The Banktastics

The Banktastics have been hard at work at bringing some great new features to our community, and we’ve just released the best set yet! We’d like to introduce our new private messaging system on Banktastic!

We setup this system to encourage communication with one another on Banktastic. If you want to start a conversation with someone or ask them a direct question, just simply click the “Send Message” button on their profile to get started! You will be notified by email when you receive a new private message on Banktastic. You’ll also be able to see a list of your new messages on your Dashboard and on your own profile page. So if you’d ever like to opt out of receiving email notifications of new messages, you can edit your profile and uncheck the box marked “Notify me when someone sends me a private message.” You’ll still be able to see your messages when you login.

In addition to the private messaging system, we’ve added a lot of helpful information to the site. For those a little unsure of everything you can do on Banktastic, we’ve added a visual tour page. Here you can browse through different sections of Banktastic and read up on what each page is all about. This is really helpful for new members or current members who haven’t gotten a chance to explore the site.

We’ve also included a really great help page for when you get in a bind on Banktastic. If you ever find a bug or just need some assistance, feel free to visit the help page and contact one of the Banktastics.

Let us know what you think of the new private messaging and other features! Also, if you ever have an idea that would make Banktastic better, feel free to shoot us an email at lisa@banktastic.com. We look forward to your input!

Hey Banktastics,

First off, thanks so much for the responses on our survey. We sent Starbucks cards all over the world (US, Canada, Spain, France), we love and appreciate to see people getting involved in making Banktastic better.

We have been busy little bees lately putting in some really cool, desperately needed features into Banktastic and hope to roll those out in the next few days. Stay tuned for more details on that…

We’ve also been working on figuring out a logo design and are again working with the design folks over at V/M. They have done another great job and we’ve whittled it down to two that we like and want the Banktastic community have a say in the process. I mean, come on, this site is all about you guys, so why shouldn’t you, right?!

Here’s concept #1:

And here’s concept #2:

Anyway, here are the two choices and I’m not going to be anymore descriptive than that so we can get your honest gut reactions. Vote with your feet and tell us in the comments why you like the ones you do or you can feel free to Twitter us @banktastic. Thanks Banktastics!

- The Banktastic Team