11 Jan 2012
Financial education in Cambodia
Sharan Jaswal met with a journalist from French Cambodian magazine to discuss how Cambodians could benefit from MyBnk's programmes and how better financial education can help improve their economy. File available in English.
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11 Jan 2012
Forest Gate students learn it's all about money
Money savvy students launched a bank at their school as part of a campaign to teach young people about handling and saving money. Newham Recorder and London 24 report.
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11 Jan 2012
Bexley’s Green Points scheme off to a ‘flying start’
Bexley is the first council in the UK to successfully launch an incentive to reward residents for recycling and earn points donated as money for one of three charities. Local Green Points is one of these chosen organisations.
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10 Jan 2012
My bank, I call the shots
SRI are leading providers of strategy for sustainable development in China. Here they showcase Lily Lapenna and MyBnk. The British Council also translated and published the article.
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6 Dec 2011
MyBnk features in the BBC World Service weekend programme
The BBC World Service features MyBnk’s Uni Dosh workshop on their Financial Literacy radio programme. Here they interview students and MyBnk's Sharan Jaswal.
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30 Nov 2011
Pupils to run banks in schools
Press Association covers launch of two new banks in Walthamstow and Forest Gate during Global Enterprise Week. The story was re-syndicated by four other media sites.
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14 Nov 2011
Helping the younger generation avoiding financial crises
Each month the Swedish Chamber of Commerce interviews a young, promising entrepreneur. This month they chose to feature Lily and MyBnk.
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3 Nov 2011
Happy 18th birthday – here’s £100,000 to blow
On November 1 the government launched Junior ISAs — these let friends, family or the child themselves put up to £3,600 a year into a tax-free savings account. Money paid in is kept there until the child turns 18, earning interest tax-free. Mel from MyBnk comments.
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21 Oct 2011
Climbing mount sustainability
MyBnk's Lily Lapenna is named one of 50 Stars in 'Seriously Long-term Innovation' in The Future Quotient report. Here Lily is mentioned in the executive chairman's article for the Guardian on sustainability in business.
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21 Oct 2011
MyBnK, il microcredito dei giovani.Economia etica a Londra
Top Italian website posts feature on Lily Lapenna and MyBnk.
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