Fantastic work on community banking and resilience coming out of The RSA right now. Proud to be a part of the movement for better banking.

The Times carried a story over the wknd about the new breed of payday lenders entering the market. These companies are making a fortune off the backs of people whose finances have been rendered vulnerable since the pandemic. This must not be the new normal thetimes.co.uk/article/new-br…

Brilliant to have such strong support from such a forward thinking place as Bristol

Delicious veggie chilli with @meatlessfarm - I could get used to this! #MakeItMeatless

For anyone who cares about the future of UK banks that give a damn, this is smart and snappy summary of the scene - and what's stopping it from taking off. Kudos to @GemmaLouiseBon1 and the team Finance Innovation Lab financeinnovationlab.org/wp-content/upl…

Anne Boden's autobiography is a brilliant read for anyone in the banking, tech, or startup worlds. Here's five lessons I took from Banking On It. linkedin.com/pulse/how-buil… via LinkedIn Starling Anne Boden #banking #fintech #startup #innovation #digital #bank #neobank

Good morning! Today we are convening leaders from purpose-driven banking in the UK, working across ethical banks, credit unions, CDFIs, building societies and mutual banks, to explore how we can work together to grow the sector 🌱 - see you soon! filab.uk/purposeworkshop

Really excited to be part of the first #EIIPTraining cohort with the Social Investment Business - a practical training course on how to bring equality principles into impact investing. Buzzing!

£10,000 of free communications support is up for grabs for purpose-driven banking orgs, from Finance Innovation Lab and Teamspirit Group with the #ForTheBetter award! This support was invaluable for avon mutual, well worth a look filab.uk/forthebetter20…

Brilliant new piece from Chaminda Jayanetti openDemocracy (and featuring our Jesse Griffiths!) shines a light on the major battle brewing over the future of the UK's financial services: "competitiveness" vs supporting the real economy, society and environment opendemocracy.net/en/oureconomy/…

News from the queues t- minus 5 minutes! Paul Doyle

More Bank of England research shows that financial regulation is poorly designed for smaller banks bankunderground.co.uk/2021/08/10/do-… This is something policy makers can change post-Brexit, esp to support purpose-driven banks Tony Greenham Fionn Travers-Smith @GemmaLouiseBon1 Marianne Sensier APPG on Fair Banking

The Chancellor says austerity was needed to save fiscal space to respond to the pandemic. That it "enabled HM Treasury to fund a comprehensive package of support for the economy when needed." We NEF did a #FactCheck. Appears the Bank of England provided all this "fiscal space".

24 underrated websites. A thread 🧵👇

% who support a 'Green Industrial Revolution': ✅ Support: 59% ❌ Oppose: 20% Via @DeltaPollUK, 21-23 November 2019

"Tax rises⬆️for key workers (NI contributions), cut✂️ taxes for bankers"😱😱 Is this how to #BuildBackBetter and #LevellUp? Rachel Reeves Miatta Fahnbulleh James Meadway Frances 'Cassandra' Coppola Daniela Gabor Jo Michell @youellog simon wren-lewis Caroline Lucas @AnnPettifor ft.com/content/359dee…

Rich Americans, man. Breathtaking to see this charted out: ft.com/content/4788be…

Match day with the big boys!! Come on Timo 🥳🙌🏻 #cfcmatchday

Is this the most ill-advised away kit in history? Almost half way through the season and Chelsea FC still haven't worn it. When there's no clash they'll wear blue, and when there is a clash they won't wear it because... It's also blue? Mad decision! Simon Johnson Liam Twomey