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Is the next generation equipped to spend sensibly? - Optima 03/07/15
MyBnk's Lily Lapenna urges parents to get their children engaged with their bank account sooner, rather than later in a financial education study by Jennifer Lipman.
How star Beyonce gives leg up to charity’s drive to teach finance - Yorkshire Post 21/05/15
Yorkshire Post writes about MyBnk's mission to bring financial education to people across the world and using celebrity spending stories to help teach.
Go to siteThe financial education gap - Your Money 10/06/15
James Priday, founder of Strawberry Invest examines the state of play for financial education in the UK and MyBnk’s contribution.
Go to siteWeekly Economist - Associated Press Kuwait - 08/06/15
Kuwaiti TV speaks to MyBnk Co-CEO Lily Lapenna about MyBnk's enterprise education mission for young people
Go to siteNo difference between Eton and Feltham Young Offenders Institution on financial illiteracy - Yorkshire Post 02/06/2015
The Yorkshire Post talks to MyBnk's Education Director about bringing financial education to the north
Go to siteMyBnk make money maestros in the West Country - West Somerset Free Press 14/05/15
News from the westcountry where our trainers have been helping young people at Dulverton Middle School tackle budgeting, tax and banking
Go to siteWeekly Economist - Associated Press Kuwait - 12/05/15
Kuwait TV speaks to MyBnk Co-CEO Guy Rigden about MyBnk's further international expansion.
Go to siteWhat does London have to offer young entrepreneurs? - London Live 05/05/15
Reporter and vlogger Drew McGregor reports on young entrepreneurs and how MyBnk are helping them in their entrepreneurial journey.
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Free money advice service helps south London residents manage more than £430,000 of debt - 24Dash 05/05/15
Kris Jones writes about the success of the Big Lottery funded Lambeth Face project helping young tenants.
Go to siteMyBnk on Westside Radio - Westside Radio 30/04/15
What drives the MyBnk entrepreneurial spirit? Why should every young person have an early enterprise experience?
Go to siteThe birds and the bucks: What should we teach children about money? - Virgin 15/04/15
MyBnk's Free Resources are highlighted in leading businessman, David Tait OBE's piece on the ins and out of what young people should learn about, moneywise!
Go to siteWhy are young people running their own banks? - Children & Young People Now 31/3/15
Our Head MyBnker at St. Michaels College tells the leading sector magazine what it is like runnin g their school's MyBnk-in-a-Box scheme.
Go to siteHannah & Annarrah from MyBnk talk Financial Education for young people - Share Radio 12/03/15
MyBnk Education Officer Hannah and volunteer Annarrah talk to Georgie Frost about how changes to the National Curriculum mean even more schools need our help.
Charity helps youths tackle finances - Press Association 06/03/15
The Press Association covers Global Money Week and the impact MyBnk is having on the lives of thousands of young people!
Go to siteExpert Interview with Maggie Morrissey on the Importance of Financial Education - Mint 24/02/15
MyBnk trustee, Maggie Morrissey shares her financial education knowledge in a Q&A session with Mint
Go to siteEnterprise education for young people with Blackstone - Market Watch 13/02/15
Blackstone Charitable Foundation talks about how their funding and how it will help MyBnk fund our new Business Battle Plus pilot programme
Go to siteKeep the branding out of financial education - Money Marketing 11/02/15
Tessa Norman writes for Money Marketing talking about branding in financial education and MyBnk's success with delivery partners.
My Brilliant Moment - Community Channel 02/02/15
MyBnk Education Project Manager Louise McNestrie talks to Community Channel about her ideas and passions for MyBnk.
Go to siteWhen should young people start learning about money? - BBC World Service 06/02/15
MyBnk's Co-CEO Lily Lapenna speaks to Fergus Nicoll about the right time and methods to help young people manage money. Starts at 14m 44s.
Go to siteYoung people's money skills rise - Press Association 05/02/15
Press Association talks about MyBnk's statistics in helping young people and our successful finance programmes.
