<div><b>London, 30th May 2024</b>  - <u><a id="m_-6803816034368540370OWA75f01011-c049-7e30-81e8-9b6bee5be224" href="https://www.verifone.com/en/us" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.verifone.com/en/us&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1717155804941000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0YfRBi442j_i_Hv0Y-doxp">Verifone</a></u>, the payments architect shaping ecosystems for in-person and online commerce experiences, and Pennies, the award-winning fintech charity working to grow and protect micro-donations, are delighted to announce they have facilitated more than £6 million in charitable donations since first partnering in 2011.</div>
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<div>The partnership has generated donations for <u><a id="m_-6803816034368540370OWA0d7f0095-5a2e-ac38-c62b-b5e350018036" href="https://pennies.org.uk/our-charity-partners/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://pennies.org.uk/our-charity-partners/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1717155804941000&amp;usg=AOvVaw34Qwb0If9IFmKgKXi60UWY">more than 95 charities</a></u> by enabling consumers to make donations on Verifone payment devices at checkout through a simple prompt asking users if they would like to round up the purchase price to the nearest pound or make a donation of a set amount. The £6 million milestone was reached thanks to 23.5 million individual donations at Verifone merchants.</div>
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<div>These small donations add up quickly and make a real difference in communities. One shining example is Verifone merchant <u><a id="m_-6803816034368540370OWAb906a90c-5d0f-d9d6-1e87-d71057cca0ca" href="https://www.currys.co.uk/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.currys.co.uk/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1717155804941000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0_KrOXnFr6xbJahfe6Fm6a">Currys</a></u> who raises enough funds through Pennies to help their charity partner, the <u><a id="m_-6803816034368540370OWA3726d99d-e472-4419-f595-459d2d938bb6" href="https://digitalpovertyalliance.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://digitalpovertyalliance.org/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1717155804941000&amp;usg=AOvVaw110B_3EdHjAuqhi9ePd8P4">Digital Poverty Alliance</a></u>, provide families in need with a laptop – improving access to essential education, finance, and healthcare resources.</div>
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<div>“Our enduring alliance with Pennies shows the impact we can make together, one small donation at a time,” said Bulent Ozayaz, EVP of Verifone EMEA. “These types of results align with our mission to innovate payment experiences that benefit merchants and enrich communities. We are honoured to foster positive change together with driven partners like Pennies.”</div>
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<div>Pennies CEO, Alison Hutchinson CBE, added,“Verifone has been a long-standing partner of Pennies, making it easy for their retail partners to join the Pennies micro-donation movement. Congratulations to Verifone and everyone involved in unlocking £6 million of donations for many charities, showing the power of working together as a force for good.”</div>
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<div><b>About Verifone</b></div>
<div>Verifone is the payments architect shaping ecosystems for online and in-person commerce experiences, including everything businesses need – from secure payment devices to eCommerce tools, acquiring services, advanced business insights, and much more. As a global FinTech leader, Verifone powers omni-commerce growth for companies in over 165 countries and is trusted by the world’s best-known brands, small businesses and major financial institutions. The Verifone platform is built on a four-decade history of innovation and uncompromised security, annually managing more than 12B transactions worth over $500B on physical and digital channels.</div>
<div>Learn more at <u><a id="m_-6803816034368540370OWAc39d3456-be9e-88fd-86de-94f864395425" href="http://www.verifone.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.verifone.com&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1717155804941000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3v0a5Ti3e1PqgcsIKZ80g8">www.verifone.com</a></u></div>
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<div><b>About Pennies</b></div>
<div>Pennies is an award-winning fintech charity with an important mission: to protect and grow micro-donations, ensuring people have digital ways to keep donating the small sums of money that are so vital to charities.</div>
<div>As a trusted leader in digital micro-donations, Pennies has created a movement that encourages giving, offers businesses a powerful way to demonstrate social purpose, helps charities make a greater impact, and gives the public a way to donate without cash, as part of their daily lives.</div>
<div>To date Pennies has partnered with more than 120 brands and enabled more than 200 million micro-donations, raising millions of pounds in much-needed additional income for charities in the UK, Republic of Ireland and beyond. Together, payment providers, merchants and their customers are helping hundreds of charities make a meaningful difference to the causes and communities they serve.</div>
<div>Because micro-donations matter, now more than ever.</div>
<div>For more information about Pennies please visit <u><a id="m_-6803816034368540370OWA56cd0f75-9131-970c-8b09-5f69a1b22163" href="https://pennies.org.uk/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://pennies.org.uk/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1717155804941000&amp;usg=AOvVaw333_wxJzHy1N0v-TtLN8Mf">https://pennies.org.uk/</a></u>.</div>

