Bank of Smiles
Bank of Smiles was born the way most great ideas usually are - on an afternoon walk up a dormant volcano in Aotearoa/New Zealand.
You know the kind of walk - passing strangers, exchanging smiles and the odd "Gidday" or "good morning". Simple moments. Important moments
You know the kind of walk - passing strangers, exchanging smiles and the odd "Gidday" or "good morning". Simple moments,
Jump from a plane. Run a marathon. Shave your head.
The world is full of incredible acts of support and kindness raising money, awareness and changing lives - and we're here for 'em all. But don't confuse the size of an act with the size of its impact. For one person, for one moment in time, a simple smile from a stranger may just be a life-changing moment.
Dividends. Capital. Portfolios. Collateral.
We spend an enormous amount of time and energy looking after our money - protecting it, growing it, tracking it. We've even designed tools and an entire language specifically for this purpose.
What if we were to apply this same care and attention to each other? What if we borrowed the language of finance and aimed it squarely at human connection? Like um... a bank dedicated to the one asset class immune to depreciation - the good ol' smile.
BEHIND THE SMILE
Bank of Smiles is an initiative of Kiwi Not-For-Profit, Gigmondo Ltd. Gigmondo exists to build technology that serves people, and Bank of Smiles is that mission in its simplest form: a free app, built with care, designed to put something genuinely good into the world. No ads. No monetisation. No agenda. Just smiles.
THE TEAM
HESTER CUTTS | Chief Operating Officer
When life's good and you've got a smile to spare, stick it in a 3-second video and save it to the secure Bank of Smiles vault. We'll make sure whoever needs it, gets it.