Media Coverage
From The Financial Times to the BBC, everyone has something to say about MyBnk, financial education and enterprise for young people.
Business Charity Awards: Consortium – the Berkeley Foundation, the JP Morgan Chase Foundation and the L&Q Foundation with MyBnk for the Money House - Third Sector - 27/05/20
MyBnk's youth homelessness prevention programme wins a Third Sector Consortium Award.
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Engaging the Customer of Tomorrow - Chartered Banker's Institute - Magazine - 15/05/20
MyBnk features in this quarter’s publication from the UK’s largest professional body for bankers.CEO Guy Rigden leads in a special feature on financial education (p21). MyBnk Ambassador School, Walthamstow School for Girls, also features. Also available in podcast form (from 47 mins).
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Teaching Children about Money in Lockdown- Financial Times - 07/05/20
Lucy Warwick-Ching examines the important role of financial education to prepare children for an uncertain future".
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How to deliver financial education: Roundtable Prt.1 – Citywire/ New Model Adviser-30/04/20
"We tend to not speak about money to our kids. So they don't have an understanding of what it means." Carl Clark, MyBnk Education Officer discusses financial education supported by KickStart Money, along with Jane Goodland from MyBnk funder Quilter and Will Robins, Money Editor at New Model Advisor.
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App launches to teach children about money during lockdown - Moneywise - 01/05/20
Stephen Little reports on MyBnk's new free online home school programme for KS1.
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Financial lessons for children shift online due to coronavirus - Mail on Sunday - 19/04/20
Bringing money to the dinner table. Jeff Prestridge reports on how we're helping families save and spend wisely during the Covid-19 lockdown.
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The Mix - Coronavirus and money: An expert financial guide from MyBnk - 31/03/20
The Mix teams up with MyBnk to produce a corona virus money guide for young people.
Go to siteCityWire- Advisers channel Joe Wicks genius with financial education initiative - 31/03/20
You've heard of Joe Wicks, but have you heard of MyBnk? Laura Purkess talks about our Covid19 work with Unividual.
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Financial Adviser- IFA and charity team up to educate young people during Covid-19 - 31/03/20
Professional Adviser reports on Unividual and MyBnk's covid collaboration.
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Financial Planning Today- Chartered Planner backs online finance lessons for kids - 31/03/20
Chartered Financial Planning firm Unividual has joined forces with MyBnk to share home schooling financial education resources.
Go to siteCityWire- Failure to prepare for unexpected proves money lessons matter - 26/03/20
With the coronavirus crisis affecting us all, CityWire examines how MyBnk money lessons can help prepare young people for the unexpected.
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Consultancy.co.uk - Capco helps MyBnk with launch of financial education app - 18/03/20
Consultancy.co.uk reports on our new financial education app for families, produced with consultancy Capco.
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Salisbury Journal - Pembroke Park pupils showcase their financial skills to MP John Glen - 07/03/20
Katy Griffin reports on John Glen MP's visit to a KS2 MyBnk workshop at Pembroke Park School in Salisbury.
Go to siteMoneywise - New app launched to help families learn about money - 11/02/20
Moneywise reports on a new app from MyBnk and Capco Digital, helping families learn about money.
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Daily Express - Millions Face Debt Worry - 05/02/20
At a time when millions face debt worry, Quilter's Rachael Griffin talks to Daily Express about the relevance of financial education and MyBnk's primary school programme.
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Money Observer- 10-year plan launched to help savers and boost financial education for children - 24/01/20
Money Observer examines the government's new 10-year plan to help transform the nation’s financial health by getting more people to save regularly.
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The Sun - 10 Year Strategy to make Britons better off launched - 22/01/20
Guy Rigden speaks to The Sun about MAPS' new financial wellbeing strategy.
Go to siteMoneywise - 10-year strategy to make Britons better off launched - 21/01/20
Guy Rigden speaks to Moneywise about MAPS' new financial wellbeing strategy.
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The Parliamentary Review - Recognition for Walthamstow School for Girls pupil casts new light on concerns over Affinity Financial Advisors - 18/01/20
The publication examines Mominah Ramzan's financial education award win in more depth.
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East London & West Essex Guardian - Girl, 14, granted award for teaching pupils how to save money - 07/01/20
Walthamstow School for Girls pupil wins MyBnk award for services to financial education.
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Young Money Blog - Here's What Boris Johnson must do to win over young Britain - 16/12/19
Iona Bain highlights ways to ensure the new government is the most youth-friendly yet (including introducing compulsory financial education in schools!)
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BBC Radio London - Young Disabled People Can Manage Money - 16/12/19
MyBnk shares the findings of a new impact report showing young people with sensory impairments can learn to manage their money. We also discuss the state of financial education in UK schools.
Presenter Petrie Hosken chats Money Mechanics, a specialised money skills programme for young deaf and blind people, with Steve Korris, our Expansion and Impact Director.
Tech at Bloomberg- Data for Good Exchange 2019 London - 13/12/19
Co-hosted by Bloomberg and J.P. Morgan on the 21st of November, this year's Data for Good Exchange focused on addressing social mobility with data science. MyBnk CEO Guy Rigden was one of the evening's panelists.
