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The Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) is encouraging people to pay extra attention to their financial wellbeing during the coronavirus pandemic, and to consider what protective steps they can take now to avoid money worries later on. With coronavirus likely to cause disruption for a significant amount of time this year, the government-backed organisation is urging people to spend some time...

This research was conducted by Ipsos MORI on behalf of the Money and Pensions Service, to understand how people think about and engage with their money, and how better financial behaviours can be supported. The report looks at the way in which people’s skills and knowledge, mindset and attitudes, and social identity interact to shape their behaviour. It goes on to highlight key...

Three strategic priorities for 2020/21 to help people make the most of their money and pensions The Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) has today published its Corporate Plan for 2020/21, outlining the organisation’s strategic priorities and its immediate response to the coronavirus outbreak. The plan was due to be published at the beginning of April but has been delayed to allow a review...

Covid-19 has had, and will continue to have, a major impact on our lives and those of our customers. As an organisation we want to try and understand how people’s financial lives are changing, and might change in the future, so that we and our partners can respond in the best way. We have collated and analysed published data from the widest range of sources we could, to...

Closing date for responses has now passed. For more opportunities to engage with the UK Strategy for Financial Wellbeing, sign up for the MaPS monthly newsletter, and follow us on Twitter or LinkedIn. The UK Strategy for Financial Wellbeing sets out five challenges – ambitious goals to improve the lives of millions of people by 2030. We are now looking at these priority areas in detail,...

Challenge Group chairs will work towards the goals set in the UK Strategy for Financial Wellbeing 11 sector leaders who will head up cross-industry groups set up to help transform financial wellbeing are being named today by the Money and Pensions Service (MaPS). They will chair Challenge Groups which will recommend how the UK can achieve the five national goals set out in the...

Five priority areas to help people make the most of their money and pensions A new UK-wide strategy to transform the country’s financial wellbeing in a decade is being launched today by the Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) under its government mandate. Delivering on the strategy will transform the lives of many individuals, benefitting communities, businesses, the economy and wider...

In a report released yesterday, 26 June 2019, the Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) is calling on the retail banking sector to consider that: improving customers’ financial capability should be a strategic goal; providers should consider this as part of building the business case for new products, services and features financial capability should be integral to the design of products...

Download press release Event at 10am on Thurs, 25th April at the Brunel’s SS Great Britain conference centre open to local organisations, employers, networks and government agenciesEvent helps kick off a programme of listening roadshows throughout the UKListening document released, collecting recommendations to inform development of new National Strategy for Money and Pensions The...

Introduction and welcome Speech by Sir Hector Sants (Chair, Money and Pensions Service) at Coin Street Community Builders, London. Download the speech transcript

People urged to consider financial wellbeing during coronavirus pandemic

Using behavioural science to improve financial wellbeing in the UK

MaPS publishes Corporate Plan detailing key priorities and Covid-19 support

Covid-19 impacts on financial wellbeing

Join the 2030 Financial Wellbeing Challenge

11 sector leaders named who will help shape the UK’s future financial wellbeing

UK Strategy for Financial Wellbeing sets out ten-year vision to improve millions of lives

Money and Pensions Service calls for retail banking sector to promote customer financial wellbeing in products and services

Money and Pensions Service event calling for collective action to improve financial wellbeing in Bristol

Money and Pensions Service launch event, London, 8 April 2019

Coronavirus and personal finances