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Children are the future - Financial Times 16/01/15
Iona Bain comments on the need for quality financial education in schools siting MyBnk's concerns at the limitations of the new National Curriculum
Go to siteLondon MEP talks about children and banking - Radio Jackie 16/01/15
London MEP Syed Kamall talks about his work with MyBnk and mistrust in banking
Go to siteWeekly Money: Round-up of the personal finance stories you may have missed - The Independent 16/01/15
MyBnk reckons that lack of trust in the big banks is leading to children turning their back on them and losing out on interest on their savings
Go to siteChildren 'failing to save in banks' - Charity Today 15/01/15
MyBnk CEO Lily Lapenna and London MEP Syed Kamall talk about the need for young people to learn about banking and how MyBnk are helping them do this
Go to siteChildren 'failing to save in banks' - Press Association 14/01/15
Young people are missing out on saving in banks and MyBnk have stepped up to help them learn the jargon and run their own banking programmes.
Go to siteEmergency stop: Why politicians should hit the brake on pension freedoms 09/01/15
David Brooks writes for Professional Adviser about how the wide range of pension choices can make people choose theirs unwisely, suggesting MyBnk as one organisation that can help people make better choices in these decisions
Go to siteMoney education is being left to chance on Scotland's school curriculum - Herald Scotland 27/12/14
Iona Bain puts the quality of financial education for young people under the spotlight in the Herald Scotland. MyBnk’s CO-CEO quoted
Go to siteABC of banking: This week on Share Radio’s Young Money Show - Young Money Blog 21/11/14
Iona Bain covers our recent appearance sharing the insights of financial education on Share Radio
Go to siteWhat is financial education really all about? - Share Radio 21/11/14
MyBnk’s Education Project Manager Geraldine Walton shares her insights on Share Radio the founder of Young Money Blog, Iona Bain.
Go to siteWhat makes a good start up? We take over the Sunny and Shay for Global Entrepreneurship Week - BBC Radio London 16/11/14
Senior Education Officer Hannah Jones, Syed Kamall MEP and our young business brains take over the airwaves. The timings are 13:20 - 25:45 & 30:13 - 41:15 & 43:10 - 54:53.
Go to siteYoungsters set up stalls in Petticoat Lane enterprise challenge - East London Advertiser 06/11/14
Mike Brooks reports on our business challenge with young people at IntoUniversity on Petticoat Lane market.
Go to siteWalthamstow youth-led bank launch - Waltham Forest 03/11/14
The Waltham Forest council reports on our new bank launch at Walthamstow School for Girls including special guest appearances from the mayor and the young mayor.
83% of young Brits not familiar with sustainable investment - Blue and Green Tomorrow 20/10/14
Ilaria Bertini of Blue and Green Tomorrow talks about Good Money Week and the recent findings on ethical money, MyBnk CEO Lily Lapenna giving her word on the matter as well.
Go to siteIt is time to think again about ethical money - The Independent 17/10/14
Simon Read of The Independent talks about the launch of Good Money Week and the importance of ethical money, bringing in organisations such as MyBnk and the financial education sessions we deliver.
Go to siteStudents at Walthamstow School for Girls have opened up a bank as part of their financial education - Waltham Forest Guardian 16/10/14
Zoie O'Brien, reporter for the Waltham Forest Guardian talks about financial education entering the national curriculum and young people at Walthamstow School for Girls opening their own youth-led bank as a part of this.
Go to siteMyBnk gets award for 'Moneywise' Kids - The Docklands & East London Advertiser 09/10/14
MyBnk has scooped the Evidence Award from Project Oracle for our work with young people, helping them to become more money-savvy.
Go to siteMoney charity expands to South West - Press Association 06/10/14
Press Association reports on MyBnk's further international expansion, bringing financial education to young people in both Plymouth and Cornwall.
Go to siteAn opportunity too important to miss - Society Matters 28/09/14
Our CEO Lily Lapenna writes for the British Building Societies Association on financial educations new home in the National Curriculum.
Go to siteStudent Money - BBC Radio 4 - 24/09/14
Paul Lewis of BBC Radio 4 Money Box discusses university loans and complications, linking in MyBnk's Uni Dosh session as a helpful aid.
Go to siteSocial Enterprises and Youth Dreams - UDN 21/09/14
Taiwan's state broadcaster Libi Lian Cai Bingru Zhang reports on MyBnk and how they are helping young people build their own enterprises with real loans, real markets and real profits. MyBnk from 8:30 - 12:00
Go to sitePenny Wise - Teach Secondary 19/09/14
Sal McKeown writes for Teach Secondary on financial education becoming part of the national curriculum and how important it is for young people to learn how to deal with their money, bringing in organisations like MyBnk to help make this happen.
