Wrap the piggy bank in a thick towel completely and place the bank on a hard surface such as a kitchen table. Strike the top of the piggy bank once with a hammer. Unwrap the towel from the piggy bank and carefully remove the shards and throw them away, leaving only the change in the towel.

Just grab a butter knife, slide it into the coin slot, and tilt the piggy bank upside down. The blade of the knife will act like an emergency escape slide for the poor coins imprisoned inside.

Bank on Bills A piggy bank is most commonly used to save change, but putting in bills will help you save money faster than if you put in change. Even small bills, such as $1 and $5 bills, will add up quickly if you put them in a piggy bank.

Basically, with AutoSave, Piggybank.ng automatically debit a fixed amount of money (as set by the user) from a users debit card. Auto-debits period can be customized to be daily, weekly, or monthly. As a cherry on top, users have the ability to set the exact hour they want the set-amount debited from their accounts.

Household items such as plates and pots were made from an affordable clay called ‘pygg’. Therefore, whenever people had a few extra coins, they would simply drop it into their clay jars which they referred to as a ‘pygg’ bank or pot.

Odunayo Eweniyi is Co-founder and COO of PiggyVest. She previously cofounded pushcv.com, one of the largest job sites in Africa with the largest database of prescreened candidates.

Your money and personal data are safe and secure. We use only the highest levels of Banking Security, secured by 256 bits SSL security encryption, to ensure that your information is completely protected and secure.

Piggyvest and Cowrywise perform similar functions and are at the forefront of savings and investment apps in Nigeria. Both offer savings and investment features, but one is better suited for savings and the other for investment. Piggyvest is better for saving because primarily, it is seen as a savings app.

PiggyVest started out with one plan: digitize an offline process of using wooden boxes to save money on a daily, weekly or monthly basis. The idea for the startup came in December 2015.

Once you lock money in the Piggyvest Safelock feature, you cannot withdraw from it until the day you set for withdrawal. When the withdrawal day is due, the money will be sent to your Piggyflex account where you can withdraw from for free.

Follow these steps to save money on PiggyVest:

1. Create an account. The first step is to create an account.
2. Choose your saving option. Once you create an account.
3. Set your details and start saving.
4. Create an account.
5. Navigate to investify.
6. Review investment opportunities and invest.
7. PiggyBank.
8. Investify (Invest for the future)

Piggyvest (formerly piggybank.ng) is the leading online savings & investment platform in Nigeria. For over 4 years, our customers have saved and invested billions of Naira that they would normally be tempted to spend.

The minimum amount you can withdraw from your Piggybank is N3000 and there is NO maximum. You can withdraw all of your funds whenever. However, fixed free withdrawal dates still apply.

Sign in to https://myaccount.google.com/. In the “Sign-in & security” section, select Connected apps & sites. Choose Manage apps. Choose the site or app you no longer want to be included ( in this case, Piggy) and choose Remove.

1. Contact Email [email protected]
2. Phone Number 0700 933 933 933.

On the website, log in to your dashboard and select the ‘Target Savings’ option on your dashboard. Click on ‘Manage existing Targets’ and then select the target you would like to end. Select ‘Give up’. If you use the app, click on the challenge and then scroll down till you see “break”.

To set up your security question, login to your PiggyVest account and click Account > Account Settings > 2FA to set up yours. Tap the orange tab on the page to generate an OTP and then enter your security question and answer.

Your funds will remain in your PiggyVest Account until you instruct us to transfer any or all of your funds from your PiggyVest Account to your Bank Account by emailing us at [email protected]

Hello. You can transfer from your flex to another user’s flex. Simply click on Flex Naira/Dollar > Transfer.

Download the PiggyVest app or simply create an account on the PiggyVest website. Verify your account and log into your dashboard and set up your withdrawal account information. Input your ATM Card information to activate your account (MasterCard, Visa, and Verve card are acceptable).

Users can’t use the same debit cards on 2 different PiggyVest accounts — this means we are able to account for one user per time and no one person’s debit card is used elsewhere without their notice.

Fraudsters in conjunction with greedy bank officials can commit BVN fraud by using your BVN to see and obtain all your Bio-Data and use it to trick you into disclosing those sensitive detail. But once you have master the act of not disclosing them, your bank funds are save.

It is simply because your BVN is your financial ID card, anyone could use it to access some of your information and orchestrate fraud. Note that no one can access funds in your account by just being in possession of your BVN details just as nothing can be done with any other of your identity cards.

Actually, you can withdraw your funds without adding your BVN. However, we encourage you to add your BVN to completely protect your account.

This means that a customer will not be allowed to withdraw money from his or her account until the BVN has been acquired and linked to the account. …

PiggyVest SafeLock™ feature allows you put an amount of money aside from your normal PiggyVest savings without having any access to it for a fixed period time you set. You can choose to lock all or parts of your PiggyVest savings for any duration between 10 and 1000 days.

100%. We operate as an MFB regulated by the CBN and funds insured by the NDIC. Kindly see piggybank.ng/faq for more information.

Flex Dollar allows you save in dollars so you can beat currency devaluation and inflation rates. What this means for you is that you’re able to preserve the value of your savings from within the Piggyvest app.

How safe is it? Cowrywise is a legit platform headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria and has thousands of users using it every day in Nigeria. This platform secures its user’s funds with Meristem Trustees via a trustee Agreement. The role of Meristem Trustee is to ensure that your funds are 100% secured.