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  • Social Money’s CorePro API used in app that could challenge Mint.com

    West Des Moines-based Social Money today announced that its CorePro product will be used by a company that TechCrunch says is out to “challenge Mint.com‘s dominance in personal financial management.” …

  • With OneClick, SmartyPig creates a “saving cart” across the web

    Extending the reach of its goal-based online saving bank, SmartyPig today will introduce OneClick, a feature that lets users start saving for a product on any ecommerce website. Whether it’s saving for a television on Amazon or a treadmill on Walmart.com, SmartyPig no longer requires its users to return to its website to start a…

  • Social Money set to double staff, space in coming months

    Social Money today announced plans to more than double its workspace and workforce this summer. The company, which makes products for goal-based, social savings, currently has 30 employees. Most are based in Social Money’s West Des Moines headquarters. The company said in a release that it plans to hire close to 35 additional employees, both…

  • SmartyPig unveils GoalSaver, a social savings platform for banks

    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, GoalSaver, which is a customizable, social savings, transaction-focused platform for banks that utilizes a bank’s brand and regulatory and compliance systems to…

  • SmartyPig co-founder discusses hire of new president, Scott McCormack

    SmartyPig announced on Monday that it had brought on a new president, Scott McCormack, to replace CEO Bob Weinschenk, who is no longer with the company. McCormack came on board full-time …

  • More on SmartyPig: Interview with BitMethod & account rate update

    In our article yesterday covering the release of the SmartyPig iPhone app, SmartyPig COO Michael Ferrari gave a nice mention to BitMethod, a mobile…

  • Latest from SmartyPig: Cash Rewards PrePaid MasterCard

    Yesterday, I published a post covering the latest announcement from SmartyPig: the addition of their SmartyPig Cash Rewards PrePaid MasterCard (left, image from smartypig.com). I neglected to call that out, however, and instead only labeled it a “prepaid MasterCard.” (Note: I’ve updated yesterday’s post: “More Options: SmartyPig rolls out prepaid MasterCard.”) In the past…

  • PrairieCast: Mike Ferrari of SmartyPig on his startup experience

    This week in PrairieCast, Andy and I are joined by Mike Ferrari, the co-founder of West Des Moines-based SmartyPig (Twitter: @SmartyPig). SmartyPig is a web-based money saving startup, founded by Mike and Jon Gaskell in 2006. Mike shared his experience launching a startup, from making the decision to quit his day job to working full-time…