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The Money Pages- Young disabled people can learn to manage money, say charities - 12/12/19
Two charities have offered evidence young disabled people can learn to manage their finances after a Tory MP suggested people with learning disabilities didn’t understand money.
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How can we get our children saving - Young Money Blog - 21/11/19
If you could only teach children one thing…what would it be? It’s a tough question – but research suggests that if there’s one key lesson parents can’t afford to neglect, it’s the importance of saving.
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Raising Savvy Savers - RBS- 18/11/19
Industry expert and Young Money blogger Iona Bain shares her insight into raising savvy savers.
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Teaching young care leavers how to manage their money - Newham Reporter- 07/11/19
19-year-old Josh shares his experience of our youth homelessness prevention scheme.
Improving Financial Education In Schools- AJ Bell Money and Markets- 31/10/19
Investors and stockbrokers firm AJ Bell and Shares Magazine interview MyBnk Education Officer Carl. Hear him from 10 minutes in.
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Doubling the national savings rate - BBC Radio Kent - 22/10/19
David Braithwaite discusses recent MyBnk research showing that if we teach children about money at age 7, it will will double the national savings rate. 1 in 5 adults have less than £100 saved.
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Teaching 7 year olds about money doubles the likelihood they will set savings goals - Moneywise - 22/10/19
Rachel Lacey reports on our latest primary school age impact report.
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Industry taps into growing need for financial education - International Adviser - 18/10/19
The trade publication examines MyBnk's primary school age offering and latest independent evaluation as part of the KickStart Money initiative.
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Bringing financial education to young adults - BBC Merseyside - 07/10/19
Tony Snell visits our survival money management programme with young adults on a Princes Trust scheme,
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Yorkshire Post - Lessons in finance could ease the debt problems of the future - 16/10/19
Conal Gregory takes a deep dive into efforts to improve young people's financial literacy featuring our new project with Stepchange.
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Changing the lives of young people who are deaf or blind - City AM - 07/10/2019
Our Education Officer Rebecca Bartlett shares how Money Mechanics has been helping to end the 'double disadvantage' of money management for those with disabilities.
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Never too young to learn about money - FT Adviser - 02/10/19
Scott Stevens from our funders Quilter explains how the financial planners of tomorrow need financial education today
Go to siteGetting financial education right - Young Money Blog - 24/09/19
Financial education has been on the curriculum since 2014 in England. But is it really working? Iona Bain joins other financial sector leaders in calling for effective money lessons for young people - citing MyBnk's own research with MUFG.
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Lessons in money: Time to teach it better? - TRT World 'Roundtable' - 11/09/19
We join David Foster and guests to make the case for financial education to start at primary school age.
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The hard lessons I learned when broke and homeless are helping my charity work - The Guardian - 06/09/19
Our new young Trustee shares her story of how homelessness, leaving care and money struggles have shaped her career and joining MyBnk. Also features impact evaluation from The Money House project.
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Kids clueless - The Sun - 01/09/19
What should children and young people know about money, and when? MyBnk lends our insights to Daniel Jones.
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Young people miss out on financial education - TalkRADIO - 28/08/19
Alastair Stewart discusses a report by the National Citizenship Service which finds many young people in the UK are not receiving financial education. MyBnk's work with the outfit features along with a money guide for parents and young people.
Go to siteMyBnk young trustee named as awards judge - The Guardian - 25/07/19
Our new young trustee, Yasmin Drakes, has been appointed as a judge at the Guardian Public Service Awards!
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'I was in a financially abusive relationship’ - The Independent - 26/07/19
'I was in a financially abusive relationship’ - Our Ambassador Sharan Jaswal talks to Poorna Bell about the importance of financial independence.
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"I was £20K in debt at uni MINUS student loans" - Squanderlust Podcast - 23/07/19
Our Ambassador Sharan Jaswal talks w/ Martha Lawton about the emotional side of personal finance, the role of financial education for young people and the story of MyBnk.
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"I've seen the benefits firsthand!" - IOM Today - 23/07/19
Two years on from his MyBnk session, a young person returns to the classroom supporting us as a volunteer.
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Financial education live - BBC Worldwide - 05/07/19
Susannah Streeter joins MyBnk and funders Kickstart Money on the frontline of financial education for young people. Our founder Lily Lapenna discusses how it all came about.
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Financial education live - BBC News - 03/07/19
Why teach 7 year olds about money? We take BBC News to the UK’s frontline of financial education with pupils, teachers, parents, funders & fintech to make the case.
Go to siteWhat do children make of key financial terms? - BBC News - 03/07/19
The BBC catches up with a group of primary school children who have received money lessons from MyBnk and listens to their explanations of key financial terms.
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Ripped off - BBC Radio London - 28/06/19
Our Head of Education for Young Adults Nick Smith Patel talks rip offs, choice, disposable income, £5 ice creams and the state of financial education for young people in the UK on the Vanessa Feltz show.
Go to siteMoneywise reveals its Personal Finance Teachers of the Year 2019 - MoneyWise - 18/06/19
One of the award judges, MyBnk CEO Guy Rigden, shares how he helped choose this year's winners!
