Pygg.co, one of the latest social media innovations in banking has raised many eyebrows, with its pledge to transfer small amounts of money through SMS, Twitter and E-mail.
Tim Howard (son of former Prime Minister John Howard) and Rohan Lund (chief executive of Seven West Media's digital arm Yahoo!7) are the founding investors of Pygg.
Find out what has proved to be a great test market in Australia for the Pygg...
Mr. Howard says "Rohan and I have shared a common philosophy that technology is going to be pretty disruptive to just about every industry, and we were looking at investing in something and the banking industry was quite attractive, We really wanted to build a payment network that makes it easy and fun to pay your friends and family."
Pygg requires users to create their account and make payments through different electronic platforms as per their choice. It charges $2.50 to deposit into their account and with a deposit in their accounts, users can transfer money using SMS, Twitter and even email.
Mr Howard believes that universities are a great test market – he says "University students are early adopters; they are quite digitally savvy and they are also the first generation that is totally comfortable transacting money online," office holders at the Mechanical Undergraduates Society and students of University of Sydney, have already used the services and are quite satisfied. Mr. Vickers, MUGS Presidents happily agrees "As a (student) society we will definitely use it a bit,"
And expect a lot of activity in the next few weeks, when Pygg will allow transactions via their iPhone app and Facebook! So, have you had a chance to try the service? Would you like to be able to pay a friend via twitter or facebook?
During his business trip to the Asia Pacific region in Q4 2011, Christophe Langlois had a chance to interview the Pygg team in Sydney, days after the launch of the service. We invite you to check Christophe’s article, which includes a video interview, to find more information on this innovative social payment service.
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Pygg requires users to create their account and make payments through different electronic platforms as per their choice. It charges $2.50 to deposit into their account and with a deposit in their accounts, users can transfer money using SMS, Twitter and even email.
Mr Howard believes that universities are a great test market – he says "University students are early adopters; they are quite digitally savvy and they are also the first generation that is totally comfortable transacting money online," office holders at the Mechanical Undergraduates Society and students of University of Sydney, have already used the services and are quite satisfied. Mr. Vickers, MUGS Presidents happily agrees "As a (student) society we will definitely use it a bit,"
And expect a lot of activity in the next few weeks, when Pygg will allow transactions via their iPhone app and Facebook! So, have you had a chance to try the service? Would you like to be able to pay a friend via twitter or facebook?
During his business trip to the Asia Pacific region in Q4 2011, Christophe Langlois had a chance to interview the Pygg team in Sydney, days after the launch of the service. We invite you to check Christophe’s article, which includes a video interview, to find more information on this innovative social payment service.
Working Together
So please don't hesitate to call me, send me an email or DM me (@Visible_Banking ) to book a meeting and talk about twitter, facebook, crowdsourcing, customer reviews, social media & social commerce in banking, financial services and insurance.
Other Articles of Interest on Visible-Banking.com
* All my posts related to Twitter
* All my posts related to Facebook
* Visible Banking Directory: Social Media in Financial Services
* Visible Banking Social Media Watch Series (Twitter, Facebook, Blogs)
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