A Day to Tackle the Financial To-Do List
In a twist on the mental health day, New York Times columnist takes a fiscal health day to deal with his ever-multiplying list of undone money tasks.
View ArticleThe Case for Building a Social Media Strategy
Banks must create a social media strategy before deciding to evolve toward a social banking model. Opportunities to create partnerships with social banking providers like SmartyPig should be evaluated...
View ArticleWebsites Save Shoppers From Themselves
SmartyPig is sort of a virtual lay-away plan with a social networking twist.
View ArticleSmarty Pig: Savings Automated (and cute)
Smartypig.com is about the easiest, smartest and cutest savings method I've ever seen! Smartypig allows you to set a goal, and save towards it automatically.
View Article10 Creative Contests Powered by Social Media
SmartyPig, a company that offers a simple online savings account application, runs a monthly Twitter trivia contest where followers of @SmartyPig are asked questions about SmartyPig's services, which...
View ArticleSmartyPig: A New Take on Online Savings Accounts
SmartyPig puts a very interesting twist on the idea of an online savings account. It's a great tool to help you establish and meet goals...
View ArticleFaster Funding System Takes Flight at SmartyPig
SmartyPig's most recent update not only speeds the process of moving money into its savings accounts, but also could hasten the day it needs a new, larger bank partner in the United States.
View ArticleSmartyPig Review: The Piggy Bank of the Future
The reason SmartyPig works is that it makes saving automatic. All you have to do is to set a goal and set the date you want to accomplish it.
View ArticleIntuit Buys Mint, a Web-Based Finance Competitor
Companies like Intuit that sell boxed software have been struggling to gain their footing on the Web as free, online financial start-ups like Mint, SmartyPig and Wesabe have surged in popularity for...
View ArticleSmartyPig brings Bob Weinschenk on as New CEO
SmartyPig, a firm that offers online goal-based savings accounts, has announced that it will be appointing Bob Weinschenk as its new Chief Executive Officer.
View ArticleFinovate: Welcome to the World of Savings
SmartyPig takes savings and puts a 2.0 spin on it and also allows people to tweet their progress or put a widget on their Facebook pages.
View ArticleTen Financial Companies to Watch from Finovate 2009
SmartyPig is the place to save for specific goals. SmartyPig features a competitive interest rate on your savings, widgets to encourage friends and families to contribute to your saving goals, and the...
View ArticleHow to Manage Money After a Layoff
Galia Gichon, founder of Down to Earth Finance, former Wall-Streeter and personal financial expert with a particular focus on women, suggests creating a financial plan and sticking to it in order to...
View ArticleWhat Consumers Really Want
SmartyPig is a classic example of a nonbank that offers the kind of easy-to-use analysis and tracking features that banks should adopt. The ability to analyze spending and cash flow and to set up an...
View ArticleBest Places To Launch A Business
Once defined by rural stereotypes and wide-open spaces, Des Moines has attracted hundreds of new startups to its revitalized downtown neighborhoods in the past few years thanks to one big factor: Its...
View ArticleLayaway Returns As A Way To Afford The Holidays
SmartyPig, the high-tech piggy bank, offers consumers the option to open goal based savings accounts to stash holiday gift cash. These accounts come with a 2.01% APY.
View Article10 Ways to Go Away Without Going Broke
Want to make it easy for Grandma and Uncle John to contribute to your vacation fund? Consider opening an account at SmartyPig, an online piggy bank where you can set a savings goal and target date.
View ArticleHow will the UK's new banks look?
New banks will have an opportunity to differentiate themselves by harnessing existing platforms through partnerships with innovative companies like SmartyPig.
View ArticleReal Life in Your 20s
Twenty-four-year-old Molly Laurain is investing liberally in her human capital. For "short-medium" savings she uses SmartyPig.
View ArticleSmartyPig offers Black Friday cash boost
Looking to boost your Black Friday budget? SmartyPig is upping its current ante -- offering customers the chance to cash in on a hefty cash bonus this holiday shopping season.
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