April 30, 2012 by Michael Stacy
West Des Moines 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 in Iowa and abroad, for jobs that include web development, engineering, project … read more
April 11, 2012 by Danny Schreiber
West Des Moines Less than one month after revealing its India office, Social Money today announced an international alliance with ICICI Bank in India. "We are thrilled to be working with one of the world's leading financial services … read more
February 14, 2012 by Danny Schreiber
West Des Moines Social Money Systems, the recently introduced new parent company of SmartyPig, today announced the opening of an office in Chandigarh, India. The office, which is the company's first outside its West Des Moines headquarters, will hold four employees, Social Money co-founder Mike Ferrari said last week. The news comes on the heels of Social Money's GoalSaver announcement … read more
February 1, 2012 by Danny Schreiber
Des Moines 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 create what the company calls … read more
January 20, 2012 by Danny Schreiber
Des Moines 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 … read more
January 17, 2012 by Danny Schreiber
Published Tuesdays and Thursdays, Prairie Moves keeps our readers informed about career moves, media coverage, product development and more from the companies and individuals we cover on Silicon Prairie News. If you or your company would like to submit one of the items below for our next Prairie Moves post, please email editor@siliconprairienews.com. And if you have suggestions … read more
January 16, 2012 by Danny Schreiber
Des Moines 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 recently a director of a prepaid card programs company. McCormack, who, according to his LinkedIn profile, took on the role at SmartyPig in November, is replacing CEO Bob Weinschenk, an executive hired in 2009 who was based … read more