Running on the Clearspring platform, new savings goal widget can easily be posted and shared on most major social media platforms

DES MOINES, Iowa, June 3, 2008 -- SmartyPig®, http://www.smartypig.com, a new online savings solution combining social networking and sensible savings to help consumers reach savings goals faster with public accounts, competitive interest rates and cash boosts from retailers, recently launched its SmartyPig savings goal widgets using the Clearspring platform.

?Clearspring?s widget technology allows our customers to put their SmartyPig goal widget into leading social networks, start pages, desktops, blogs, basically anywhere they are interacting online,? states Jon Gaskell, co-founder of SmartyPig. ?It?s not often you hear about banking and innovation in the same sentence, but SmartyPig?s message of responsible saving is resonating from coast to coast, and now on most social networks.?

The SmartyPIg savings goal widget can now be placed on: MySpace, Facebook, Google, Dashboard, Live, myYearbook, Netvibes, Hi5, Freewebs, Xanga, Friendster, Tagged, Blackplanet, Blogger, TypePad, Livejournal, Wordpress, Hoverspot, Multiply, Eons, Pageflakes, Webwag, Orkut, Vox, Piczo, and Perfspot.

It is not just about individuals signing up for SmartyPig, it?s what they do upon signing up: They invite others to be a part of the experience. Clusters of users have created their own SmartyPig friends groups on other social networking platform.

Most importantly, all of these individuals are sharing in the goal-saving experience - just like when they share about other aspects of their lives on their social networking pages.

?This true social banking application is only available on SmartyPig, and we feel our updated widget option will go a long way in really opening up this social side of saving, letting customers build their groups, allowing others to easily help them along, and most importantly giving them another tool that will keep them focused with regard to sensible saving,? states Michael Ferrari, co-founder of SmartyPig.

About SmartyPig

Headquartered in Des Moines, Iowa, SmartyPig is a simple, smart and secure way to save for a specific goal. Using groundbreaking technology and the latest in security standards, SmartyPig helps users reach their savings goals faster by allowing them to invite family and friends to contribute to their accounts, gives additional incentive boosts from top retailers who sell exactly what users are saving for and offers one of the country?s top interest rates at 3.9% (APY). SmartyPig.com is a privately owned company that launched in March 2008. For more information visit www.SmartyPig.com. SmartyPig is a registered trademark of SmartyPig. US patent pending. All rights reserved.

*Annual Percentage Yield (APY) is accurate as of June 3, 2008. Rates may change at any time without prior notice. Fees could reduce earnings on the account. Minimum opening balance is $25.

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SmartyPig website: http://www.smartypig.com

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