SmartyPig

At Team SmartyPig we’ve been busy making a few updates to the site. Now human nature is to resist change, but these are pretty straight forward, so I think we’ll be all good. The summary of what we’ve done is below, and we’d love to know what you think!

Cosmetic changes

We’ve gone horizontal! You might notice everything on the homepage is just a little wider than yesterday and we’ve got a delightful new banner showing off all the people that like us on Facebook. We’ve played around with our sections a little, so hopefully everything is just a bit clearer for you. You can now pick how you receive our emails too – Standard or Detailed and HTML or Text. So many choices!

Funding Source Verification

Now, when you add a new funding source, you’ll need to verify it by confirming a tiny amount that we direct credit and debit to your account. We usually suggest you do this right at the start of your goal, but any time before you redeem is fine – has to be before you want to stop your goal though!

We’ve updated our Electronic Identification process

We’re going to ask you for a little bit more information, so hopefully you don’t need to do anything else because we’ll have confirmed who you are. We’ll ask you for things like:

• Passport Number
• Drivers License Number
• Medicare Card Number

You can pick and choose what you want us to check, but the more you tell us the better chance we have of identifying you.

And finally…

And last but not least, now, when you sign up, your first account is set up automatically. This means fewer forms to fill in – Win!

See, not so scary! So let us know what you think – and maybe suggest some more changes for next time.

Team SmartyPig