Verifone and Pennies reach milestone of £6 million raised for charities via micro-donations on payment devices

By <span style="color: #4bbb87;"><a style="color: #4bbb87;" href="https://pennies.org.uk/">Pennies</a></span>

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<strong>9<sup>th</sup> September 2021: LONDON: Fintech charity Pennies has teamed up with new mobile payments service for micro-sellers,<span style="color: #4bbb87;"> </span></strong><span style="color: #4bbb87;"><a style="color: #4bbb87;" href="https://iposup.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://iposup.com/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1631348081627000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHal38elXStXunC8UDpTz67XRXq3w">IPOSUP</a></span><strong> – to provide small businesses a way to collect micro-donations for charity, as their customers pay for goods and services.</strong><strong> </strong>

<a href="https://iposup.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://iposup.com/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1631348081627000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHal38elXStXunC8UDpTz67XRXq3w"><span style="color: #4bbb87;">IPOSUP</span></a> helps small businesses such as sole traders, tradesmen, and consultants to accept Visa and Mastercard card payments as well as bank payments - with an option for their customers to add a small digital donation to their chosen charity in collaboration with Pennies. Sellers can also donate a pre-set small percentage of the sale amount when accepting card and bank payments.

Charities already signed up to the scheme include <span style="color: #4bbb87;"><a style="color: #4bbb87;" href="https://www.nspcc.org.uk/support-us/ways-to-give/donate/?source=ppc-brand&amp;gclsrc=aw.ds&amp;ds_rl=1279303&amp;ds_rl=1279303&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQjw7MGJBhD-ARIsAMZ0eethPxq5eP5crc8vz70TDW9xtWbm0Lu1Mu1CCwwojJDlR43BxSwKpMMaAm5REALw_wcB&amp;gclsrc=aw.ds" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.nspcc.org.uk/support-us/ways-to-give/donate/?source%3Dppc-brand%26gclsrc%3Daw.ds%26ds_rl%3D1279303%26ds_rl%3D1279303%26gclid%3DCj0KCQjw7MGJBhD-ARIsAMZ0eethPxq5eP5crc8vz70TDW9xtWbm0Lu1Mu1CCwwojJDlR43BxSwKpMMaAm5REALw_wcB%26gclsrc%3Daw.ds&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1631348081627000&amp;usg=AFQjCNG5lGpj-f0ejuVv_DD_OE54gwsPTw">NSPCC</a>, <a style="color: #4bbb87;" href="https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1631348081627000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHuV3UD-GYZta76VA9avH67SLSTGA">Cancer Research UK</a>, <a style="color: #4bbb87;" href="https://www.blindveterans.org.uk/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.blindveterans.org.uk/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1631348081627000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHJfRSTuvTDP2o01dTcnI4UXSTKTQ">Blind Veterans UK</a>, <a style="color: #4bbb87;" href="https://www.togetherforshortlives.org.uk/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.togetherforshortlives.org.uk/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1631348081627000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHPR62_nlBCSfswS0s_x8SfibVvCA">Together for Short Lives</a>, <a style="color: #4bbb87;" href="https://www.founders4schools.org.uk/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.founders4schools.org.uk/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1631348081627000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEsfDrm7JNyHe-KmB242smTs2pvzA">Founders4Schools</a>, <a style="color: #4bbb87;" href="https://www.samaritans.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.samaritans.org/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1631348081627000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFyWquDo3rQh5wVVbfK4bECvmAsLw">Samaritans</a>, <a style="color: #4bbb87;" href="https://www.alzheimersresearchuk.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.alzheimersresearchuk.org/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1631348081627000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFK9pP0BCog55ddTc8BVPhYROuV0Q">Alzheimer’s Research UK</a>, <a style="color: #4bbb87;" href="https://www.make-a-wish.org.uk/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.make-a-wish.org.uk/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1631348081628000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEcjJnbajeEANTC91aKjW2BUg2Wig">Make A Wish UK</a>, <a style="color: #4bbb87;" href="https://wildernessfoundation.org.uk/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://wildernessfoundation.org.uk/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1631348081628000&amp;usg=AFQjCNE-h2RTL7QcUqcg9A2UFY28KiqsJQ">Wilderness Foundation UK</a>, <span style="color: #000000;">and</span> <a style="color: #4bbb87;" href="https://www.leducate.co.uk/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.leducate.co.uk/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1631348081628000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFCdYUIOez0v-9_cPH62dmCLzy33A">Leducate</a>. </span>