The next generation - Pensions Age 17/09/14
How do you help young people understand complex products like pensions? David Adams investigates financial education, delivered by MyBnk.
Why school kids are being taught to save - Reuters 10/09/14
Hayley Platt reports in a video piece covering our school banking scheme as financial education joins England's National Curriculum.
Go to siteMoney workshops to help students - Press Association 03/09/14
The Press Association shows what MyBnk really does, from our finance workshops to our youth-led banks, CEO Lily Lapenna talks about the importance as we finally see financial education enter the national curriculum.
Go to siteMoney lessons - BBC Radio 4 30/08/14
Hannah Moore goes to the frontline examining financial education in the classroom.
Go to siteLessons in finance are just the beginning - Financial Times 29/08/14
Jonathan Eley looks at the introduction of financial education and the impact charities like MyBnk can have.
Go to siteHow to teach ... financial literacy - The Guardian 18/08/14
Emily Drabble showcases MyBnk's free resources and programmes to help teachers get ahead of the £ curve as financial education joins the National Curriculum.
Go to siteStudents in the North East prepare for uni with MyBnk - News Post Leader 18/08/14
The News Post Leader reports on young people at Ashington High School, preparing for the money side of university with our Uni Dosh programmes
Go to sitePedal Power to boost Financial Acumen - East London Advertiser 7/08/14
The East London Advertiser highlights MyBnk Prudential Ride fundraiser for frontline financial education and enterprise programmes for young people.
Financial Education in the National Curriculum - BBC Radio Oxford 23/07/14
MyBnk training and quality director, Steve Korris talks with Kat Orman on BBC Radio Oxford on financial education being in the curriculum and how MyBnk help young people learn about personal financing. From 14.59 to 23.35 and 28.44 to 35.22.
Go to siteLessons in finance: schoolchildren taught the value of everything - The Guardian 22/07/14
Katie Allen writes for The Guardian talking about the importance of learning financial education and what students at Heartlands High School learnt at their MyBnk session.
Go to siteWhat's money got to do with it? - Project M 22/07/14
Project M talks in their Global Agenda about how financial education programmes such as the ones we deliver can help young people learn to budget and save.
Go to siteInvest in financial literacy for long term gains - NewStart 03/07/14
NewStart talks about the importance of learning about financial literacy and how MyBnk's programmes can go about helping teach people about it.
Go to siteEnterprising St Michael's Students Donate their profits to CAFOOD - Billingham Community Newspaper 03/07/14
Local Billingham newspaper talks about the Enterprise-in-a-Box session ran by MyBnk North East and what they intend on doing with their profits.
Lessons in Money for the Big Brother Generation -24Dash 23/06/14
Emma Tedman writes for 24Dash on the Big Brother Money House that celebrated it's 1st birthday helping young people with finance.
Go to siteHow can students afford university? - BBC Radio 4 Moneybox 11/06/14
MyBnk's Uni Dosh programmes is highlighted in the flagship consumer affairs show.
Go to siteLaunch of Britain's New Radicals! - The Observer 8/06/14
The Observer and Nesta look back at previous New Radicals winners for this years contest.
Go to siteFunding to boost social enterprise skills - East London Advertiser 29/05/14
The Santander Foundation support delivery of over 3,000 Enterprise-in-a-Box programmes to young people!
Boot Camp - Croydon Guardian 23/05/14
We guide young people from a Pupil Referral Unit through our new two week enterprise programme: Mind Your Own Business.
Civil servants raise cash for MyBnk’s debt project - East London Advertiser 30/04/14
Mike Brooke reports on how UK Civil Servant volunteers are raising money to help our young people.
Go to siteMyBnk, My Business - Holloway Express 07/04/14
Chloe Stubbings of Holloway Express writes about MyBnk and how we help young people start up their own enterprises and run their own businesses.
Go to siteMoney Talk - North East Contact 04/14
Five Lamps runs their MyBnk sessions to help young people deal with university and their futures in this article from North East Contact.
