We believe in a financial system that serves people and planet
That gives everyone a fair chance, whatever their background or identity.
That protects nature, and supports a rapid and just transition to a thriving and sustainable economy.
That helps to reduce poverty and inequality, and no longer enables tax dodging and economic crime.
We know it’s possible. People created the system, and people can change it.
Latest From the Lab
Recently published
Briefing Paper
Fair Banking for All Briefing
Millions of people and thousands of small businesses in the UK are excluded from affordable credit, forcing many into high-cost or illegal lending and holding…
September 25, 2025
Featured Publication
The UK’s Dirty Money Problem: Estimating the scale of illicit flows in the UK financial system
Our research has found that at least £325 billion of dirty money from financial crime, money laundering, corruption, illegal trade and tax dodging flows through…
May 24, 2026
News
Financing Good Growth in Every Postcode
This blog was first published in Renewal: A Journal of Social Democracy By Nick Bryer, Director of Programmes at Finance Innovation Lab Andy Burnham and…
October 5, 2026
From our CEO
Changing Finance: new this month – September
How dirty is the UK financial system? Here’s how the super-rich are buying UK democracy, how tax havens are thwarting transparency initiatives., and how the…
September 24, 2026
News
MPs urge the Chancellor to back a Fair Banking Act for growth in every postcode
By Kay Polley 29 MPs have written to John Healey to back a Fair Banking Act to spread growth and affordable credit across the UK….
September 8, 2026