The Responsible Finance Podcast

From banks that can't lend to small businesses, predatory payday lenders, high interest loan sharks, or social investors who just don't support social enterprises - there's plenty to criticise in the world of finance.But there's a a strong and growing network of finance providers who are building resilient economies throughout the UK – offering a personal service, a supportive approach and a real alternative to traditional bank lenders and finance providers. Responsible Finance providers bring social and economic benefits to people, places and businesses.And on the responsible finance podcast, we hear about how they build hope, create opportunity and change lives – that's responsible finance.

The Responsible Finance Podcast is a business podcast hosted by Jamie Veitch, with 36 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Jamie Veitch hosts The Responsible Finance Podcast, a business show with 36 episodes published.

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  Episode #3

  Powering-up small businesses to unleash economic growth with JPMorganChase and First Enterprise

  Nov 17, 202548 minS7

  <p>Colleen Ebbitt from JPMorganChase and Danielle Davis from First Enterprise join us today for a fascinating chat about listening to and supporting under-served businesses so they can thrive. How?</p> <p>Well, Colleen covers JPMorganChase's small business philanthropy, which supports small business owners on their journeys to growth.</p> <p>A £4m initiative, supported by JPMorganChase, is strengthening community development finance institutions' operations and helping CDFIs to deploy small business loans to great businesses which can't get the finance they need elsewhere.</p> <p>"The problems that we're trying to solve are complex, multifaceted. They cannot be solved by pr...

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  Episode #2

  The High Cost Loan Scandal No One is Talking About

  Sep 17, 202511 minS7

  <p>"The only gig in town came with 60% interest, because we were considered subprime lending. It meant that every payment of £15,000 included £9,000 interest." Business owner David, who subsequently saved more than £80,000 in interest a year by refinancing with a CDFI.</p> <p>When it comes to high-cost credit, most of us think of personal borrowing and payday loans. But the quote above comes from a business owner. More than a decade after the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) took over regulating consumer lending and introduced the cap on payday loans, there's a new high-cost loan story unfolding. Up to one in fou...

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  Episode #1

  Kate Pender, Fair4All Finance: financial inclusion, innovation and big solutions to big challenges

  Jan 10, 202541 minS7

  <p>Kate Pender is CEO of Fair4All Finance, an organisation launched to improve the financial services sector so it better serves people who are underserved and excluded.</p> <p>She was appointed chief executive in 2024 having worked with Fair4All since its inception in 2019: "I drank the Kool-Aid and got hooked on the work." Kate is also a member of the Government's financial inclusion committee. She describes Fair4All's evolving work and covers:</p> <p>• three highlights of its research in 2024 with fascinating implications about the potential to support social purpose lenders via sustained subsidy and about testing different ty...

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  Stuart Foster and Brian Holland, NatWest Group

  May 23, 202428 minS6

  <p>Why did NatWest Group choose to work with community development finance institutions (CDFIs) as part of its cost-of-living support package?</p> <p>What can be done to signpost CDFIs to bank customers who are financially vulnerable?</p> <p>How do bank to CDFI referral processes work for businesses and social enterprises?</p> <p>And why are CDFIs such a "terrific part of the overall ecosystem of financial services" whose ability is both celebrated and championed by NatWest Group?</p> <p>Brian Holland heads up NatWest Group's approach to vulnerable customers and leads on consumer duty and remediation. He is...

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  Episode #5

  Financing social enterprises and the local multiplier effect with Resonance and Raised In

  Nov 1, 202337 minS5

  <p>Katalin Juhasz and Ollie Pollard join us today to show how impact alignment between investors and social enterprises makes a difference to communities and businesses – plus what traditional city institutions can learn from social investors.</p> <p>Ollie is Head of Enterprise Growth Funds at Resonance, founded in 2002 with the mission to connect capital to social enterprise. It had around £350m under management (and a team of 60) when we recorded this podcast.</p> <p>Katalin is Head of Future Business and Impact at Raised In, a social enterprise nursery based in Bristol.</p> <p>I noticed that before joining Res...

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