Young People's Financial Woes are down to lack of Knowledge, not Funds - The Guardian 30/03/14
Katie Allen of The Guardian writes on MyBnk as they step in to help young people deal with financial education.
Go to siteStudent Finance Laid bare - Plotr 27/03/14
MyBnk Education Officer Yvonne lays down her top tips for student finance in this Plotr Q&A.
Go to siteThe World Gears Up to ‘Learn Money Week’ 2014 - Youth Lane 17/03/14
MyBnk's Learn Money Week campaign hits the front page of the first edition of East London's newspaper for young people by Young Global Leader Sabirul Islam.
Go to siteLearn Money Week on the Radio - BBC Radio London 16/03/14
Teachers and students from Westminster Academy join us and Justin Tomlinson MP for a special Learn Money Week and financial education show with Sunny and Shay.
Go to siteThe World's Youngest Banker - Die Welt and N-TV 19/03/14
Young Global Leader Carola Ferstl reports for German & Turskish news on MyBnk's youth banks More info here: http://ow.ly/uKf45
Go to siteHow NOT to Get Screwed by your Bank - The Fox Problem 15/03/14
Education Officer Hannah takes a step into the popular YouTube channel, The Fox Problem to talk about dealing with banking and making choices.
Go to siteMyBnk and Learn Money Week - 10/03/14
MyBnk CEO Lily Lapenna talks about her MyBnk journey all the way to Learn Money Week 2014.
Go to siteMyBnk's Youth Advisory Panel helps The Economist banker study - The Economist 10/03/14
The Economist's Tom Upchurch talks to our Youth Advisory Panel to understand what young people think about banks in the 21st century.
Go to siteMyBnk Embraces Learn Money Week - Press Association 04/03/14
The Press Association covers MyBnk's global Learn Money Week campaign.
Go to sitePupil Poster Competition to Protect the Pennies - Tivy-Side Advertiser 28/02/14
News from Wales were MyBnk is training cerdit unions to deliver financial education programmes.
Go to siteHigh School Students in Oklahoma Manage Finances - The Oklahoman 23/02/14
Students in Oklahoma take part in MyBnk's Learn Money Week.
Go to siteV is for value in education - Financial Times 14/02/14
The FT reports on our Learn Money Week campaign and A to Z of Money competition.
Go to siteOur educators give student finance advice in Q&A - The Guardian 31/01/14
Education Officer, Geraldine Walton gives a special Q&A on student finance.
Go to siteWhy you should start your pensions saving now - Money Observer 07/01/14
An article on why people should start thinking about pensions at an early age, MyBnk features as a charity that aids young people in these skills.
Go to siteStudents of Chester-Lee-Street Business Battle - Durham Times 26/12/13
Students of Chester-Lee-Street take part in a Business Battle making amazing profits in their entrepreneurship journeys. More info here: http://ow.ly/siEGz
Go to siteSimon Hughes MP Invites Young Social Entrepreneurs to Parliament - London SE1 22/12/13
Simon Hughes MP was so impressed with Walworth Academy's social enterprise project he has invited pupils to sell their wares at the House of Commons!
Go to siteFresh Priorities Prompt Bosses to Cut their Hours - Financial Times 05/12/13
There isn't just one way of working! Our CEO Lily Lapenna shares her enterprise story in this FT article by Alison Maitland
Go to siteYouth-Led Banking at St Martins - BBC Radio 4 23/11/13
MyBnk are on BBC Radio 4 Money Box with reporter Ben Carter talking about one of our most recent bank launches at St Martin in the Fields girls school.
Go to siteFinance Should be Taught in Primary Schools - Financial Times 20/11/13
Iona Bain of the FT writes on chief executive of the Institute of Financial Planning, Steve Gazzard's views that all primary schools should be taught financial education.
Go to siteSchool is one of capital's first to open bank - Newham Recorder 13/11/13
Adam Barnett of the Newham Recorder writes about Forest Gate Community School's youth-led bank launch.
Charity helps school launch bank - Press Association 13/11/13
Students at St Martin in the Fields High School launch the newest youth-led school bank with MyBnk banking over £100 in a single lunch time.
Go to siteWomen Who are destroyed by dept- Press Reader, Scottish Daily mail 7/03/2016
Jessica McKay reports on a new study showing women suffer disproportionate levels of debt compared to men. MyBnk comments and repeat calls for proper funding for effective financial education in schools.
