Dani Palmer

Chief Marketing Officer and Consumer Finance Expert
Dani Palmer is Chief Marketing Officer at Loqbox, a UK financial wellbeing business. She’s an expert in consumer finance, with a particular focus on financial wellbeing, financial confidence, credit building and responsible borrowing.

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Dani leads marketing, brand, growth and partnerships at Loqbox. She has more than six years’ experience working in financial wellbeing and consumer finance at Loqbox, and over a decade of experience across technology, finance and consumer brand scaleups. She’s always been drawn to purpose-led businesses that combine commercial growth with solving real problems for people.

She believes financial confidence comes from understanding how money and credit work, knowing your options and feeling able to make informed choices — not from getting everything right.

Through her work, Dani explores financial wellbeing, money psychology and financial education, credit scores and credit building, responsible borrowing, the taboo around talking about money, and the barriers that can prevent people from accessing the financial products and opportunities they need. She supported Loqbox’s Finotypes® development, a money personality framework created to help people understand the beliefs, preferences and behaviours behind their financial decisions.

Her approach is practical and judgement-free: helping people understand their options and take manageable steps that work in real life.

Dani regularly shares her expertise through the media, podcasts and industry events, and has spoken at Financial Promoter Live, and Manchester Fashion Week, where she led a conversation about the financial realities facing creative freelancers.

Mentoring is also important to Dani, who holds a Level 7 Diploma in Leadership, Coaching and Mentoring from the Chartered Management Institute. She spends time supporting women as they develop their careers and work towards their goals. She was shortlisted for Mentor of the Year at the 2026 SPARKies and has shared more about her career, mentoring and experience building teams in techSPARK’s Women in Tech series. 

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Dani Palmer

’s top financial tips

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My top 3 financial tips:

1. Start with where you are now: It’s really easy to make money plans for the person you think you should be, but I’d recommend starting with your actual life instead. Take budgeting: it’s far easier to start by thinking about what you genuinely can’t avoid than what you should cut. That creates space for you to think about what you enjoy spending money on, and what you would like to change. Your finances are personal, so your plan should work for you too.
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2. Get curious about your relationship with money: So much of how we feel about money starts before we’re even earning it ourselves. What did you hear about money growing up? What makes you feel good, worried or guilty about spending? Understanding some of the ‘why’ behind your choices can be incredibly helpful when you’re working out what you want to do next.
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3. Don’t give up everything you enjoy: I’m a big believer that enjoying your life should still be part of the budget. If you want to free up some money, have a look at what you could swap rather than automatically thinking about what you need to scrap. Small changes can make a real difference without cutting out your social life or the things that make you happy.

My top financial reads:

1. Open Up: Why Talking About Money Will Change Your Life by Alex Holder

I love this because it tackles something I care deeply about: why are we still so uncomfortable talking about money? Alex Holder shows how being more open about what we earn, spend and worry about can take away some of the shame and awkwardness. Money affects almost every part of our lives — we should be able to talk about it.

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2. Money: A User’s Guide by Laura Whateley

Personal finance can feel unnecessarily complicated, and this book does a brilliant job of making it feel manageable. From credit scores and debt to housing, pensions and relationships, Laura Whateley cuts through the jargon and focuses on what you actually need to know.

I love how practical and accessible it is. You shouldn’t need a finance degree to understand your own money.

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