Pennies successfully held its first ever Micro-Donation Day on Monday, 26 August 2024 raising £30,000 for charities thanks to more than 130,000 individual donations.
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Pennies and Whitbread partnership accelerates growth in hospitality digital donations
Pennies, the award winning UK fintech charity, announced Whitbread as its newest partner – joining a host of leaders in the UK hospitality sector that are embracing “technology for good” by offering anonymous digital donation to customers.
Pennies is the Official Charity Partner of RetailEXPO 2019
Pennies is delighted to be the Official Charity Partner of RetailEXPO 2019, taking place on 1 and 2 May at London’s Olympia.
Papa John’s donations help families find support for a rare condition
Since the start of the year more than £7,000 has been raised in support of Multiple System Atrophy Trust, thanks to Papa John’s customers rounding up their pizza orders to fund research, support and advocacy for people affected by the neurological disorder.
Volunteer and Feel-Good: Pennies and Lloyds Banking Group
In this latest guest blog, Lloyds Banking Group Director, Paul Davis, shares how volunteering at Pennies has made a big difference to both teams, contributing to learning, understanding and development.
UK’s leading pub retailer Greene King joins the Pennies movement
Greene King is the latest company to partner with Pennies, giving their customers a new way to donate to long-term charity partner Macmillan Cancer Support.
Pennies named most influential fintech charity in global powerlist
Pennies has been announced as one of The Financial Technologist’s Most Influential Fintech Companies 2019, the only charity listed amongst 175 global firms.
Pennies raises milestone £1million for Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity
Small change makes huge difference to seriously ill children. Pennies has reached an incredible milestone by raising £1million for Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity, with the help of a number of retail partners and their customers.
2018 has been the year of the ‘ethical consumer’, finds Pennies
New research commissioned from Pennies, the digital charity box, has revealed 2018 to be the year of the ‘ethical consumer’, as shoppers are putting their principals and beliefs ahead of their pockets and bargains.
Screwfix reaches £1.1 million in micro-donations
Screwfix are currently celebrating the Foundation’s fifth birthday and having raised £3.3 million for over 800 local projects. Pennies have played a huge role in this fantastic achievement.
Al Lukies: micro-donations’ time is now, and the paytech sector has big role to play
The UK’s payment technology industry has a large part to play in the fast-growing micro-donations movement with the “climate right for the payments industry to be a big player in improving lives”, say Al Lukies CBE.
4 in 10 consumers stop using shops considered ‘not ethical’, finds fintech charity Pennies
40% of 2,025 UK consumers revealed they have stopped shopping at retailers they considered not to have an ethical stance, found fintech charity Pennies in a recent survey.
Another year of technology innovation: The 2017/18 Impact Report
Read how we are unlocking millions of donations for charities and deepening the impact of the micro-donation movement in the Pennies Impact Report 2017/18.