Go to siteThe Importance of Financial Education with MyBnk - The Irish Times 10/06/13
The Irish Times’s profiles MyBnk and our enterprise education tie up with partner Foróige.
Go to siteLily Lapenna talks money - BBC Radio 5 17/06/13
BBC Radio 5’s Declan Curry and MyBnk CEO Lily Lapenna talk ethical finance for young people and the power of financial and enterprise education.
Go to siteIs Social Enterprise Sustainable? - Forbes India 18/06/13
Forbes India's Filipe Santos with Nigel Roberts writes about MyBnk’s place in the social enterprise world and the importance of financial education in schools.
Go to sitePeople need to be taught to avoid the disasters of debt - The Times 12/07/13
Christian Guy, director of the Centre for Social Justice writes for The Times Thunderer talking about how to stay out of debt, listing MyBnk as a means of assistance.
Go to siteYoung people learn skills needed to live independently in Big Brother-style flat - 24 Dash 17/07/13
N Dorrington writes about The Money House, an exciting project from the BIG Lottery Fund’s Improving Financial Confidence Programme.
Go to siteEnterprise education and the Olympic legacy - BBC Radio 5 Live 28/07/13
MyBnk is ‘On the Money’ with Declan Curry for an enterprise special! Helen Fitzhenry talks to Year 9 students at a Back My Business challenge at Leytonstone Secondary School. ODA chairman Sir John Armitt agrees that enterprise skills are desperately needed and that not all young people have to have a degree to be successful.
Go to siteYoung business brains embrace Enterprise and Money Skills week - 24Dash 13/08/13
Kelly Elliot writes for 24Dash about a successful Enterprise-in-a-Box session for Money Skills Week. In association with our partners Five Lamps and Cestria Community Housing, all participants are guaranteed an interview for an apprenticeship.
Go to siteYoung entrepreneurs in Chester-le-Street get taste of running own business - The Northern Echo 15/08/13
17 Chester-le-Street teenagers have been taking part in an Enterprise and Money Skills Week supported by Five Lamps designed to give them an insight into the world of work in The Northern Echo. All young people were offered an interview for an apprenticeship by Cestria Community Housing afterwards.
Go to siteBack to school special with MyBnk CEO Lily Lapenna - BBC Radio 5 Live 01/09/13
Lily Lapenna talks with guests on BBC Radio 5 Live about going back to school and how young people get on through work experience and working outside of their school lives.
Go to siteMyBnk shortlisted for Charity of the Year 2013 - The Guardian 17/09/13
The Guardian Charity Awards aim to showcase excellence among small and medium-sized charities. MyBnk's financial education services and enterprise offerings made the shortlist!
Go to siteQuality needed as financial education joins national curriculum - Daily Telegraph 12/09/13
MyBnk comment on the need to ensure quality as financial education becomes part of the national curriculum.
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Atinuke tells bankers: This is the way to do it - Islington Tribune 27/09/13
Amy Smith from The Islington Tribune talks to 13-year-old MyBnker about why she wants to help her fellow students save money.
Go to siteMP impressed with Greenwich project that invests in young people's futures - 24Dash 09/10/13
Nick Raynsford, MP visits ‘The Money House’ - a unique simulated living experience for young people. MyBnk built the curriculum for the project along with Hyde Housing.
Go to siteSchool to open new bank for student entrepeneurs - Waltham Forest Guardian 10/10/13
Excitement builds ahead of upcoming bank launch at Walthamstow School for Girls! Amelia Burr writes.
Go to siteGive Back: Supa Tuck - Money Maker Magazine 14/10/13
Young entrepreneur, Bejay Mulenga, talks about super charging his 'Supa Tuck' business through MyBnk's incubation project.
Go to siteWalthamstow School for Girls is one of five across London to participate in the MyBnk scheme - Waltham Forest Guardian 15/10/13
MyBnkers launch their newest school bank at Walthamstow School for Girls where local Mayor Nadeem Ali lines up to take part.
Go to siteQ&A With Lily Lapenna - Ogunte 21/10/13
Lily Lapenna does a question and answer session about MyBnk and her inspirations.
