We want to change the world, and I would like to ask for your help.

When I was working as a scientist at Imperial College London, someone told me: “If the banks donated 1% of their profits to scientific research, cancer would be cured today.”

This statement stuck with me.

After I changed my career from science to work in fintech, the statement gave me sleepless nights wondering if there is a solution to increase funding in science.

After much brainstorming, my idea was that I needed to combine the source of money with science. Thus, the concept of Science Bank was born.

Science Bank is a bank to support science instead of, simply put, pay bonuses.

For example, Barclays Bank netted a net profit of 4.3 billion British Pounds in 2019. If 5% of it were invested in scientific research, that would be an investment of 218 million. The contribution would be significant and increase UK’s research funding up to 25%. Considering that an average research project cost is 300k GBP, Barclays could sponsor 726 per year. One can only imagine what discoveries this would lead to.

Now, like many of you, unfortunately, I lost my mother this year to cancer. Following this event, I couldn’t sit still anymore and wait for banks to change; I decided to build a bank for science.

Science Bnk was born. www.science-bnk.com

(*Bnk stands for Bank, the UK financial conduct authority prohibits to call yourself Bank until the banking license is approved. We have just started our application.)

Our number one mission is to keep your money secure and deliver a flawless and innovative banking service to you. But as explained above, we are here to advance society by investing in science and technology - the ultimate sustainability investment.

Every year we accumulate an investment pot derived from our revenues and customer contributions. The investments are then distributed by our scientific committee, consisting of 20 academics all of high stature and national academies, to the best grant applications. The cool thing is, in the case of research leading to a great company, you as a customer will own share.

Now, this is a mega and costly project, and we are at the very early beginning.

Please support Science Bnk by signing up to our waiting list and give us a signal that you are with us and that we change the world together.