PRESS: Michigan Community Banker Designs Financial Literacy App

by Plinqit | Feb 8, 2013 | Articles, Business, Design, News

A Michigan community banker and mother of two, Kathleen Craig, has created a financial literacy app for young children. In recent weeks, Craig, who is assistant vice president, consumer e-services at United Bank & Trust, Ann Arbor, Mich., has launched a website that touts her first mobile app, Banker Jr. which banks can white label. The app runs on iPhone, iPad and Android devices. It’s sold through Craig’s Ann Arbor, Mich.-based software company HT MobileApps.

Originally published by americanbanker.com. Read the full article here.

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