17 October 2025: Jess Jones’ new article in The Times newspaper covers the growing trend of businesses with expensive, short-term loans approaching community development finance institutions, our members, to refinance them on better terms. The piece… Continue reading
Category: Press and Media
Responsible Finance, our members and clients have featured in TV, radio, national and regional newspapers, magazines, online and in podcasts.
We can offer interviews, comment and case studies about access to finance / affordable credit / financial inclusion / debt, relating to businesses, social enterprises and people.
Journalists: please contact [email protected] // 07904 272 200 to request interviews and case studies.
A small selection of press coverage is below. For our latest updates, Responsible Finance news and opinions and case studies see the menu on the left.
The Scotsman: ethical lender SIS is creating meaningful change
14 October 2025: Social Investment Scotland has impacted the lives of millions and is covered in a new article in The Scotsman to mark the publication of a new impact report. The Scotsman’s piece describes SIS’… Continue reading
The Times: businesses face postcode lottery accessing finance, but CDFIs play key role
07.10.2025 Today’s Times newspaper covers the British Business Bank’s Nations and Regions Tracker 2025, which gives an analysis of geographic patterns in UK small business finance. The Times’ article covers the Tracker’s findings that businesses’ location… Continue reading
The Financial Times: CDFIs play a vital role in supporting consumers, not only with credit
19 December 2022: Financial Times banking and fintech correspondent Siddharth (Sid) Venkataramakrishnan’s latest piece (published in the FT Future of Money newsletter and online) says: “The not-for-profit world of CDFIs does not have the same rock… Continue reading
Pioneers Post: CDFI lending jumps, call for banks and businesses to invest in CDFIs
1 June 2022: International social enterprise and impact investment magazine, Pioneers Post, featured our Impact Report in its latest Impact Finance Bulletin. Its article covers the total increase in CDFI lending, the jobs, social enterprises and… Continue reading
The Financial Times: Banks and Government should support community finance
Financial Times consumer editor Claer Barrett’s comprehensive article, published in FT Weekend and online, says millions of people are vulnerable to loan sharks and calls on banks to get behind community lenders. Continue reading
The FT: Scale-up CDFIs to fill Provident gap
31 March 2022: An FT article about Provident Financial, which closed its doorstep lending division last year after receiving thousands of customer complaints and being investigated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) for selling unaffordable loans,… Continue reading
BBC Money Box: Theodora Hadjimichael interviewed on community lenders
12th March 2022: BBC Radio 4’s Money Box programme covered community lenders and their impact, including an interview with Responsible Finance CEO, Theodora Hadjimichael. Presenter Paul Lewis quizzed Theodora about how community finance firms are different… Continue reading
The i newspaper: people need alternative to loan sharks
The article highlights community development finance institutions and the need to scale up affordable credit. Continue reading
The Financial Times: Subprime lending and the fight against loan sharks
This FT coverage is a powerful demonstration of the importance of Community Development Finance Institutions in one of the world’s most respected newspapers. Continue reading