<strong>Alison Hutchinson CBE, CEO of Pennies said:</strong> “We are incredibly excited to be partnering with IPOSUP mobile payments, particularly as this innovation allows us to act on the huge demand we have had and finally welcome <i>small</i> merchants to join-in the micro-donation movement for the first time.

“The<span style="color: #4bbb87;"> <a style="color: #4bbb87;" href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hce.iposup" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id%3Dcom.hce.iposup&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1631348081628000&amp;usg=AFQjCNE6zweM8Gl2TsiRkW4dNs7p6k2h4w">IPOSUP app</a></span> is intuitive for micro-sellers to use, and opting-in to donate with Pennies is as simple and discreet for customers as ever. Pennies has already unlocked over 120million micro-donations for over 600 UK charities, and IPOSUP will help us to achieve even more with the help of small business owners and their generous customers.”

The average UK adult now carries less than £25 in bank notes and coins, and 70% of UK shoppers prefer to pay digitally. However, it is estimated that half of the UK’s 5 million micro and small businesses do not yet take any form of digital payments such as Visa and Mastercard cards.

Charity partners are looking forward to the opportunities that the added awareness and exposure to small businesses and sole traders will bring, as well as the additive income.

<strong>Lucy Squance – Director of Supporter Led Fundraising;</strong> “Alzheimer’s Research UK are delighted to be participating partners of the IPOSUP and Pennies scheme. Raising income through grassroots donations of small businesses and customers means that we can reach wider audiences in their everyday lives. A huge thank you to IPOSUP and Pennies for helping us make breakthroughs possible through their collaboration and support of dementia research.”

<strong>Aoibheann Doherty, Regional Fundraising Manager - Business and Partnerships, Barnardo’s;</strong> “We are delighted to be involved with this initiative – there are many challenges facing fundraising currently - including fewer people donating into collection tills. It is great that Pennies and IPOSUP have created a solution and we are looking forward to seeing this initiative grow to continue to support may more young people and their families through Barnardo’s work.”

<strong>Andy Fletcher, Together for Short Lives CEO;</strong> “Together for Short Lives is so pleased to be a part of the Pennies IPOSUP Scheme. Every penny raised will help us achieve our mission to secure the best quality of life and best end of life care for children who will have short lives. Grassroot donations from small businesses will help families caring for a seriously ill child make the most of every moment they have together. I’m looking forward to seeing the big impact that can be achieved from small acts of kindness.”

<strong>Rebecca Owen, Marketing Manager Community Partnerships;</strong> “Blind Veterans UK are delighted to become a partner beneficiary for IPOSUP's micro-donation option with Pennies. The grassroots donations of small businesses' customers will help us to continue to support our beneficiaries. Since 1915, we’ve provided rehabilitation, training, practical advice and emotional support to tens of thousands of blind veterans”.

<strong>Jo Roberts CEO of Wilderness Foundation UK;</strong> “Your help with a Pennies’ donation will be spent on furthering our existing and crucial work in protecting endangered and disappearing wildlife such as the rhino and wildlife in Africa- and other precious wildlife species who are under threat each day.

“With your support we can make a difference towards their protection and ensure that the next generation grow up in a world where a rich biodiversity of species are intact and kept safe from exploitation and poaching. Each penny you give goes a long way to helping us achieve this goal of working for wildlife and heritage of the earth.’

