We’re excited to have welcomed huge new names in UK retail, including Boots Opticians and Carphone Warehouse, to the Pennies movement over the past few months, meaning even more customers have the opportunity to ‘feel-good’ give.
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Discover how our merchant, payments and technology partners have found success with Pennies, and the impact of micro-donations for their businesses and the charities they support.
Verifone helps Pennies raise £1million for charities
Pennies and payments partner Verifone today announced that their partnership has helped to unlock £1million for UK charities. Retailers using Pennies via Verifone’s devices and managed payment service include ASK Italian, Zizzi, and Evans Cycles.
Pennies chosen as Emerging Payments’ charity partner
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.
Zizzi rolls out Pennies across all its restaurants
Italian restaurant chain, Zizzi, rolls out Pennies to its 118 nationwide restaurants to raise money for charity, The Prince’s Trust.
Toy shop chain The Entertainer launches Pennies on the high street
The Pennies Foundation has launched Pennies, the electronic charity box onto the UK high street for the first time with children’s toy shop, The Entertainer.
Pennies receives over 250,000 donations
UK consumers are taking to the idea of charity micro-donations, reports independent micro-donation channel, Pennies. In the four months since Pennies went live with its electronic charity box (1 November), over 250,000 consumer donations have been made through its participating partners Domino’s Pizza, Zizzi and Travelodge.
Pennies teams up with Zizzi for first ‘in-store’ launch
Micro-donations to charity continue to gain momentum as Pennies, the electronic charity box, teams up with its third retailer in two months restaurant chain, Zizzi.
Pennies announces its second retailer and makes first donations to charities
Pennies announces its second retailer and empties electronic charity box to give first donations after three weeks operation with Domino’s Pizza
Electronic charity box extended from on-line to in-store through link up with technology partners YESpay and STS
The Pennies Foundation has joined forces with Smart Technology Solutions (STS) and YESpay International (YESpay) to extend the Pennies proposition to retailers served by YESpay that operate both in-store and on-line.
UK’s first electronic charity box launches – Domino’s Pizza leads the way
UK’s first ectronic charity box launches across the UK today. It is an easy, affordable, private and secure way for people to donate between 1 penny and 99 pence to UK charities, big and small, as they shop and pay by card.
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World Ovarian Cancer Day: Empowering survivors through the support of micro-donations
On World Ovarian Cancer Day, we want to spotlight the impactful partnership between Pennies and Rontec. Rontec customers have raised over £32K for Ovarian Cancer Action, funding vital research and raising crucial awareness.
Pennies’ Highlights from Retail Technology Show 2024
The Retail Technology Show 2024, which took place last week at Olympia London, was an exciting event showcasing the latest innovations in retail technology. Over two days, the Pennies team proudly showcased our award-winning micro-donation solution and had the opportunity to connect with partners across the payments, retail, and hospitality sectors.