Spriggy - Alex Badran on Fintech Chatter

By Dexter Cousins on 16/09/2020

Dexter Cousins talks to Alex Badran of Spriggy, a pocket money app that helps parents teach their kids all about money. 🐷

As personal users of the Spriggy app for 3 years, we've seen the positive impact the product has on our own kids. And with over 500,000 users we are not alone in our appreciation and ❤ for Spriggy.

Our kids love Spriggy so much, they call pocket money, Spriggy money!

And which self-respecting Dad wouldn't love Spriggy when you can get your son their own Darth Vader card!

Founded in 2015 by Alex and co-founder Mario Hasanakos, Spriggy is consistently voted Australia's top-rated pocket money app.

Alex talks through the Spriggy journey and evolution of the product. 🎧 tune in as Alex shares fascinating insights into how we can expect the next generation to engage with Fintech products as they become young adults.

You can find out more https://spriggy.com.au/

Article written by Dexter Cousins
Founder of Tier One People and host of the Fintech Chatter Podcast.

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