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Kids say the funniest things: what I learnt in a finance class with eight-year-olds - Daily Telegraph - 14/06/19
Personal Finance Editor Lauren Davidson sits in on our Money Twist KS2 sessions at Ark Brunel with Kickstart Money and funders Quilter.
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Robert Halfon MP visits Kingsmoor Academy for Kickstart Money Project - Your Harlow - 08/06/19
Robert Halfon, MP for Harlow, visited Kingsmoor Academy in Harlow today to witness how its pupils are taking advantage of an award-winning financial education programme – the Kickstart Money project, delivered by MyBnk.
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Snuffle high tech piggy banks make pocket money pay off - Daily Mail 29/05/19
"As we use new tools such as online banking & saving apps, the lessons for young people can remain the same". Our Head of Comms. Declan Wilkes talks with Fiona Parker.
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Students learn about managing personal finances - Manx Radio - 21/05/19
Manx Radio speaks to students at St Ninans High School taking part in expert-led money lessons with MyBnk and Old Mutual Wealth International.
Go to siteChildren should be improving their financial skills - FT Adviser - 20/05/19
CEO Guy Rigden shares how the new Money and Pensions Service can help ensure all young people receive a meaningful financial education.
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Kids ‘can’t work out change’ due to card payments and cashless society - Daily Star - 21/05/19
Jack Andrews reports on our take on the changing money landscape for young people.
Go to siteChildren 'are unable to work out change' because of the prevalence of card payments, research reveals - Daily Mail - 20/05/19
MyBnk shares how parents can help mitigate the side-effects of the declining use of cash on children with Education Editor Eleanor Harding.
Go to siteMoney Skills for Schools Weeks comes to the Isle of Man - IOM Today -14/05/19
A project, led by the charity MyBnk, that will allow 750 secondary school students and young carers to develop their understanding of money matters and learn skills to help them manage their personal finances is underway.
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What’s the best age to start children on pocket money? - Starling Bank - 02/05/2019
Parents, pocket money and positive habits. The challenger bank talks to our Head of Education - School age for money tips and tools.
Go to siteMoney lessons in action - Moneywise - 01/04/2019
Editor Rachel Rickard Straus finds out what pupils learnt in our secondary school workshop. Includes an adult public finance challenge!
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Putting the mechanics into money - Thurrock Independent - 15/0/3/19
Former St Clere’s student Adam Rivers returned to his former school to see how our Money MEchanics project was helping young people with sight impairments learn how to manage their money.
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Millennial money: The benefits of a good education - The Times - 09/03/19
Laura Whateley investigates a range of financial education initiatives including the impact of MyBnk's unique offering for young people.
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Supporting care leavers transition into independent living - BBC Radio 4 Moneybox - 06/03/19
The BBC's flagship personal finance programme talks to a young person on The Money House project in a special edition focusing on care leavers.
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Top 100 Changemakers 2019 - The Big Issue - 18/01/19
MyBnk makes The Big Issue's list celebrating the thinkers, creators and agitators striving for a better world in 2019.
Go to siteFinancial education ‘prevents youth homelessness’ - Good News Shared - 14/12/18
Nisha Kotecha reports on the impact of The Money House project.
Go to siteThis letting agency is giving young care leavers a hand-up with housing - Big Issue - 13/12/18
MyBnk's work is referenced in a report on a letting agency's youth scheme.
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'Don’t just sign the paper – read the terms': teenagers learn financial lessons - The Observer - 13/12/18
Harvey Jones speaks to young people about the impact our youth homelessness prevention scheme, The Money House, had on their lives.
Go to siteFive tips to stop your little children blowing every penny when they land their first job - Mail on Sunday - 09/12/18
Jeff Prestridge speaks to MyBnk about what young employees need to know when managing their finances.
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More than half of UK students risk running out of money before next loan payment - University Business - 05/12/18
Research by Campus Living Villages reveals the need for our new university focused financial education programme: #MoneyHacks!
Go to siteMoney skills course reduces number of young people being evicted by nearly two thirds - Newham Recorder - 06/12/18
Rhiannon Long reports on how our homelessness prevention scheme is helping young people in East London.
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More than half of students face running out of money before next loan - Open Access Government - 27/11/18
The leading sector website reports on our new financial education programme, #MoneyHacks
Go to siteA financial education project has driven a 64 per cent drop in evictions - The Big Issue - 27/11/18
Liam Geraghty reports on how our specialist financial capability programme is helping reduce youth homelessness.
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Two-year study shows financial education ‘prevents youth homelessness’ - 24 Housing - 26/11/18
Bill Tanner examins how MyBnk's ‘simulated living’ money skills programme has seen dramatic reductions in the number of vulnerable young people being evicted from UK social housing.
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Financial literacy crisis: How to teach your child about the value of money - The Independent 15/11/18
Tara Lepore reports on MyBnk's campaign with Kickstart Money to bring financial education to UK primary schools.
