Featured Articles and Black Girl finance In the Media

Black Girl Finance has won its first award. We won the British Bank Awards Online Financial Influencer of the Year category. 

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If you have ever wondered what cryptocurrency or non-fungible tokens are? Check out this article Selina wrote for Stylist magazine. 

For this article, I spoke with Allbright to provide my top 10 financial tips

This article written for The Voice Newspaper and highlights the report by the TUC showing employment levels amongst Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic workers in the UK, being already higher than the forecast for unemployment levels in 2021 as a result of the pandemic. It also spoke about the intersect of Gender with Women from Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic, experiencing higher levels of umemployment. Against this Backdrop I give my top tips to build financial resilience at this unstable economic time. 

Our Founder Selina Flavius took over My Imperfect Lifes Instagram page to share her 5 top Financial Wellness Tips for 2021. 

In this article I discuss the fact that Gen Z and Millenials are at the forefront when it comes to adopting the new fintech apps that allow us to invest, how can financial education keep pace to ensure young people are engaging in these services safetly. 

In this article I discuss my top tips for managing your finances as a small business owner. Often your own personal financial well being gets neglected as you focus on growing your business. How does a business owner do both?.....click to read the article.

In this article myself and another expert discuss what is a bad credit score and top tips to improve your credit score. All is not lost if things have gone wrong.

In this article I discuss the money lessons taught to use by our family, culture, and parents. When it comes to our money mindsets its interesting to think about the familial and cultural influences. 

Do check out this article written for Refinery29 - which discusses the reasons why Black women can't afford to wait to get their finances in order.  Plus our financial top tips!

Thank you so much guardian for featuring an extract of the Black Girl Finance Book - Lets Talk Money.  

The funny thing is my mum, called me up after reading this article laughing, saying that the two things you were not allowed to talk about with your kids, were how much you earned and also how old you were, because the fear was that the kids would go and tell everyone your business. 

She also said - she used to borrow me £80 a month, that I should have said this in the book. 

Love her. Check out this article. 

This week we have been featured in this article from starling bank - How to set realistic financial goals for 2021! 

Check it out. 

This week we have been featured in the FT advisor online article regarding closing the racial wealth gap. What are the causes,  what is the FCA's focus on diversity, how can the industry help.

Its super important to talk about these financial gaps.

Black women are impacted by the ethnicity pay gap and the gender pay gap. If you have ever attended one of our events, I always include information about the ethnicity pay gap and the gender pay gap, because sometimes we aren't aware of, these financial gaps, and how we are impacted. We should always speak up and be an advocate for ourselves. We also have to ensure that we actively build wealth.  Check out our thoughts in the article, it's important to be a part of the conversation.