Moneytree Riding the Digital Revolution
Riding the Digital Revolution – great spotlight post features the Moneytree Japan crew via @BeaconReports http://bit.ly/1mCVMZk
The digerati are often young, mobile and global. Mark Makdad, Ross Sharrott and Paul Chapman are good examples. Through their Tokyo based startup Moneytree, the trio aim to become future leaders in mobile personal money management. Moneytree has so far ‘performed’. Their free app has been downloaded over 315,000 times since its release on the Japanese iTunes app store in April 2013. Last year it was selected by Apple as its top non-game app across all categories.
Now Moneytree needs to prove they can monetize their app. The team plans to offer a premium service providing expense reporting features to small business owners. Long term, they hope to use what they learn about personal spending habits to become advisors to the financial industry. The Moneytree app already supports interconnectivity to 560 financial institutions, including banks, credit card companies and credit unions. Full Article Here.