Go to site'It shouldn't just be touched upon but should become a full part of the curriculum' - Daily Mail - 08/11/18
A MyBnk family case study features in Angelique Ruzicka's young savings investigation in This Is Money.
Go to siteBlack Box Thinking in financial education: do money lessons really work? - The Young Money Blog - 26/10/18
Editor Iona Bain analyses the effectiveness of money lessons for young people and the case for evidence-based policy making using MyBnk's latest research.
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Financial education creates five-fold return on investment, study finds - Money Marketing - 22/10/18
Justin Cash revels more about our Money Advice Service funded report into the impact of financial education lessons on young adults
Go to siteVulnerable young people offered financial education cut their debts by 60% - while their peers see borrowing rise by 50% - Moneywise - 22/10/18
Stephen Little reports on the impact of MyBnk's money skills workshops for vulnerable young adults.
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£900m return on financial education for care leavers & NEETS - PressSat - 22/10/18
Debts down, savings up
The news wires report on how financial education intervention “elevates playing field” for UK’s vulnerable young adults.
Aberdeen primary pupils get ahead of the money curve - Aberdeen Evening Express - 07/10/18
Jodie Molyneux reports on the visit of a local councillor to our money skills programmes for children.
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Financial education pays off - Jazz FM - 04/10/18
MyBnk took to the airwaves to discuss the findings of a savings report on young people's money habits.
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Financial education = Saving - Sunrise Radio - 03/10/18
MyBnk discusses the findings of a savings report on young people's money habits.
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Start them young - School House - 27/09/18
Emma Love reports on the state of financial education in UK schools, including MyBnk's model of using trained experts.
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"There's no pockets in a shroud!" - Rooster Money - 21/09/18
Our Money Mechanics Project Manager Nadfia has a quick 🔥 money interview with the saving app.
Go to siteCan we teach our way out of the debt crisis? - Big Issue -
Liam Geraghty talks to our Director of Education about the state of financial education in UK schools and how projects like The Money Hosue are helping bridge the gap in provision beyond the classroom.
Go to site"Schools should be doing a lot more!" BBC Radio Kent
MyBnk hit the airwaves on David Braithwaite's hour long special on financial education. Listen to our hot take on what is driving record high levels of personal debt and low saving rates.
Go to siteHow to excite young people about money - Moneywise - 17/08/18
Holly Black reports on how our experts get young people interested in finance.
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Primary purpose - Pensions Age - 23/07/18
MyBnk speaks to Andy Knaggs about the evidence based case for compulsory financial education in primary schools.
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MyBnk shortlisted for award - Charity Times - 19/07/18
The Money House, our financial capability programmes designed to prevent youth homelessness makes the cut!
Go to siteEast Ham MP helps primary school pupils tackle personal finance
Rhiannon Long reports from the frontline of our financial education workshops for 7-11 year olds with Kickstart Money.
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Children not prepared for working life - Sunday Express - 01/07/18
Harvey Jones reports on our work to help build a national savings culture and prevent debt.
Go to siteTeach primary school pupils about finance, say City firms - The Guardian - 28/06/18
Education Correspondent, Sally Weale, reports on the push for compulsory money lessons for young people, supported by MyBnk and Kickstart Money.
Go to siteTeaching kids about money works - Moneywise - 28/06/18
Young people can be taught how to save and delay gratification. Rachel Lacey covers the results of our financial education study.
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Primary Financial Education Programme Kickstart Money Visits Westminster - PR Newswire - 28/06/18
The press wires pick up on our groundbreaking financial education study into money lessons in English primary schools.
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"If I hadn’t had come here I’d have been kicked out" - 24 Housing - 26/06/18
Four years after attending The Money House, Victoria, a then teen single mum, speaks to 24 Housing about the impact of our financial education project on her family's lives.
Go to site"I made that mistake before and it cost – it would have cost me again" - 24 Housing
Jaymie, 19, talks to the leading housing publication about her experience going through our homlessness prevention scheme, The Money House.
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How managing personal finances impacts the economy - Economica - 05/06/18
Clive Parritt, master of the Chartered Accountant’s Livery Company, considers how financial literacy is crucial to the UK’s economic health.
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Education minister backs money skills programme - Gallery - 01/06/18
Excellent feature piece on our money skills awareness week for young people on the Isle of Man.
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Money Skills for Schools Week - 3FM - 08/05/18
The Isle of Man's leading radio station meets students and teachers benefiting from MyBnk and Old Mutual International's financial education initiative.
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MP schooled on money skills project - Harrow Times - 02/05/18
Rory Butler reports on Bob Blackman MP's visit to our Kickstart Money primary school workshop.
Go to siteChilden aged 11 learn to plan their finances - Isle of Man Today - 23/05/18
See the impact of MyBnk's financial education programme in schools on the Isle of Man!
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"Money makes the world go round!" - Deafie Blogger
Ellen Parfitt AKA Deafie Blogger visits our Money Mechanics project w/ the Royal Association for Deaf people.
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Finance lessons before sex education say parents - Financial Planning 12/04/18
The financial planning sector reports on our PSHE report into money lessons in schools
Go to site'We’re all responsible for teaching kids about finance’ - Moneywise - 29/03/18
Helen Knapman reports on readers attitudes towards financial education - also referring to MyBnk's PSHE parents study.