Go to siteMoney House helps make youngsters Cash Savvy - Royal Greenwich Times 22/10/13
Young tenants explain how our Money House project in partnership with Hyde Housing has helped them better understand and manage money.
Go to siteAn Interview with Lily Lapenna - Positive Luxury 23/10/13
Katherine Sparshatt of Positive Luxury talks to MyBnk’s CEO about her what she loves about her job, plans for the future, achievements and influences
Go to sitePeter Jones Academy students open Halloween pop-up shop in Letchworth - The Advertiser 25/10/13
12 teen-entrepreneurs from Peter Jones Academy open up their own Halloween themed pop-up shop in MyBnk's pilot of our new 'Mind Your Own Business' programme.
Go to siteFinancial skills and confidence building with MyBnk - CYPN 03/06/13 (£)
Children & Young People Now magazine conduct a case study on how MyBnk raises financial awareness and helps young people build money skills.
Go to siteMyBnk joins new pan-industry financial and enterprise education group - The Independent 24/04/13
Simon Read reports on the new joint taskforce coordinating financial literacy and enterprise efforts.
Go to siteYoung traders double their money with tote enterprise - London SE1 17/03/13
Our young Business Battlers from SouthSide Leaders Academy rake in the money!
Go to siteMoney management & apprenticeships chat - Reprezent Radio 16/3/13
Education Officer James Wilson answers questions on money management and apprenticeships from London's leading youth-led radio station.
Go to siteA Tax Policy Revelation at a MyBnk session - CNBC 26/03/13
A Learn Money Week session results in a 'revelation" for one RBS banker
Go to siteBudget 2013: news and education resources round up - The Guardian 24/03/13
"Definitely worth checking out." MyBnk's resources highlighted in Emily Drabble's round up of news stories, multimedia and teaching resources helping teachers explore George Osborne's fourth budget.
Go to siteFT supports UK student finance charity - Financial Times 14/03/13
The FT reports on our new exciting community partnership helping schools in Southwark.
Go to siteWhat aspects of personal and public finance should be taught in schools? - The Guardian 20/03/13
MyBnk's Guy Ridgen talks to Matthew Jenkins on what young people and teachers need to know about money.
Go to siteYoung social tenants get help with bedroom tax and benefits cap - 24 Dash 19/03/13
Max Salsbury from leading housing website 24Dash, reports on our pioneering £1m Big Lottery Lambeth 'FACE' project with young tenants, Money Works and Metropolitan Housing.
Go to siteHow to teach ... financial education - The Guardian 4/3/2013
Financial education will be on the curriculum from 2014, so now is a good time to start teaching it - MyBnk shows you how with our Learn Money Week resources!
Go to siteDarlington students can put their new life skills in the bank - Northern Echo 4/3/2013
MyBnk North wows pupils again!
Go to sitePersonal finance education to be compulsory - Daily Telegraph 06/02/13
Jessica Winch covers the new national curriculum proposals - including the thoughts of MyBnk CEO Lily Lapenna
Go to siteSurvey shows 15m UK adults have used a financial adviser - Financial Times (Adviser) 06/02/13
The FT's Donia O'Loughlin reports on Britons growing use of IFAs and our partnership with VouchedFor.com. Every review of an IFA generates £4 for MyBnk!
Go to siteJanuary money blues busters - Bliss 01/03/13
MyBnk's own head of Ed. Sharan Jaswal delivers her top pound saving tips for young people.
Mayor of Lambeth opens school bank - South London Press 31/01/13
South London's finest reports on the launch of St Martin in the Fields very own youth-led bank. Even the Mayor opened an account!
Go to siteFacing the financial facts of life - Financial Times 25/01/13
The Pink Un's Elaine Moore reports that charities like MyBnk are still relied on by schools to deliver financial education.
Go to siteTwo MyBnk school projects scoop financial education awards - Citizenship Magazine 01/01/13
Two schools win Citizenship Awards for their MyBnk microfinance scheme and money programmes.
Has financial education just become mainstream? - Children & Young People Now 03/12/12
On the back of MyBnk's award win, PJ White of youthmoney.org.uk discusses why financial education and youth work are made for each other.
Go to siteDoes society need banking? - Balance 26/10/12
Our CEO Lily Lappena writes for the British Bankers Association. The problem, what works and what she would do with policy.