<strong>Michaela Eschbach, Managing Director, Founders4Schools;</strong> “We are delighted to be part of the Pennies IPOSUP scheme. The future of young people matters to all of us. We have a responsibility to ensure that the next generation has the opportunity to succeed and together we can make this happen. Founders4Schools supports young people to learn about the skills needed and available careers by connecting them with role models from growing industries - real stories from real people. A penny today will make a massive difference to the future lives of thousands of young people putting them on the path to success. Pennies and IPOSUP and your contributions will help us to achieve that.”

Most business owners already have a smartphone or tablet, which IPOSUP transforms quickly and easily into a digital card and bank payments terminal. To get started, business owners simply need to install <span style="color: #4bbb87;"><a style="color: #4bbb87;" href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hce.iposup" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id%3Dcom.hce.iposup&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1631348081628000&amp;usg=AFQjCNE6zweM8Gl2TsiRkW4dNs7p6k2h4w">IPOSUP app from the Google Play Store</a> </span>and follow the simple registration process on their mobile device.

<strong>Dr Chandra Patni, CEO and founder of IPOSUP said,</strong> “Whether the seller is a plumber, an accountant, a cafe or a corner shop owner, the affordable, simple and secure IPOSUP app can help businesses thrive. Transparent pricing to sellers and its suite of business tools makes it easy and cost-effective and increase Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) value for businesses.”
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Pennies partners with iposup.com micro-seller payments service, to reach thousands more customers

By <span style="color: #4bbb87;"><a style="color: #4bbb87;" href="https://pennies.org.uk/">Pennies</a></span>

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<p style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Charity micro-giving is “becoming as normal as shopping itself” says P</strong><strong>ennies, the fintech charity leading the micro-donation movement in the UK, as it announces consumers have made 100 million donations with Pennies, to support charities in the UK. </strong></p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">As businesses find new ways to operate that embrace social distancing, but still offer customers an experience, many are responding to a growth in ethically driven consumers by adopting micro-giving, says Alison Hutchinson CBE, CEO of Pennies.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Hutchinson states: “Over the last 10 years, the business sector has steadily accelerated this charitable micro-donation movement and it’s fantastic we have now passed over 100 million consumer donations - raising £25M for over 600 different charities”</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">“Retail and hospitality businesses who partner with Pennies can give their customers the option to donate at the point of sale when paying digitally, in-store, online and in-app – and where they have had the opportunity, consumers have digitally donated in their millions. We are delighted how well the UK public is embracing technology as a force for good, especially in recent months where the need has been so great.”</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">A recent Nunwood/KPMG survey in (June 2020) found the “new consumer” is more altruistic, prioritising community and integrity over deals and profits, and that they want business to show how they are giving back, illustrating further demand for this type of giving.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Meanwhile, new forms of funding can’t come soon enough as UK charities are expected to lose £12.4bn in income for the year, according to a survey conducted by the Institute of Fundraising, the NCVO and the Charity Finance Group in June 2020.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Hutchinson continues: “Retail and hospitality holds a strong hand to make a vital and scalable impact on national, regional and local charities. What we’re seeing, brilliantly, is business becoming a bigger part of a solution, and movement, which can help heal communities and engage colleagues – not to mention bolster ESG programmes.”</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">At the height of the lockdown in April, health retailer Holland &amp; Barrett added Pennies’ donation option to its website, app and stores in under two weeks, meaning customers could add a 50p donation to purchases in support of the NHS Charities Together COVID-19 Urgent Appeal. On average, enough money is raised each day that it could fund 20 blood pressure monitors for patients self-isolating and unable to leave their home.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Nick Collard, Chief Customer &amp; Digital Director at Holland &amp; Barrett</strong> said: “Enabling Pennies in-store and online at Holland &amp; Barrett was a natural decision for us, to offer our socially-minded customers an opportunity to support those on the front-line during the COVID-19 crisis. We knew we wanted to adopt digital micro-donation quickly and across channels, and the Pennies team made this a smooth and seamless process. Customers immediately 'got it' and have been donating with enthusiasm.”</p>
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<p style="font-weight: 400;"><strong><u>Notes to editors</u></strong></p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">For more information, please contact:</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Rob Dyson, Head of Marketing and Communications</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">0300 302 0172 / <span style="color: #4bbb87;"><a style="color: #4bbb87;" href="mailto:rob.dyson@pennies.org.uk">rob.dyson@pennies.org.uk</a> </span></p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>About Pennies </strong></p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Pennies is an award-winning fintech charity (registered no. 1122489) with an important mission: to protect and grow micro-donations - ensuring the public has digital ways to keep donating the small amounts of money that are so vital for charitable causes. Pennies aims to build a community of givers and turn small acts of kindness into powerful impact for the charity sector. Because micro-donations matter – now more than ever.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Pennies runs ‘the digital charity box’, the digital upgrade of the traditional charity tin, designed to fit with our increasingly cashless lifestyles. Donating a few pence to charity when paying by card or mobile wallet is as simple as a single press of a button or click of a mouse.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">As our daily lives are changing, Pennies wants to make sure everyone has the chance to donate to charity where they can, especially online and in-app. The opportunity is urgent, and ground-breaking in its possibility: there is a potential if each of us gave around 35p a week, for UK consumers to raise £1bn a year for charity.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Pennies and its partners have a decade of driving multichannel innovation, proven market experience and leadership in the UK micro-donation movement. Pennies has enabled an incredible 100 million small change digital donations to date through its digital charity box, raising over £25 million in extra income for more than 600 charities.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Pennies’ ‘digital charity box’ is live across a breadth of 60+ retail, hospitality and service sector leaders across the UK, Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland, including Domino’s, Holland &amp; Barrett, The Entertainer, Boots Opticians, Screwfix, Hobbycraft, Topps Tiles, and thousands of Rontec and MFG roadside retail outlets.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="color: #4bbb87;"><a style="color: #4bbb87;" href="http://www.pennies.org.uk/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.pennies.org.uk&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1596804281535000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEQq5lGxg1n1mcXnHmIOQnlOUEaAw">www.pennies.org.uk</a><strong> </strong></span></p>