Go to siteSchools need to spend more time on financial education - Moneywise - 13/03/17
Edmund Greaves reports on our PSHE parents study on attitudes towards financial education in schools.
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Charities teach young deaf people about finance with BSL video - Limping Chicken - 11/01/18
The world's most popular deaf blog reports on UK’s first British Sign Language financial jargon buster video, developed for our Money Mechanics programme.
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Flat opens up world of finance - Children & Young People Now - 27/02/18
The UK's leading youth sector publication features The Money House as a best practice case study.
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Robert Gardner, Founder of Redington, a pensions firm backing our primary programme via Kickstart Money, makes the case for starting financial education young.
Go to siteShould financial education be a part of the primary school curriculum? - Politics Home - 30/01/18
The Rt Hon the Lord Hutton of Furness writes about the push for compulsory financial education for primary schools, exemplified by MyBnk's work with Kickstart Money
Go to siteTommy Sheppard MP visits student money masterclass - Edinburgh Reporter - 16/01/18
Nigel Duncan reports on the visit of Tommy Sheppard MP to our primary school money skills programme in Scotland.
Go to siteCharity alliance creates first ever visual British Sign Language money dictionary - Charity Digital News - 09/01/18
Austin Clark reports on UK’s first British Sign Language financial jargon buster video, developed for our Money Mechanics programme.
Go to siteMP visits The Money House - Newham Recorder - 29/11/17
Newham MP Stephen Timms checks into our newly expanded financial capability scheme for young people.
Go to sitePupils learn hard lessons about money - Liphook Herald - 21/11/17
Pupils have donated nearly £200 to ensure they receive money lessons from MyBnk!
Go to siteChildren need courses in computing and finance - The Guardian - 22/11/17
Our Head of Communications Declan Wilkes writes in The Guardian on how more young people can receive a quality financial education.
Go to site"I'll be debt free in two years, bloody brilliant" - London Live - 13/11/17
Donna shares her story on how MyBnk helped her avoid eviction on London Live thanks to The Money House programme.
Go to siteRead your way to financial fitness - The Sunday Times - 05/11/17
MyBnk gives our tips to Anna Temkin.
Go to siteManaging money can be the difference between young people surviving or struggling - Newham Recorder - 02/11/17
Sophie Morton reports on the expansion of the Money House - a specialised financial capability programme for vulnerable young people moving into into independent living.
Go to siteThe illiteracy epidemic - City AM - 26/10/17
Financial education is the solution says Jane Goodland from Old Mutual Wealth - one of the 19 backers of Kickstart Money and MyBnk's primary school delivery.
TalkRadio - 19/10/17
How do adults end up in debt?
It starts young. We talk with Paul Ross and Carole Malone. 15m in (09:30 - 10:00)
"How can we solve the youth debt crisis?" - BBC Radio London - 16/10/17
MyBnk CEO Guy Rigden joins Vanessa Feltz discussing why young people are so vulnerable to getting into debt. 37m in.
Go to siteHow much sympathy do you have for young people with loads of debt? - BBC Three Counties Radio - 16/10/17
The JVS Show talks to MyBnk's CEO Guy Rigden about the youth debt crisis. 51m in.
Go to site"Why are young people in so much debt?" - 'The Today Programme' BBC Radio 4 - 16/10/17
John Humphreys explores how young people deal with debt with MyBnk's Education Director Sharan Jaswall and Lord Willetts. 2hr 54m in.
Go to siteHow children as young as five are learning about finance - 15/10/17
Moira O'Neil investigates how MyBnk and others bring money to life for young people in schools with expert-led workshops.
Go to siteHow do we fix the youth debt credit crisis? - Sky News - 6/10/17
How will young people cope with unsecured debts when interest rates rise? MyBnk were in the studio to share how education was the best defence against financial hardship.
Go to siteBig bucks for young traders - Waltham Forest Guardian - 01/08/17
Laura O'Callaghan reports on our enterprise education market challenge in North London.
Go to siteStudent loan debt: Your questions answered - BBC News - 24/07/17
MyBnk's Education Director Sharan Jaswal helps young people find out what owing tens of thousands of pounds means for their credit rating and hopes of owning a home.
Go to siteKickstarting financial education - Pensions Age - 17/07/17
Charles McCready of the Tax Incesntivised Savings Association, writes for the leading sector magazine on how MyBnk's primary school project is "a serious
statement of intent by the industry to play a part in finding the solution."
“Barely any help for young blind & deaf people” - Enable 5/7/17
The sector leading website reports on Money Mechanics, our new financial education programme for young people with sensory impairments.
Go to siteThe scandal of hardship facing young deaf/blind people - Young Money Blog - 28/06/17
Iona Bains reports on the launch of our new financial education programme for young people with sensory impairments: Money Mechanics - supported by Players of the People's Postcode Lottery.
