Dan Russell's Funkled launches financial education content programme

Links up with Focus to provide planning tools

Isabel Baxter
clock • 2 min read

Recently launched financial education platform Funkled has partnered with technology provider Focus to launch a 30-day financial education content programme in its bid to close the UK's advice gap.

Through the partnership, Focus's digital client engagement tools, technology already used by advice firms, banks and building societies across the UK, will be embedded directly within Funkled's learning programme. This means that every module Funkled publishes, including on the themes of investing, borrowing or budgeting, will end with a linked planning tool. This could be a savings or investment goal-setter, a debt analysis tool, or a household budget calculator, which should enable users to act on what they have just learned. Starting on 1 August, the Funkled platform will releas...

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