We’re thrilled to announce the finalists for the 5th Annual Pennies Awards, celebrating the exceptional contributions of our partners who have helped drive the micro-donation movement forward over the past year.
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All the latest news, announcements and launches from Pennies HQ.
Consumers hit 150 million micro-donations with Pennies
Pennies has now reached the huge landmark of 150 million micro-donations. This milestone is made all the more significant as growth in giving has accelerated in the last two years, weathering the worst of the Covid pandemic, when many retailers and hospitality partners were closed for business.
Worldline and JD Group enhance strategic partnership by enabling charitable donations with Pennies
Worldline and JD Sports Group have strengthened their existing strategic relationship by integrating Pennies, allowing customers to make micro-donations and support The JD Foundation’s Together We Can project.
UK consumers donate over 1 million times for Ukraine appeal charities with Pennies
In March 2022, Pennies partner brands pivoted their micro-donations to help people in and fleeing the war in Ukraine, and by late June, £340,000 had been raised from more than 1.1million individual micro-donations.
Pennies chosen as Retail Gazette charity partner for inaugural Game Changers awards
Pennies is thrilled to be the official charity partner of Retail Gazette’s first-ever awards, The Game Changers, designed to recognise the trailblazers in retail that are developing new business models, routes to customers and growth opportunities.
Pennies wins coveted industry award at Merchant Payments Ecosystem Awards, Berlin 2022
Pennies has been awarded the prestigious Chairperson’s Award for the Best Non-Profit / Charities Initiative, at the Merchant Payments Ecosystem (MPE) Awards ceremony 2022, held in Berlin.
Flooid to enable millions more micro-donations with Pennies
Flooid, the market-leading unified commerce platform, is offering top tier retailers an easy way to grow their social impact through a new partnership with Pennies.
Family fish and chip chain The Chesterford Group introduce Pennies’ customer giving for Help for Heroes
The UK’s largest family-owned fish and chip chain, The Chesterford Group (TCG), has partnered with charity Pennies to offer online-ordering customers the chance to add a donation on their meal for Help for Heroes.
Pennies awarded top industry accolade at Card & Payments Awards 2022
Pennies has won the coveted Industry Achievement Award at the Card & Payments Awards 2022 – which recognise excellence and innovation across the industry – in a triumphant return to in-person ceremonies held at JW Marriott Grosvenor House on 5th May 2022.
Toolstation offers customers micro-giving to boost fundraising for Macmillan
Toolstation is the latest household brand to partner with Pennies. The multi-channel retailer of tools and building materials are giving customers the option to donate in store in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support.
Pennies partners support Ukraine humanitarian response
Pennies has been working with its partners to offer a quick and effective response to the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine. In just a few weeks, more than 500,000 people have made a digital micro-donation to charities making a difference right now.
Pennies on the BBC – “Year of the Micro” and Why It Matters
Pennies CEO, Alison Hutchinson CBE, joined Sally Bundock on the BBC’s World Business Report on 24th March 2022, to discuss the opportunities we all have to give a few digital pennies to charity – as they add up to enormous impact and vital income for the UK charity sector.
“The year of Micro” says FinTech Charity Pennies as they glide past £34m raised and Partners pivot to support humanitarian relief in Ukraine
In the last 2 years despite around 80% of Pennies enabled merchants being shut at different times, Pennies still saw spectacular acceleration in the micro-donations movement, increasing volume and value of donations by 50% when compared to the previous 9 years.