk works to help young people manage their money more effectively and make enterprising choices throughout their lives. We have set-up the first ever FSA-approved youth-led banking scheme (MyBnk-in-a-box) which allows young people to open savings accounts and take out interest free loans to [...]

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