Our member Business Enterprise Fund is one of the top 100 social enterprises in the UK, according to this year’s NatWest SE100 Index. The index celebrates the growth, impact, leadership and resilience of social ventures in… Continue reading
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Simon Jackson joins Responsible Finance Board
Responsible Finance is pleased to welcome Simon Jackson, Head of Investment at BEF (Business Enterprise Fund) to the Board of Directors. Continue reading
The affordable credit challenge: why FinTechs and the responsible finance industry must work together to innovate
Open Banking, the data revolution, fintech innovation and smart phone penetration are all changing the way customers interact with financial services. Responsible finance providers are innovating, and want to innovate further. We are calling on FinTech’s… Continue reading
Podcast: Kath Austin, BeeBee Wraps
From kitchen table business to employer of ten and featured on the front page of national newspapers: BeeBee Wraps makes compostable food-wrappers from organic cotton, tree resin, British beeswax and organic jojoba oil. Continue reading
Citi Microentrepreneurship Awards 2019: Winners Announced
Four outstanding businesses were each awarded a £7,500 prize in this year’s Citi Microentrepreneurship Awards, delivered in partnership by Responsible Finance and the Citi Foundation. Continue reading
The 5 Ss of governance provide a framework for boards to engage with and understand the SM&CR
No one disputes the importance of good governance. It is seen as key to ensuring that organisations are effective by providing checks and balances, strategic overview and additional skill sets to complement the staff. In fact American author,… Continue reading
How responsible finance providers can incorporate customer surveys and online reviews into their marketing and communications activities
A common fallacy is to assume that if your business or organisation is brilliant at what it does, and it’s something which creates social impact, your ideal customers will come knocking on your door. Any responsible… Continue reading
Podcast: Neil Kadagathur, Creditspring
Neil Kadagathur is CEO and co-founder of Creditspring, which he describes as a “new type of credit product designed for people with limited savings specifically for unexpected expenses.” Creditspring launched in September 2018 and at the… Continue reading
Demand for payday loans isn’t going away. We need to scale and market responsible finance.
This month, for the first time the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) released figures on the high-cost short-term credit market (HCSTC), and they paint a worrying picture. HCSTC (usually in the form of a payday loan) has… Continue reading
Paul Kalinauckas appointed new Chair of Responsible Finance
Responsible Finance has appointed Paul Kalinauckas as its new Chair. Kalinauckas, 64, is Chief Executive of Wolverhampton-based BCRS Business Loans, a responsible finance provider which he co-founded in 2002 after a career leading and launching a… Continue reading