SmartyPig, an online social savings platform based in Des Moines, announced today the appointment of a new president, Scott McCormack (left), a former vice president of First National Bank and most ...

For SmartyPig LLC, it's the 10% solution. The company, an online consumer savings service, is releasing a prepaid card for the banked that offers its users not only low fees, but also high — and ...

WEST DES MOINES, Iowa -- A 2008 start-up called SmartyPig has combined social networking and banking to offer a new way to save, and in four years has helped people reach almost $3 billion in savings ...

Jon Gaskell and Mike Ferrari worked for 16 months to develop SmartyPig as an application enabling consumers to save for a particular goal and let others contribute to the account. It's partnered with ...

WEST DES MOINES, Iowa -- A 2008 start-up called SmartyPig has combined social networking and banking to offer a new way to save, and in four years has helped people reach almost $3 billion in savings ...

You don’t need to be a finance whiz to recognize that the least painful way to pay for a big-ticket item–a new car, say, or a dream vacation–is to save small amounts toward it, week by week, month by ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Allen Adamson is a noted brand expert. As I said, coming up with an entirely new brand idea is hard. Turning an old idea on its ...

This content is provided by an external author without editing by Finextra. It expresses the views and opinions of the author. In addition to doubling the maximum cash boost, the new program added ...

SmartyPig, an online social savings platform, today announced a pair of big changes. The Des Moines-based company will go by a new name, Social Money Systems. It also will offer a new product, ...

At a time when most banks and savings institutions are sending out notices saying that interest rates are falling, SmartyPig announced this morning that it is increasing the interest rate it pays ...