Go to siteAdd it up – maths gives young people the very best chance of succeeding - Press & Journal - 20/06/17
Aberdeen Asset Management talk to regional press about the upcoming launch
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MyBnk founder honoured in Queens Birthday list - Daily Mirror - 16/06/17
Ann Gripper reports on our founder becoming an MBE.
Go to siteMyBnk founder made MBE - Daily Telegraph - 16/06/17
James Quinn reports on the Queens Birthday honours list
Go to sitePutting finance on primary timetables - FT Adviser - 14/06/17
See how our Kickstart Money project is helping 7-11 year olds forge positive money mindsets.
Go to siteCity Firms pledge £1m to equip children with money skills - City Matters - 05/06/17
The square mile mag reports on our new primary project!
Go to siteNumbers up - The Sunday Times - 29/05/17
Iona Bain reports on people's fear of numbers - highlighting our primary school workshops as a way forward.
Go to siteRent Arrears: The human element - Housing Excellence - 24/05/17
Mark Cantrell cites our new project The Money House as a way social landlords can reduce rent arrears.
Go to sitePrimary pupils to gain money skills - Press & Journal - 22/05/17
Keith Findlay reports on free financial education programmes coming to Scotland
Go to siteFinancial firms support primary school money lessons - Moneywise - 16/05/17
Editor Moira O'Neill has more on our Primary schools money
skills project.
City firms back Kickstart Money - City AM - 15/05/17
Olive Gill reports on our serious statement of intent in campaign for compulsory money lessons for primary schools
Go to siteTop advice names call for financial education in school curriculum - Money Marketing - 15/05/17
Justin Cash reports on how firms from the City of London are helping MyBnk bring money lessons to 7-11 year olds
Go to siteHats off to the City - Daily Mail - 13/05/17
Jeff Prestidge reports on our new money skills project for primary schools.
Go to siteSitting in on a MyBnk lesson - Moneywise - 11/05/17
Moneywise editor Moira O’Neill spent a day with financial education charity MyBnk to see how it teaches personal finance in secondary schools.
Go to sitePupils open London Stock Exchange for money skills week - Newham Mag - 11/05/17
The council magazine has the dispatch from our London Stock Exchange event.
Go to siteBusinessmen of the future - Yellow Advertiser - 05/04/17
Rudi Abdallah reports on our young entrepreneurs making a hundred per cent profit down Walthamstow Market by selling their own t-shirts and tote bags.
Go to siteWhat's your take on primary financial education? - Professional Adviser - 15/05/17
Victoria McKeever has an IFA take on our new Primary project
Go to siteNew breed of market traders - Waltham Forest Guardian - 04/04/17
Joe Roberts reports on our enterprising young people's first taste of the world of business.
Go to sitePupils help open London Stock Exchange - Newham Recorder 30/03/17
Schools benefiting from financial education programmes funded by Prudential plc help us celebrate Global Money Week.
Go to siteThe Surgery: Money - BBC Radio 1 29/03/17
Financial education hits the airwaves! Hannah Jones, our Training & Quality Manager, helps young people get to grip with their money worries in a BBC special. Clip: http://tinyurl.com/ljfpyge
Go to siteFrom drawing board to Brixton Market - South London Press - 23/02/17
Shuz Azam reports on our enterprise education challenge with young people via IntoUniversity.
MyBnk rises to the Brixton business challenge - City AM - 23/02/17
City AM visits our Business Battle challenge with young entrepreneurs at IntoUniversity, supported by Players of People's Postcode Lottery.
Go to siteStudents gain vital money skills in week of workshops - Isle of Man Today - 12/02/17
"Young people here face unique challenges" - Jackie Turley reports from the frontline of our new money skills projects for young people on the Isle of Man.
Go to site1,000 young blind and deaf people to benefit in money skills project - Children & Young People Now - 06/02/16
Neil Puffett reports on our Dream Fund project in the UK's leading youth sector publication.
Go to siteMoney Skills for Schools Week hits Isle of Man - 3FM - 7/02/17
MyBnk arms hundreds of students with vital money skills - supported by volunteers from Old Mutual International and backed by the Department for Education & Children.
Go to siteFinancial skills for blind teens - Optometry Today - 02/02/17
Report on our new People's Postcode Lottery funded project helping young blind and deaf people to manage their finances. More here http://tinyurl.com/jhd4zgw
Go to siteIt is time to close the knowledge gap - The Times - 21/01/16
Anna Temkin examines financial confidence young in women using impact findings from MyBnk's financial education programmes.
Go to siteMyBnk wins the Dream Fund - Third Force News - 25/01/17
Money Mechanics, our new financial education programme for young people with The Royal Association for Deaf people and The Royal London Society for Blind People, wins the People’s Postcode Lottery Dream Fund.
Go to siteFestive money tips from MyBnk - BBC Radio 1, The Surgery with Gemma and Dr Radha - 14/12/16
Gemma ma Cairney and Dr Radha talk with MyBnk Education Director Sharan Jaswal on how to take the money and the stress out of Christmas. 21ms in.
Go to siteHow do we do it - BBC Radio 4 Money Box Live - 14/12/16
Louise Cooper talks to MyBnk CEO Guy Rigden on how we won a Guardian Charity Award. 16m 14s in.
