Category Archives: news

Foxies and Cherries on B£ note!

By annalisa | Published: November 2, 2011

You must have marvelled by now at the extremely different look our second edition notes are donning… And indeed each note is a unique combination of local iconic images and design elements, and of course new faces. But who is the inspiration behind such cool new looks? In this blog we shall focus on the [...]

Posted in news | Leave a comment

Thank you from the B£ team

By annalisa | Published: October 6, 2011

Our pay by text live demo during our second Birthday event last week went glitch-free (we still skipped a heart beat of course), and we are delighted that pay by text transactions have now started within participating businesses. Indeed it is exactly one week since the launch of the new pay by text system and [...]

Posted in news | Leave a comment

B£ Pay-by-text goes live!

By brixtonpound | Published: September 30, 2011

The UK’s first electronic local currency is now live! As a customer, you can register for the system here. You will be sent an email asking you to confirm your registration with instructions about setting up your account. To start spending B£e’s in participating businesses, you will then need to transfer funds from you bank [...]