Budding entrepreneurs battle it out in Apprentice-style market challenge in Enfield Town Market - Enfield Independent 05/09/12
Our young Business Battlers hit Enfield Market. Learning about enterprise, by doing it for real!
Go to siteJames Caan: Young people can take control of their future - Evening Standard 3/09/12
MyBnk cited as an organisation helping young entrepreneurs by star of BBC's Dragons Den and Chair of the government's £82m Start Up loans initiative.
Go to siteMicrofinance and enterprise education in action - Euronews, Learning World 10/08/12
We take Euronews to Langdon Park Secondary School on the eve of their first enterprise experience.
Go to siteBoys vs girls as budding entrepreneurs set up shop to sell their new products - Enfield Advertiser 06/09/12
More from the young enterprise front line!
Go to siteMyBnker makes front page as MyBnk collects CSJ award - Newham Recorder 30/07/2012
Young MyBnker makes the front page of his local newspaper as he attends the CSJ awards ceremony with the MyBnk team and CEO Lily Lapenna
Go to siteYouth guide to money, Education officer Hannah hits the air waves - BBC Radio 4, Money Box 28/07/2012
We join the National Debt Line, Shelter and others in a special edition guide to money for young people.
Go to siteTEDxExeter - Lily Lapenna: It's not all about chicken and chips - 15/04/12
MyBnk CEO Lily Lapenna has an idea worth spreading! At TEDxExeter she talks about the value of financial and enterprise education....and makes the audience dance!
Go to siteMyBnk wins Centre for Social Justice award tackling East End poverty - East LondonAdvertiser 12/07/12
Our local paper has the scoop as MyBnk receives a prestigious award from a respected think tank!
Go to siteIdeas to the crisis: a bank at school - El Mundo 17/06/12
Leading Spanish newspaper, El Mundo, examines the MyBnk project and whether it might be the long-term solution to Spain's financial crisis.
Go to siteCollege Students Partner with JP Morgan to Choose 2012 Give-It-Away Campaign - New York Times, 08/06/12
MyBnk scoop the European leg of a global competition to spread money and business lessons - globally!
Go to siteBanking crisis? High finance is child’s play in London schools - Evening Standard 29/05/12
London's essential evening newspaper reports on the enterprise and saving initiative of our bank at Forest Gate Community School, Newham.
Go to siteSchoolchildren take turn at being entrepreneurs & bankers - Financial Times 28/05/12
The UKs premier financial title reports on our youth-led enterprise banks as the government launches an £82.5m start up loan scheme.
Go to siteMeet Change Nation's innovators 26/03/12
Fifty of the world's leading innovators and entrepreneurs are in Dublin this week to help solve Ireland's greatest challenges in education, health, environment, economic development, civic participation and inclusion.
Go to siteTower Hamlets money charity awarded £27K 20/03/12
Hundreds of young people will have lessons on avoiding debt, thanks to a major grant.
Kids Mean Business. 19/03/12
Lily Lapenna speaks to First News about what it takes to start your own business, what inspires her and some of her greatest achievements to date.
Business and the world's 'invisible children'. 16/03/12
The future of 'invisible children' around the world depends on the success of entrepreneurs such as Jeroo Billimoria, Lily Lapenna and Puja Marwaha
Go to site15 charities named 'New Radicals. 22/02/12
Nesta and The Observer revealed MyBnk as No.1 in Britain's 50 New Radicals.
Go to siteBritain's 50 New Radicals- It's about saying you can do it'. 20/02/12
'Examples of inspirational Britons improving the lives of people and communities across the country in radical and creative ways.'
Go to siteInterview: Lily Lapenna talks to socialbusiness.org about the role microfinance plays at MyBnk. 16/02/12
MyBnk CEO Lily explores how the principles of microfinance influenced the development of MyBnk, as well as her inspiration sources and creative rituals.
Go to siteYoung people to have the confidence to deal with the financial services industry. 15/02/12
Change the world explores the roots of MyBnk and how the organisation has developed over the years.
Go to siteCapitalism with a conscience . 15/02/12
MyBnk CEO, Lily Lapenna partakes in a round table discussion encouraging sustainable business.
Go to siteMyBnk features in the BBC World Service weekend programme. 02/01/12
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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