Automating payments to bills and savings has many benefits, but it lead you to forget that your finances still need your attention. This episode covers the tension between the convenience of automation and the value of awareness.
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Automating payments to bills and savings has many benefits, but it lead you to forget that your finances still need your attention. This episode covers the tension between the convenience of automation and the value of awareness.
Thank you to all our listeners and supporters for making 2021 as good as it could be under the circumstances. This episode covers Martha’s favourite shows from last year as well as ways we can help you to a prosperous 2022.
In the UK, banks and essential services must offer support to their vulnerable customers, but who even counts as vulnerable? And what support should they expect? Bristol University researcher, Chris Fitch, explains.
We also discuss how people react to the word 'vulnerable' and what that means when you're trying to influence a sector like financial services to do right by everyone, not just the fashionable 'deserving' causes.
Journalist and activist Emily Reynolds talks to Martha and Alex about the complex relationship between money and mental health, about her own experience of managing cash and crisis while living with bipolar disorder.