Opening
financial data
for good
Our Solutions

Financial data is a resource for social change.

We believe financial data holds untapped potential to drive meaningful change. By making private sector financial data both accessible and discoverable, we enable impactful research and inform decision-making - helping reduce poverty and inequality and improving economic wellbeing.

Our Solutions

Our vision

Until now, financial data has remained largely locked away and unused, often only used for profit-driven purposes or product development. Barriers such as privacy concerns, regulatory hurdles, and more have prevented its broader availability for research and social good.

Our vision is to make this data widely accessible for the first time, partnering with change makers to be part of a solution helping build a stronger economy and a more equitable society.

Imagine a world where academia, NGOs, public and private sectors unite with access to new sources of data, co-ordinating efforts with the shared purpose of improving people’s lives.

Name
Magdalena Getler
Role
Head of Academic Engagement, Smart Data Foundry

Partnering with the public sector and NGOs

We provide valuable, actionable insights from real-time financial data, enabling service providers, analysts, advocates, and policymakers to interpret and act on these findings. Our data encompasses anonymised income and expenditure data from millions of UK bank account holders. By complementing existing data sources, this data supports better informed decision-making and helps NGOs and public sector partners to drive the development of targeted interventions that improve outcomes.

Insights

Unlocking data for impactful research

We are committed to enabling impactful research by making private sector financial data both discoverable and accessible to researchers for the first time; unlocking new opportunities to explore critical socioeconomic challenges. Our academic partnerships are founded on mutual learning and shared goals, driving research that addresses society’s most pressing issues.

Research

Building a pioneering data-sharing ecosystem with our trusted data partners

By building trusted partnerships, we enable leading financial institutions to securely and responsibly share real-time data. Our data-sharing approach, built on strong governance and robust agreements, keeps data secure within our trusted research environment; ensuring privacy and compliance while fostering collaboration and trust.

Data partnerships

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Nowcasting for Policy and Service Delivery

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Is there a Net Zero Poverty Premium?

Only 20% of people in Scotland can comfortably afford the home upgrades required to meet the Scottish Government’s net zero targets for buildings by 2045.
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Unlocking Research Opportunities: The Vision for a UK National Data Library

A National Data Library for researchers would be a welcome addition to UK data infrastructure, reducing complexity and providing clarity and confidence.
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Securely share data and actively address societal challenges. 

Our data partners are actively contributing to groundbreaking research that drives insights into economic wellbeing and reducing poverty and inequality.

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