All the latest news, announcements and launches from Pennies HQ.
Ian Filby, Chief Executive of DFS, and Mark Anderson, Managing Director at Virgin Holidays, have joined Pennies’ Board of trustees.
Pears Foundation has confirmed it will support fintech charity Pennies for a further two years, bringing their support for the digital charity box to over five years and £700,000 total in grants.
Pennies is very pleased to announce that its chief executive Alison Hutchinson has been awarded a CBE for services to the Economy and Charities in the Queen’s 90th Birthday Honours, published 11 June 2016.
Pennies has been selected as official charity partner of the UK’s biggest multichannel event, the Internet Retailing Expo (IRX).
UK charitable giving remains high but the ways in which donors are choosing to give is adapting, according to new research by Pennies, the digital charity box.
Pennies was thrilled to have been invited to speak at the Emerging Payments Awards 2015, held at The Lancaster in London on Thursday 15 October.
Pennies is pleased to be taking part in the Government’s UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) mission to South East Asia this July, sharing its unique micro-donation movement with the region’s emerging digital payments markets.
British generosity and charitable giving is famous worldwide but new findings released today show that this could be under threat due to our busy and increasingly cashless lifestyles.
Next Friday, 14th November, will see BBC Children in Need’s annual Appeal Night return to our screens, and with it a chance to find out how donations made over the past year have been making a difference to children and young people across the UK.
When The Entertainer first introduced Pennies, it raised more money for charity in the first week than it had in a whole year via their traditional counter-top collection boxes. Its now three years in and they have raised over £600,000.
In November 2012, bespoke tailor Gieves & Hawkes began offering Pennies in their world-famous store at No. 1 Savile Row. By offering their customers the chance to donate 75p when paying by card, thousands of pounds has been raised for the tailor’s two charity partners, Walking With The Wounded and the Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust (QEST), an organisation that helps craftspeople in Britain to achieve their potential and contribute to a thriving craft sector.
Pennies, the digital charity box has appointed Peter Ayliffe to its Board of Trustees. Current Chairman and Non-Executive Director of Monitise, Peter will be providing strategic counsel to Pennies through his expertise in financial management. Monitise is a leading mobile banking and payments group that provides services to more than 350 financial institutions and other leading brands globally.