Go to siteMyBnk win Charity Award - The Guardian - 13/12/16
MyBnk has won a national award for our work helping young people manage their money and start their own enterprise.
Go to site"This course changed my life" - The Guardian - 13/12/16
The Guardian talked to young people on our Money Works programme about how we are helping them take control of their financial lives.
Go to siteStudents cash in with MyBnk – Hounslow Gazette - 21/11/16
Students at Isleworth's The Green School made a £250 profit with MyBnk's Entreprise-in-a-Box programme.
Greenwich money project wins national award - News Shopper - 03/12/2016
More from the ‘award winning’ MyBnk consultation project with Hyde Housing!
Go to sitePublic Service Awards winner: The Money House - The Guardian 30/11/2016
Saba Salman reports on our consultation project, The Money House, helping young people keep their homes - winning a major national award!
Go to siteNo gain without pain: Children and financial education - Pensions Expert - 17/11/2016
MyBnk's CEO gives his thoughts on getting young people savings, Sophia Imeson reports during Financial Capability Week.
Go to siteFinancial Capability Week 2016 - 16/11/2016
MyBnk participant Elona recounts her experience of receiving financial education from MyBnk as research suggests teenagers are ‘ill-prepared’ in money management.
Go to siteGet financially fit with the click of a mouse – The Times - 05/11/2016
Anna Temkin, from Times Money highlights MyBnk's digital offering in a report covering online financial education.
Go to siteMyBnk shortlisted for Charity of the Year - The Guardian 26/10/2016
MyBnk joins 29 other UK initiatives on the shortlist - chosen from over 700 outfits!
Go to siteMinister joins students in financial education masterclass - Southampton Daily Echo 21/10/16
A Hampshire MP has urged teachers and youth groups to take advantage of free money skills programmes for young people which could help them stay out of debt further down the line.
Founder shares our mission - BBC News 16/10/2016
Founder Lily Lapenna shares our financial capability mission with Sally Bundock on Business Live.
Go to siteFinancial education in the work place - Standard Life 29/09/2016
Standard Life's Susie Logan talks to MyBnk, exploring financial education within the workplace.
Go to siteYoung girls 'not financially confident' - Children & Young People Now 27/09/16
MyBnk, crunched the data on over 1,200 students taking part in their financial education workshops during 2014/15 - covering everyday personal finance issues such as budgeting, saving, pensions, tax and public finance.
Go to siteMyBnk take it digital - DotEveryone 19/09/2016
We talk to DotEveryone about our new digital skills programme.
Go to siteIs there enough being done to help young people find work? - Recruiting Times 29/08/2016
New research shows that more can be done to support young people in the search for work after exams - including providing better financial education.
Go to siteThe beginning of the gender pay gap? - Share Radio 25/08/16
Georgie Frost talks to MyBnk on our latest study. 48% of girls not confident w/ £ and lag behind boys whilst getting less financial education and pocket money. See the release here http://tinyurl.com/zc34ecc
Home schooling: teach your children to save - The Times 13/08/16
Iona Bain takes in some top tips from MyBnk for parents wanting to help their children master money!
Go to siteMy Life - Helping Sixth Formers make informed decisions - Children & Young People Now 19/08/16
Miguel, 17, tells the sector leading magazine how MyBnk helped him understand student finance and the types of support available
Changing student finance system in England causing confusion and undoing financial education efforts - The Independent 21/07/16
Aftab Ali reports on MyBnk's call for effective financial education for Sixth Formers to counter confusion of student finance changes.
Go to siteDo your kids know enough about how money works? - Daily Mail 14/06/16
Eleanor Lawrie examines how schools are using MyBnk's expert-led financial education programmes to help pupils master money.
Go to siteThe MyBnk story – Share Radio 19/07/16
Our CEO Guy Rigden talks to Simon Rose about what we do, how we help and why our work matters on the The Entrepreneur Show
Go to siteMyBnk arms Newham youths with vital money skills – Newham Mag 14/07/16
See how our expert trainers are bringing financial education to life at a grassroots level
Should higher education introduce financial education to the curriculum? - The Independent 13/06/2016
Daniel Khalili-Tari makes the case for money lessons for higher education student and MyBnk backs him!
Go to siteMyBnk joins new Entrepreneurial APPG - City AM 06/06/16
Alan Mac MP writes for the sector leading newspaper on how MyBnk helps build the next generation of entrepreneurs!
Go to siteWhy Schools Should Encourage Entrepreneurship – Huffington Post 06/06/16
Annabel Denham talks to the leading news website about our role in the new Parliamentary group for entrepreneurs.
Go to siteBringing money lessons to young offenders – Inside Time 31/05/16
Sharan Jaswal speaks to the dedicated magazine for those in the justice system about our vital work to help rehabilitate young offenders through financial education
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Less #YOLO, more #JOMO - Creditcards.com 29/04/16
Marianne Curphey talks to MyBnk Founder and Co-Chair Lily Lapenna about what millennials really think about debt.
Go to siteSouthampton: schools get a taste of financial education 8/03/2016
Old Mutual wealth & Mybnk join forces in helping the youth of Southampton managed their finances.
