On first inspection, the pig would seem a strange choice as a global symbol for good luck, fertility and prosperity. The pig’s renowned poor personal hygiene and questionable diet don’t make it ...

Launched last month, Pygg is the brainchild of Tim Howard, the son of former prime minister John Howard, and Rohan Lund, the chief executive of Seven West Media's digital arm Yahoo!7. "Rohan and I ...

Pygg’s stock is rising. The Australian-born Twitter payment pioneer has banked $600,000 in new angel capital. Pollenizer, the startup incubator, raised most of the amount from a bunch of new and ...

news Another one of startup incubator Pollenizer’s portfolio companies has raised a significant amount of investment capital to expand its operations, with social payments company Pygg today revealing ...

With the advent of online banking and multi-thousand-dollar at-home safes, sometimes it's hard to remember where humans stashed their valuables in humbler times. Believe it or not, the basic piggy ...

Pygg, an Australian service that enables users to transfer money to each other through Twitter, has launched. Australian bank account holders can create Pygg (pronounced pig) accounts that are topped ...

Pollenizer-backed start-up Pygg has raised $600,000 in six months from a host of investors, including Yahoo!7 chief Rohan Lund and Tim Howard of Seven Network’s Vividwireless. Pygg – which enables one ...

Tech start-up Pygg went public today with a new app that allows consumers to send and receive money through social networks, but doubts loom over the perceived security of such systems. Pygg is backed ...

Of the symbols that have gained global recognition, few are quite as ubiquitous as the humble piggy bank. Beloved by avid savers, the ceramic money storers have acquired a cult like status thanks to ...

For over a year now, Pygg has targeted a micropayments that doesn’t seem to be on anybody else’s sights – small micropayments among friends and families, when one shares a coffee or a beer. It’s not ...

Wealth starts with a goal, discipline, and saving a dollar at a time. Call it the piggy bank strategy. There are lessons in that time-honored coin-savings container. Any seemingly gargantuan task ...