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PayPoint and Switchee enable in-store energy credit top ups for those at risk of fuel poverty

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PayPoint has announced a new partnership with Switchee, a data and insights company, which will allow residents to use their cash and energy credit vouchers to top up their energy credit in PayPoint stores. According to Switchee’s Housing Fuel Poverty Index, one in seven social…

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