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Five years of building a financial system that serves people and planet
In her final blog for the Lab, our outgoing CEO Anna Fielding reflects on five years of working towards a […]
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Reasons for hope: the transformation of finance
Lab CEO Jesse Griffiths writes about the transformation of finance for Compass‘s reasons for hope series on why and how […]
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The Lab community responds to COVID-19
The Lab’s Community Manager Naomi Alexander Naidoo takes a look at some of the vital work that Lab community members […]
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Is ‘open’ finance enough?
At the end of last year, regulators opened up a conversation about ‘open finance’ – a major new programme of […]
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Four reasons why transforming finance is more important than ever
In his first blog, our new CEO, Jesse Griffiths, shares why he joined the Lab. I have a brilliant new […]
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Introducing our new Senior Fellow: Christine Berry
We’re excited to introduce Christine Berry – the latest pioneering financial changemaker to become a Senior Fellow of the Finance […]
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COVID-19 Crisis: affordable credit providers offer their support to deliver emergency funds
The Lab has co-signed a letter from Responsible Finance to the UK Chancellor highlighting the need for immediate hardship funding […]
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The Lab appoints Jesse Griffiths as CEO
Today the Lab unveils our new Chief Executive Officer: Jesse Griffiths. Jesse is a specialist in development finance and the […]
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COVID-19: Our response
The Lab’s CEO Anna Laycock shares how the Lab is responding to the COVID-19 crisis, how we’re adapting our work […]
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COVID-19 crisis: Leading in times of uncertainty
At a time when every organisation is grappling with what this crisis means for them, their work, and their teams, […]
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COVID-19 crisis: Lab joins call for freeze on personal debt payments
The Lab has joined the Jubilee Debt Campaign and nearly 80 academics, policy experts and others to write to Chancellor of the […]
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COVID-19 crisis: An open letter to the UK Government calling for faster and more far-reaching action
The Lab has signed an open letter to the UK government along with 97 economists, academics and directors of research […]
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Open Banking: An introductory guide for credit unions
Open Banking has been hailed as a revolution in financial services. But what does it mean for organisations, like credit […]
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Catalysing Climate Safe Bank Lending
Fundamental transformation of our economic system is an urgent necessity to prevent impending climate catastrophe and halt the growing injustice […]
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Sustainability leadership within financial institutions
Last week I was invited to speak at the Finance for a Sustainable Future conference on the topic of being […]
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