It will take years for Simple to reach the UK customer. How unfortunate for Britons.
Simple launches Android app
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Re: Simple launches Android app
#42It took me a while to figure out that Simple is actually a company name. That's like naming your company "Red", also an adjective. Honestly though, what is Simple? Everyone else seems to know it.
a bank https://www.simple.com/
Simple is explicitly not a bank[1]. It's a financial-experience-as-a-service -- they manage your interactions with depositing, withdrawal, budgeting, etc. Their partner bank takes care of the money itself.
Re: Simple launches Android app
#43Minor rant: I requested an invite and got one but they didn't have an Android app and thus wouldn't let me sign up. They were supposed to send out another invite once the Android app was available. I'm probably just being impatient but I am actually really interested in trying their service.
I'm in the same situation. I just clicked the signup link in my email that contained the original invite and it let me sign up.
Same here, previous sign up link lets you sign up now. Albeit, I have to wait to make sure I have the minimal $200 to transfer.
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#44I've noticed several people in this thread asking for Simple invites. I have three available. Message me with an email if you'd like one.
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#45This is very well done. Usually I'm skeptical when a startup elects not to do the Android app themselves; it's often a sign that they don't really care about the platform. But in this case it's obvious that Two Toasters cares deeply, and I'm sure they weren't the cheapest option, so that shows that Simple cares as well. In the future it might be smart for startups whose care value isn't in the UI, to only do their we…
Hi Rachit - CEO at Two Toasters here. You're absolutely right, we care a lot creating great user experiences and brought our expertise on Android to the table. We built a trusted relationship with the Simple mobile team and worked closely with them to ensure we stayed true to the Simple experience but with appropriate considerations for the Android platform.
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#46So the technology platform is Simple's main product (after all, they're not a bank, that part is left up to their bank partner), right? In light of that, it seems odd that they'd farm out the development of one of the biggest customer-facing parts of that platform to a third party.
In my experience Simple's main product is customer service (and delight). They're great at leveraging technology to accomplish this, but I'd say they're far from being a technology company. In an ideal world I'm sure they would have created their app in-house, but it looks like outsourcing the development left them with a quality final product. Seems like a smart enough choice to me.
You hit it on the head. We were also able to speed up time to market and provide them with more than just outsourced dev.
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#47Earlier quoted context omitted.
I thought the same thing initially. That they did not care about Android as much. After all this app is released over eight months after the iOS and on top of that it's outsourced? But according to Simple's official blog statement they actually consulted with TwoToasters and have their own Android team. https://simple.com/blog/Banking/announcing-simple-for-androi... Incidentally, their jobs page has an opening for an…
Hiring really good Android engineers is really hard. I'd say it's easily the hardest set of hires I've approach in a new startup trying to bring people onboard.
What qualities would you say make someone a good Android engineer?
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#48I've noticed several people in this thread asking for Simple invites. I have three available. Message me with an email if you'd like one.
I would like one, if you have any available. Rtmagner@gmail.com
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#49If anyone would like an invitation to Simple, please shoot me an email via my profile, with a brief explanation as to why you might enjoy it =) I get a few invitations every once and a while (have 3 currently) and would love to give them to people who would truly like to use this awesome bank.
I just sent you an email with a request for an invite.