For as long as people have traded products and services, we’ve used various forms of currency. Although modern currencies are normally paper and coin based, historically there have been many different bizarre things used. Here we’re going to look at some of the most remarkable, eclectic and peculiar currencies both past and present. Read the rest of this entry »
As promised, here’s another instalment of our Founders for Good Q&A series. This time we caught up with Luísa Gockel from CDI Europe, one of the charities we awarded a £10,000 grant to for their unique and amazing work.
(Left: image of CDI Europe spokesperson)
How did your charity start?
CDI started in Brazil in 1995 to help bring education and technology to the Brazilian favelas. It quickly expanded to 12 countries, training more than 1.4 million people. In 2008 it opened its first office in Europe. In 2010 CDI started piloting the Apps for Good programme in two locations in London (High Trees Community Development Trust and Central Foundation Girls School).
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In July we announced that Wonga for Business, our brand new service providing quick and convenient short-term loans to UK businesses, recently launched an offer to give three charities a £10,000 grant each. We caught up with Jodi Manning, a representative from Just for Kids Law, one of the chosen charities.
Wonga for Business, our brand new service providing quick and convenient short-term loans to UK businesses, recently launched an offer to give three charities a £10,000 grant each. The announcement was made in June at the Founders Forum, a not-for-profit event dedicated to helping existing and new businesses enhance their capabilities.
The three winning charities are Alzheimer’s Society, Apps for Good and Just for Kids Law. These charities were chosen after making individual pitches to us, outlining their services and how they would use the money. We were hugely impressed
by their drive and desire to make a real difference.
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We’re massively excited to be supporting England in this summer’s tournament. If, like us, you’re getting ready to become a fantasy manager or armchair-pundit for the next month, why not test your skills for real and win money with our wonga.com Fantasy Football mini league?! We’ve created a mini league for all our beloved fans. What’s more, we’re offering up amazing prizes. A cash prize pool will be allocated to the top 3 points winners in the mini league by the end of the tournament – £100 for 1st place, £50 for 2nd and £30 for 3rd.
Check out our new TV ad, hitting the nation’s TV screens any minute now.
Betty, Earl and Joyce are in the new Wonga HQ, and this time they show how Wonga can help with your short term cash flow needs.
It’s Betty’s birthday! Joyce and Earl help her celebrate at the new Wonga HQ
We’re delighted that both of our sponsored football teams have managed to qualify for end of Season Cup Finals. Both matches are being played at 3pm on Saturday 19th May. We’re hoping for a double win with Hearts in the Scottish Cup Final and Blackpool in the Championship Play-off Final.
If Blackpool manage to win promotion this year promotion, here is an image of what the future could hold. Thanks to Gary Law and his son James for this amazing photo, taken when they visited the Nou Camp for Gary’s birthday. While they were lording it up in Barcelona, poor old Mrs Law was stuck at Bloomfield Road queuing for Wembley tickets. Great story, we’re sending Mrs Law a hoodie and t-shirts to the lads.
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Today we’re announcing our entry into the South African market, which also marks the beginning of international expansion. Wonga South Africa is officially online and ready to serve. The new venture is being run by our small, yet world-class team in Capetown and offers the same fast, transparent and flexible service as British consumers have come to expect.
We’re also using the same award-winning, fully-automated loan processing system to make quick and accurate decisions. Today’s launch sees Wonga’s first foray outside of Blighty and comes hot on the heels of last week’s launch of Wonga for Business. It also follows several months of technical trials, during which we’ve successfully served many South African customers and already had some great feedback.
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We’re delighted at being voted number one for record growth.
We were named last night as “Fastest Growing Company” at the Media Momentum Awards in Berlin. This is widely acknowledged to be one of the most coveted awards for Europe’s digital media companies.
This is the 9th annual Awards ceremony, in which Media Momentum celebrates the 50 hottest stars of the digital economy and their successes and achievements.
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Wonga.com today announced we will help Britain’s small businesses to manage their cash flow, continue to grow and create jobs. We aim to shake up business financing by launching a unique, paperless service to small business-owners and entrepreneurs, which can get them cash as quickly as 15 minutes.
The launch of Wonga for Business heralds a new way for UK firms to smooth out financial bumps and secure time-sensitive business opportunities – doing so more quickly, conveniently and flexibly than with traditional credit products. Read the rest of this entry »
