2019 got off to an exciting start at Positive Money, with our first ever meeting with Mark Carney, the Governor of the Bank of England - one …
Power & Democracy
What we learned from Mark Carney’s Future Forum Q&A
In a welcome bid to increase its transparency, the Bank of England has been hosting online Q&As with some of its most senior staff over …
Could a central bank digital currency halt the privatisation of our money?
Over the past few days top policymakers from the IMF, ECB and Bank of England have addressed the prospect of a central bank digital …
Polling: 10 years after the financial crisis, the British public still don’t trust banks
66% of Britons don’t trust banks to work in the best interests of UK society 72% believe banks should have faced more severe …
10 Years on and we’ve had enough
The ten-year anniversary of the financial crash is fast approaching. For many of us, life has got worse in the last 10 years. The banks got …
Banks’ war on cash halted after Positive Money campaign
This week, we scored a significant victory in the fight to protect the UK’s access to cash. The Link scheme has cancelled planned cuts to …
Regulation to the rescue? 5 problems with ring-fencing, Basel III, and competition in the banking sector
Length: 6 minutes Technical Read On Wednesday 4th July, I was invited to speak at the Westminster Business Forum as part of the event …
Presentation workshops in Hackney
Core members of Positive Money Hackney have started a very encouraging initiative! On Saturday mornings, Hackney supporters have been …
Vollgeld referendum result: Positive Money response
Responding to estimates that only around a quarter of voters supported the Swiss Vollgeld Initiative in today's referendum, Fran Boait, …