SmartyPig extends ANZ partnership, product announcement tomorrow

After a successful domestic launch in April 2008, social banking startup SmartyPig reached its first overseas market…

After a successful domestic launch in April 2008, social banking startup SmartyPig reached its first overseas market, Australia, by signing a partnership with Australian & New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ) in late 2008.* Today, they’ve announced a five-year extension to that partnership, which, according to a press release, includes plans to make the product available in New Zealand over the next 24 months.

Additionally, through this extended agreement, SmartyPig will explore opportunities to offer the product in Asia and build on the existing product offering for all customers.

With regards to the latter point, we expect to hear a new product announcement from SmartyPig co-founder and COO Michael Ferrari later today. Yesterday, he tweeted:

@mferrari: Am presenting at @finovate tomorrow. Announcing a new product…! (twitter.com/mferrari/status/26317420139)

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Finovate is a conference series showcasing financial and banking technology innovation. Ferrari is presenting at Finovate Fall, which is taking place in New York today and tomorrow.

Tomorrow morning, look to Silicon Prairie News for coverage of the new product announcement.

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Update 9:10 p.m. – Post incorrectly stated SmartyPig launched in 2007, it launched in April 2008.

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