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Another busy week for the money team 🚀 we’re delighted to launch not one, but two companies to our list of direct integrations, making sure we continue to give our customers even more personalised loans and better range of deals than before 👏 Our Chief Growth Officer, Andy Hancock said: “ We’re working with an ever-growing team of trusted providers to bring great money products to our customers and our latest direct integrations are no different. I’m delighted to welcome the two lenders, Plata and Bamboo on board our new loans eligibility platform and am excited for them to join us in offering our customers further choice.” As a team, we’re really looking forward to working more closely with both Plata and Bamboo to build a lasting relationship, helping us to deliver on our purpose of offering more choice to customers which in turn makes financial decision-making a breeze for everyone. #CustomerFirst #MoneyTeam #BambooLoans #PlataCard #WorkingTogether

Last week, colleagues from our amazing Tech and Talent teams joined forces for an inspiring, engaging and fun day at Black Tech Fest as they welcomed lots of people, from experienced candidates to apprentices looking to start a career in Tech, to our stand 👍🏻 Colleagues loved talking to everyone about life at Compare the Market and the opportunities we offer to grow and build your career with us, and how our culture supports ambition, curiosity and the drive to be the best. This year, we took the move to replace the merch for this event with charity boxes so that people visiting our stand could drop a token into the box of their chosen charity, we’ll then donate what we would have spent on merch proportionately across the three charities, Southall Black Sisters, Generating Genius and Black Minds Matter UK… This idea was so well received, and it was really rewarding to be giving something back to our local communities 💙 We were also delighted that our CTO, Renee Hunt, was part of a panel on the main stage discussing the topic of ‘Leading Through Disruption: Navigating Change in a Tech-Driven World’ and as always, she was a big hit 👏🏼 An amazing day had by all… thank you for having us BTF®.

Happy Ada Lovelace Day 🌟 Today, we celebrate Ada Lovelace, a true pioneer of technology and the first computer programmer 🖥 Her visionary work in the 19th century laid the foundation for the digital world we live in today. At Compare the Market, we’re inspired by her legacy every day because Ada's groundbreaking achievements remind us of the importance of innovation, creativity, and pushing the boundaries of what’s possible. We strive to embody her spirit by fostering an inclusive environment where everyone can contribute to the advancement of technology. Celebrating over a cup of tea and cupcakes, our CTO, Renee Hunt, hosted a group of our brilliant Women in Tech to reflect on their contributions, recognise the diversity that drives our industry forward, and continue to work together to support future generations of innovators 🚀 #AimForAmazing #WomenInTech #TechCareers #FutureGenerations #CharacterfulCareers #LoveWhereYouWork #AdaLovelace

Welcome aboard Capital One! We couldn’t be happier to give a very warm welcome to our latest credit card integration partner. Andy Hancock, Chief Growth Officer at Compare the Market, said: “We’re on a mission to bring our customers brilliant money products from trusted providers and I’m delighted to welcome Capital One to our direct panel of lenders. We’re rapidly expanding our money proposition with the aim of giving customers a wider choice than ever before - and this is another fantastic partnership helping us do that.” We can’t wait to continue making great financial decision-making a breeze with Capital One 🚀

We’re delighted to welcome Admiral Money, our latest direct integration, helping us to deliver more personalised loans and better deals to our customers. Andy Hancock, Chief Growth Officer at Compare the Market, said: “We’re investing considerably to bring our customers great money products from trusted providers. I'm thrilled to welcome Admiral Money to our new loans eligibility platform, giving our customers greater choice than before.” We’re really looking forward to building a deeper partnership with Admiral Money as we continue to work hard to make great financial decision-making a breeze for everyone.

We’re delighted to announce our new partnership with Swoop Funding, the leading financial platform that streamlines access to business funding. Our collaboration aims to provide UK small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with even greater access to the diverse range of funding products available to help them thrive in today’s economic environment.  Our Chief Financial Officer, Behzad Arbabzadah, said “By partnering with Swoop Funding, we are enhancing our customer offering to deliver helpful and important financial solutions to the businesses that need them most. This partnership will help SMEs to thrive and enable them to seize new opportunities for growth.” By integrating Swoop’s advanced funding platform with Compare the Market’s extensive reach and user-friendly interface, SMEs will now have easier access to a wide range of financing options. We’re looking forward to building a brilliant partnership.

We’re super excited to share a special edition of the podcast series My Duvet Flip - UK’s Leading Careers Show, featuring our CEO, Mark Bailie. Mark had the pleasure of being invited to chat with Jack Parsons, over a cup of tea, about everything from his career journey, including 150 interviews along the way, to the success of the meerkats. And we have to say, we love the finished episode… thank you Jack Parsons and Leon Marseglia 👏 Take a listen for some brilliant leadership inspiration… https://lnkd.in/edC967ew

We’re delighted to welcome Jameel Lalani to our team as Commercial Director for Money. Jameel is responsible for Compare the Market’s Money products, including credit cards and personal loans, as we continue to build a brilliant and talented team, expanding our choice for customers. Jameel joins us to help accelerate our progress in expanding across product lines outside of insurance and since January, Compare the Market’s Money business has grown considerably after increasing our panel of lenders and launching a new eligibility platform. Jameel commented “I’m delighted to start working at Compare the Market at such an exciting moment for the business as its Money team grows rapidly. I’m looking forward to engaging with new credit card and loan providers to integrate them onto our platform and ensuring our customers continue to find great deals.” Following our recent announcement that Zopa Bank and Lendable have become the latest credit card and loan integrations to our panel, we remain focused on increasing our range of money products available to help customers make great financial decisions for them, and we’re thrilled to have Jameel as part of the team driving this. #CharacterfulCareers #LoveWhereYouWork #MoneyTeam #AimForAmazing

Compare the Market does The Big Help Out. The Big Help Out, organised by /together, is a brilliant initiative and this year we were delighted to partner with them, pledging to create 50 Magical Meerkat Moments over three months. In true CtM style, hundreds of our colleagues stepped up and showed amazing enthusiasm and dedication to support a whole range of community activities. And thanks to everyone’s commitment and hard work, we didn’t just meet our target - we totally smashed it by getting involved in 80 magical moments, meaning that 76 local charities received much-needed support from us. The passion and enthusiasm that our colleagues have shown has been amazing and we couldn’t be prouder of the difference they’ve made, their impact has felt far and wide by charities in our local communities. Take a look at our video to see the impact we made together… https://lnkd.in/eHbRVbRN #TheBigHelpOut #CommunityImpact #CSR #MakingADifference #EmployeeEngagement #LoveWhereYouWork #MeerkatYourCareer

We welcomed three summer interns into our Tech teams, and our CTO Renee Hunt recently met them for a Q&A. Based at our Head Office in #Peterborough, our Tech interns are with us for 10 weeks and are working across our Security, Product Engineering and Enterprise Technology teams 🚀 We provide them with a hands-on experience, giving them the opportunity to work on live projects and contribute to the success of the business whilst learning from some of the amazing talent we have in our teams. They also have access to our emerging talent training sessions on presentations skills, communications skills, building their personal brand, CV writing and preparing for interviews. But it wasn’t just a one-way chat, our interns also got the chance to ask Renee some questions about her career journey and her experience of working in Tech 🙌 #Internships #CareerDevelopment #CareersInTech #MeerkatYourCareer #CharacterfulCareers #JoinUsCM #LoveWhereYouWork