Sibstar, the UK’s leading debit card and app for people living with dementia, has today announced the appointment of GoHenry co-founder and CEO, Louise Hill, as a Non-Executive Director.Louise is a pioneer in the card and payments sector, having co-founded global fintech company GoHenry, the prepaid debit card and financial education app with a simple mission to make every kid smart with money. By offering parents innovative tools to guide and oversee their children’s money management, GoHenry has revolutionised the financial literacy of millions of members across the UK and the US.As the CEO of GoHenry, Louise is a passionate advocate for financial education and has been campaigning to make the subject compulsory in all schools from primary age. Keen to nurture UK businesses, she is a mentor for the Creative Destruction Lab accelerator programme at Oxford University and part of Innovate Finance’s Unicorn Council for UK FinTech (UCFT), driving growth in the UK FinTech sector. She is also a huge supporter of women in business, regularly mentoring female founders to drive cultural change around female leadership.Louise will offer independent advice and provide oversight to Sibstar’s executive directors, ensuring optimal performance while providing strategic guidance and support to the executive team as needed.Jayne Sibley, CEO of Sibstar, commented: “We are thrilled to welcome Louise to team Sibstar. Her experience in creating a specialised prepaid debit card and financial education app for a specific group of people will be invaluable here, as we continue to be a voice for those who are financially vulnerable. We look forward to working with Louise closely on our strategic growth plan for 2025 as we continue to scale our business and expand our market presence.”Louise Hill, co-founder and CEO of GoHenry, commented: “As a devoted advocate for both women in business and financial inclusion, I am delighted to be joining Sibstar and supporting them as they scale up their company

GoHenry, the prepaid debit card and financial education app for 6-18-year olds, called on the Government to make financial education compulsory in all schools from primary age at its Parliamentary Reception last night.Talking at a full event, which took place during Talk Money Week to officially launch the company’s Financial Education Manifesto, Louise Hill, co-founder and CEO of GoHenry, pressed home the need for money lessons to be made available in all schools in England as part of the Government’s upcoming Curriculum Review. Championing the voice of young people, Louise revealed that 84% of kids and teens would like to have more financial education in school and that 68% of 18-year-olds are worried about leaving school without any money skills.Speaking alongside fellow guest speaker OIa Majekodunmi, financial expert @allthingsmoney, Louise pointed to GoHenry’s Financial Education Manifesto, which it launched pre-election, outlining 10 key recommendations* for making financial education work for all young people.These include ensuring that financial education is taught in all schools – not just those that follow the curriculum – from primary through to secondary school. The manifesto also recommends that financial education becomes a statutory part of Personal, Social, Health and Economic (PSHE) with external bodies like MyBnk and RedStart Money having a crucial role to play in delivering these lessons.Commenting at the event Louise Hill, co-founder and CEO of GoHenry, said: “Financial education is not one person’s sole responsibility. But, if I can borrow from Talk Money Week’s ‘Do One Thing’ campaign, let that one thing for the Government be making financial education part of its upcoming Curriculum Review. This is a huge opportunity to aid levelling up by giving every young person in England equal access to crucial money skills – no matter their background, where they live or which school they go to.“Ten years on from financial education being added to secondary school curriculums in England, it’s clear it’s not working. We’re still failing kids and teens on this front

Parents can now provide their 7- to 12-year-old kids with a wearable payment device powered by Google Wallet and GoHenry by Acorns. The two organizations have partnered to provide this tool to help parents teach their kids how to manage money and spend it safely and responsibly, according to a Wednesday (Aug. 7) press release. In this collaboration, GoHenry by Acorns, a debit card and financial education app designed kids between the ages of 6 and 18, will be integrated by Google Wallet into the Fitbit Ace LTE, a smartwatch designed for kids between the ages of 7 and 12, according to the release. GoHenry will be featured as a card issuer within the device wallet