Best Of Web Award To SmartyPig
How about this recipe? Take a basic FDIC-insured savings account, spice it up with automated electronic transfers and email communications, mix in gift/debit cards, wrap the whole thing up in a social...
View ArticleThe Buzz About SmartyPig
I’ve been hearing a lot of buzz about SmartyPig, a new online savings account that makes banking less boring. Their interface is colorful, intuitive, and fun. Your money gets stored at West Bank, an...
View ArticlePromoting Savings On Web
SmartyPig is one of those ideas that, once you fully understand it, makes you wonder why no one has done it before. That’s what Michael Ferrari thought three years ago, when the concept first occurred...
View ArticleThe Latest Trend: SmartyPig!
Looking for an easy way to save your money without giving yourself a headache? Smartypig.com is a new online savings company that’s offering a safe, easy solution! The site allows you to create “goals”...
View ArticleOne Smart (Social) Savings Plan
I think this is a really interesting and innovative way in which a savings plan can be set up, for yourself, or even your kids. Creating a system for disciplined and social savings is something that...
View ArticleOnline Savings Meets Social Network
Paul Lin from CBS MarketWatch interviews SmartyPig co-founder Jon Gaskell in New York to learn more about the social side of saving.
View ArticleSmartyPig: Piggybank 2.0?
Rafe Needleman of Webware (a CNET site), describes SmartyPig as a clever site that can help you sock away money for purchases you’re hoping to make some day.
View ArticleSmartyPig Connects Your Piggy Bank To Your Social Network
It’s already possible to save money with sites like Mint, but I think SmartyPig is the first to explicitly tie those savings to different goals. Even better, SmartyPig functions as a social network...
View ArticleReal-World Advice for College Grads
Congratulations, college class of 2008! You’ve earned your diplomas. Now it’s time to get smart about the real world. The bad news: Research shows graduating into a recession has the potential to...
View ArticleSmartyPig Users In All 50 States
SmartyPig launched their unique concept for a social-networking bank account on the Internet less than two months ago, and it already has users in all 50 states. States with the most users are...
View ArticleWill Social Networking Revolutionize Saving and Investing?
The new report, “Online Investing Communities: Will social networking revolutionize saving and investing?,” looks at how investment companies and financial institutions can become involved in the...
View ArticleFund Your Goals, Encourage Your Pals To Chip In
You don’t need to be a finance whiz to recognize that the least painful way to pay for a big-ticket item is to save small amounts, week by week, month by month, paycheck by paycheck. But how many of us...
View ArticleA High-Tech Twist To Old-Fashioned Saving
Remember when people used to save money to buy something they wanted or needed? That was before credit cards and home equity loans convinced us it was better to buy now, pay later and live beyond our...
View ArticleHow Do You Force Yourself To Save Money?
When I got paid last Friday, I immediately set up savings goals on SmartyPig.com. I set up two: one for my upcoming vacay and one for long-term savings. This set-up is perfect for me right now. I can...
View ArticleMaking Banking Fun
Fast Company’s Anya Kamenetz asks “Can innovative new programs like SmartyPig make saving money as fun as spending it?” We think so.
View ArticleSave For Specific Goals With SmartyPig
“Saving up.” It’s nearly an alien concept in this “buy with debt” world, but into that breach steps SmartyPig... If you’re looking for something with built-in restrictions and tools that will both help...
View ArticleKABC-TV Los Angeles Covers SmartyPig
The piggy bank is going online. A new Web site called SmartyPig is an online bank account for people who want to save money for specific goals. But what really sets SmartyPig apart from your typical...
View ArticleWho's A Smart Pig Now?
At a time when bank deposits are looking their sexiest for a couple of decades, ANZ shows perfect timing by introducing an electronic version of the time-honoured piggy bank to its Australian customers...
View ArticleBanks Want Your Cash; ANZ turns to SmartyPig
John Harries, ANZ managing director of retail products, says: “We know young people have unique needs when it comes to their finances... Partnering with companies like SmartyPig that can innovate and...
View ArticleBanks Want Your Cash; ANZ turns to SmartyPig
John Harries, ANZ managing director of retail products, says: “We know young people have unique needs when it comes to their finances... Partnering with companies like SmartyPig that can innovate and...
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