Comments on: Review – SmartyPig

By: Bob

Bob — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 11:01:40 +0000

I agree with and Veronica and Andres, Smartypig has been holding my money for 12 days now. Once I get my money out I cam closing this account. Good thing it wasn’t a real emergency but $2k is a lot of money to have held.

By: Anna

Anna — Tue, 03 May 2011 16:17:53 +0000

Just for the record, “Andrew” is “Nathan” on previous website I visited, and he/ she is “Adrian” on the one before, with exactly the same, bad SmartyPig review. So it’s either a competitor or some sort of spam.
And I will open SmartPig account later tonight, I am a big spender, so financial goals and difficulty of withrawing money sound amazing. Thank you for the review.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 20:59:04 +0000

I with Veronica above: Stay AWAY from Smartypig! These guys are serious bad news. I tried to close an account with them and they made me wait 9 business days!! I had over $41,000 with them in deposits and I tried to close the account – but they held it up because they needed 9 (that’s NINE) business days to verify whether a recurring (get this) $10/month fund deposit would in fact clear. When I explained that they were holding $41,000 that I needed access to within 5 days hostage for $10 (which they could simply credit back or hang on to for all I care), they SO could not care. Stay away from this bunch – quite rude and inflexible. Oh and their wbesite really works hard to hide their phone number from you….

By: Veronica

Veronica — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 18:24:05 +0000

Smarty Pig SUCKS – you can’t withdraw partial funds –
if you want to close a goal you can only deposit back into the account the money the account came from even if you have done transactions with other banks with them. POORLY DESIGNED – Customer Service were really RUDE too the lady started yelling at me. RUN don’t walk away from Smarty Pig.

By: Phil

Phil — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 23:54:52 +0000

I opened up a SmartyPig account earlier today, before I came across your blog. There APY is up to 2.25% now. I’m glad I read your story though, it makes me feel more secure. Something else of importance to note, SmartyPig is affilated with Compass Bank (which is the 15th largest in America). And their both FDIC insured. Congrat’s on meeting your goals Kyle!

By: Chester

Chester — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 21:43:44 +0000

Thanks for the review. I have been looking for a new on-line bank since the rates have gotten so bad lately. I have also been looking at Ally but even their rates have fallen. I like to get a good return but I hate the thought of opening up more accounts because of all the extra work to keep track of what little money I do have.

By: Danielle

Danielle — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 03:11:24 +0000

Okay, plus, I’m going to be honest. I’m totally singing smarty pig, smarty pig, does whatever a smarty pig does, a la simpsons movie and picturing the cute little piggy with his glasses running across my ceiling.

By: Danielle

Danielle — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 03:10:05 +0000

Thank you so much for the review. I love that little pig with its glasses. I’ve opened a few new accounts recently and, frankly, I’ve wondered what it was up to. It reminds me of my mom’s Christmas and vacation club accounts, but with a kick. I will definitely check it out. Thanks!

By: Christy

Christy — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:39:10 +0000

Love the giftcard idea!