Tag: Currensea

WaterAid and Currensea launch innovative debit card to help people get clean water with every tap

Stuart Mitchell

WaterAid has partnered with Currensea and Mastercard to launch a brand-new innovative debit card, helping people save money at home and abroad and donating those savings to help people get clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene. From rounding up your everyday purchases whether that be to the nearest 50p or £1, to saving bank fees abroad, the card will enable supporters to easily donate to WaterAid UK. It benefits users the most while travelling, saving at least 85% in bank fees on every foreign transaction compared to high street…

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Walking With The Wounded partners with Currensea to launch new debit card to drive donations for veterans during cost of living crisis

Stuart Mitchell

Walking With The Wounded, a charity to help injured British Armed Forces veterans in their career transition from the military to civilian life, has launched a debit card in partnership with Currensea, enabling supporters to make charitable donations each time they spend at home or abroad, boosting donations during the cost of living crisis. The new Walking With The Wounded (WWTW) Currensea card links to supporters’ existing bank accounts and will be available to both members and supporters wishing to donate to WWTW. Donations can be made by rounding up…

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The Royal Marines Charity launches its own debit card to drive donations for its lifelong support programmes for veterans

Stuart Mitchell

RMA – The Royal Marines Charity (RMA), the membership body supporting serving and veteran Royal Marines and their families, has launched a debit card in partnership with Currensea, enabling supporters to make charitable donations each time they spend at home or abroad, boosting donations for the vital support programmes the charity offers.   The new Royal Marines Charity by Currensea card links to supporters’ existing bank accounts and will be available to both members and supporters wishing to donate to RMC. Donations can be made by rounding up spending to the…

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UK travellers remove 1.75m bottles from the ocean by donating to environmental causes through Currensea  

Stuart Mitchell

Charity donations from UK travellers using a money-saving travel card have removed 1.75m plastic bottles from the ocean since 2020. Travellers using the Currensea card, a card that links to existing bank accounts and offers the lowest foreign exchange (FX) fees, can opt to support environmental causes by donating some or all of the savings they make on FX fees when using the card overseas.    Currensea users have also contributed to almost 120,000 trees being planted by donating savings made when using the card.   Working alongside Plastic Bank and Eden…

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Royal Trinity Hospice releases its own debit card allowing supporters to round-up spending into donations

Stuart Mitchell

Royal Trinity Hospice, the oldest hospice in the UK and a charity that cares for 2,500 patients each year, is enabling supporters to make charitable donations via the charity’s own debit card through its partnership with Currensea, which has created a money-saving card linked to existing bank accounts. Customers can now donate to Royal Trinity Hospice when spending both at home and abroad. Donations can be made by rounding up spending to the nearest 5p in the UK or from savings made on overseas transactions via this new branded card…

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