Locals are regions most money smart youths - North Devon Gazette 13/03/16
Sarah Howells reports on a new study by MyBnk on youth financial capability.
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Women Who are destroyed by debt - Daily Mail 07/03/16
Jessica Mackay talks to MyBnk CEO Guy Rigden about how Education Departments of all Home Nations need to back financial education lessons for young people that work to close the gender gap.
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Breaking the mould. Women making inroads in finance - The Investor 03/03/16
Neasa MacErlean talks to MyBnk Founder and Co-Chair Lily Lapenna on the sucsess of financial education for young people.
Go to siteYoung entrepreneurs clean up and sell out - South London Press 27/02/16
Young market traders have doubled their dough after an enterprise
education challenge!
MyBnk go Digital - Catford Central 29/02/16
MyBnk reveals our latest financial education programme for you people as part of the Go-On Lewisham digital skills project with Lloyds Bank.
Go to siteOur new delivery hub hits the airwaves - BBC Radio Solent 22/02/16
Louisa Hannan finds out all about MyBnk’s new money skills programme for students in Southampton with Old Mutual Wealth. 2h 17m in
Go to siteWhy it pays to teach school children about the world of finance - Daily Mail 13/02/16
The Daily Mail investigates how organisations like MyBnk are going beyond the national curriculum to help young people manage their money.
Go to siteSeven ways to make saving fun for children - Daily Telegraph 7/01/16
Esther Shaw reports on how resources like MyBnk's Story of Money can help bring saving to life!
Go to siteHow the industry can help improve financial literacy in young people - Mortgage Strategy 8/12/15
MyBnk’s Head of Communications pens a piece for the leading sector magazine on how the UK industry can help support what works in helping young people dodge debt.
Go to siteMyBnk charity wins care award for teaching teenagers how to be thrifty - East London Advertiser 5/12/15
Mike Brooke reports on the recognition of our intervention programme Money Works as the UK’s best project for young people leaving care.
Go to siteLeaving Care Award Winners 2015 - MyBnk! Children & Young People Now - 28/11/15
The leading youth sector magazine profiles our now award winning money skills programme for young people leaving the state care system.
My Life: Youth Advisory Panel - Children & Young People Now 21/11/2015
Joesph, 13, shares how he helps build money lessons for young people via MyBnk's YAP with the leading education sector magazine.
Go to siteModel citizens - 40 in Finance, making a difference - Financial News 16/11/15
Founder & Co-CEO of MyBnk Lily Lappena is amongst this years making a difference list.
Why millennials need pensions to be their flexible friend - CityWire 11/11/2015
MyBnk's Co-CEO Guy Rigden discusses how we can make pensions work for young people.
Go to siteMyBnk's new money skills project set to help 4,000 young people - London Live 10/11/15
MyBnk's Training & Quality Manager Steve Korris discusses our new financial education project supported by the players of the People's Postcode Lottery.
Go to siteFunded money skills workshops for Cornish schools - Pirate FM 10/11/15
The South West reports on our latest financial education project.
Go to siteYou can bank on these pupils - Waltham Forest Echo 26/10/15
James Cracknell reports on our new youth-led microfinance scheme.
Go to siteWalthamstow school girls throw open their own bank for fellow pupils - Walthamstow Advertiser 22/10/15
Matthew Stanton reports on our latest MyBnk-in-a-Box microfinance scheme run by young people, for young people!
Go to siteMy Life, Mind Your Own Business - Children & Young People Now 13/10/2015
Kevin from Havering College tells the leading sector magazine how our enterprise education programme awoke his entrepreneurial spirit!
Go to siteMeet the shortlist for the Guardian Charity Awards 2015 - The Guardian 14/10/15
MyBnk have been shortlisted for the Guardian Charity of the Year!
Go to siteHorrifying ignorance among teachers on money matters - Aol Money 08/10/15
A survey reveals that more than half of all teachers would struggle teaching basic personal finance to children - MyBnk's range of financial education programmes are on hand.
Go to siteWhich should you choose: Student debit or credit account? - CreditCards.com 11/09/15
MyBnk's Education Director Sharan Jaswal, talks to Marianne Curphey about the big money decisions facing new university students.
Go to siteTeens should be taught more Financial Planning - Financial Planner 20/08/15
Michael Smith CFPCM, director of Chamberlyns, highlights MyBnk's concerns about the scope and assessment of money lessons in English schools.
Go to siteMost parents want money taught in primary school - MoneyWise 04/08/15
Alex Holmes examines the increasingly powerful parental lobby for financial education with help from MyBnk co-CEO Guy Rigden.
Go to siteWhy financial literacy is essential to empower the next generation - Virgin Unite 03/08/15
Ellen Goodman takes a look at the different ways in which MyBnk's unique approach to financial and enterprise education is helping young people.
Go to siteIs financial education: the biggest weapon in our economic arms race with China? - Young Money Blog 01/08/15
Iona Bain highlights the international context of MyBnk's educational programmes with the help of MyBnk supporter, Charles Beazley from MVision.
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