UK business "accelerating opportunities” for consumers to donate millions with micro-giving

<p>Pennies is a fintech charity, launched in November 2010. It is the digital upgrade of the traditional charity box, designed to fit with our increasingly cashless lifestyles. Anyone can ‘feel good’ give with participating Pennies retailers – by donating a few pence to charity when paying by card or mobile wallet. It unlocks customer donations for the UK charity sector by working with the fintech, payments and retail industries. Pennies has supported an incredible 65 million+ small change digital donations to date through its digital charity box, raising £16 million in extra income for more than 300 charities, and growing. Pennies is live across a breadth of 50+ retail, hospitality and service sector leaders, including Domino’s, Boots Opticians, Dixons Carphone, Hobbycraft, Topps Tiles, Virgin Holidays, Zizzi restaurants, The Entertainer toy shop, and Rontec and MRH roadside retail outlets. It is now also registered in the Republic of Ireland</p>


Pennies

Pennies is a fintech charity, launched in November 2010. It is the digital upgrade of the traditional charity box, designed to fit with our increasingly cashless lifestyles. Anyone can ‘feel good’ give with participating Pennies retailers – by donating a few pence to charity when paying by card or mobile wallet. It unlocks customer donations for the UK charity sector by working with the fintech, payments and retail industries. Pennies has supported an incredible 65 million+ small change digital donations to date through its digital charity box, raising £16 million in extra income for more than 300 charities, and growing. Pennies is live across a breadth of 50+ retail, hospitality and service sector leaders, including Domino’s, Boots Opticians, Dixons Carphone, Hobbycraft, Topps Tiles, Virgin Holidays, Zizzi restaurants, The Entertainer toy shop, and Rontec and MRH roadside retail outlets. It is now also registered in the Republic of Ireland

Commercial Director, Pennies

<p>Ann is a corporate lawyer and prior to joining Pennies, she was Group Legal Director of FTSE financial services company Kensington Group plc. Along with Peter Nugent and Alison Hutchinson, Ann was there for the genesis of the Pennies movement, back in 2008.</p>
