Building a digital retail Mobile bank

Fintech
UI design
Research
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INTRODUCTION
The application provides a simple and convenient, while also secure financial management system. As a white-label solution, Neobank empowers other companies to jumpstart their own branded applications using its powerful pre-built features.
TEAM
1 designer, 1 product owner, 1 product manager, 3 developers
TIMELINE
Jan — May 2023
TOOLS
Figma, Google sheets
MY ROLE
Research, Competitors analysis, Working with artefacts, Design delivery.

Overview of the home page

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Exchange process

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Setup limitation

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PROBLEM STATEMENT
Partners

Potential partners, facing time constraints, need to quickly and efficiently launch their own mobile fintech product for business process validation.

APP USERS

The next task is to provide banking secure, and fast solutions that will streamline and meet the needs of users.

important points
🔬 identification and breakdown at the whole scope stage
Importance of validation ideas into research and covering functionalities into a first stage developing app
🔋 Reduced Battery Consumption
Dark mode, particularly with OLED screens, can reduce power consumption, extending the device's battery life
📝 Creating design tokens for white label solution
Necessity of flexibility and fastness
Approach

Lean UX (business goals)

Design Thinking approach

Lean UX

It helps us (as a team) expose the gaps in the understanding of the problem we are solving, who we are solving it for, and why we believe our solutions will work for both sides

We need to quickly validate our product ideas. For

Partners

and

APP USERS
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Design thinking

Empathise

Define

Ideate

Prototype

Test

Empathise and Define
While it's true that online banking applications are not a novelty in the market, it's essential to first understand which solutions customers have already favored, what aspects they prioritize, and the reasons behind their choices before moving on to the next stages.
Survey
I have prepared a quick survey that helped me get a basic points.
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Competitor analysis

As we proceed, analyzing the features of competing solutions gives us a clear idea of what the core functionality of an online banking platform should be.

To put it simply, we used a mind map to display the data we collected, making it easy to see commonalities and differences.

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Competitors apps flows

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competitors’ users say (Google play store and app store)

Ann XXX

It is my hope that Monobank will reassess their credit limit policies and strive to improve their customer service quality, as the present state of affairs leaves much to be desired.

Alex

Cashback doesn’t work
Well, UX and UI is pretty good compared with privat 24 app. All features like apple pay or google pay work smoothly and never had problems with those. The issue with cashback service that does not work properly

Solomia

After updating the application, it is impossible to find your card number!

Daniel

I have been with this bank for almost 4 years. I remember that there was a good cashback, a good interest on the balance. And now... the competitors have a balance of 3% more, they also have more cashback, withdrawals from all ATMs without commission
summary

For instance, from the feedback, it's quite clear that users of online banking apps prioritize security, customer support, payments flexibility, fee-free services, and a wide variety of payment options.

Weak sides based on user feedback

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Job-To-Be-Done

Based on customer feedback, online banking apps were mainly used for the following jobs:

As a customer I don’t want wasting time in queues when I want to get some financial services from my bank

As a client, I want to select my preferred payment method for each situation (in a fast way)

Ideate
After collecting insights, it was time to begin generating ideas.
Informational Architecture
I've compiled a list of essential features for online banking and categorised them into five sections:
Payments, Accounts (Cards), Profile (settings), Chat GPT

IA before card sorting

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Card Sorting

To confirm my ideas about the informational architecture (IA), I opted for the card sorting evaluation method.

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IA after card sorting

Remained

Changed

Not tested

IA after card sorting

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Prototype
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result

Based on the competitors analysis and users insights, I have composed a list of features that I found important to have for online banking and split them all into 5 sections: Dashboard, Budget Planning, Payments, Card, More.

Sign in process and biometric access

USER SCENARIO

I want to gain access to the application as quickly as possible through a secure method with minimal bureaucracy, as well as the ability to manage access later on.

Solution

Providing more choices and flexibility to log into the app, manage the process yourself.

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Home page + total balance

USER SCENARIO

As I user I wanna see my total, last transactions, and payment methods and easily navigate to another page

Solution

The ability to quickly do the necessary financial transaction, and analyse and monitor your income and expenses.

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Profile details , ChatGPT integration

USER SCENARIO

The user needs to easily configure his application, parameters regarding transactions or cards.

I wanna get a transaction check in another language and discuss it with support.

Solution

Separate page with the necessary functionality (pre-tested) to manage your own settings.
Providing quick assistance and online support.

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Overview deposit flow

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impact

In a short period of time, the team managed to analyse and successfully launch the first MVP (Minimum Viable Product) of the product. At this stage, we can assess the impact it had on our clients.

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Involvement in the first 4 months of 3 new partners from countries (Latvia, Estonia and Germany).

Launching mobile banking is 3 times faster.

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Savings of 2.5 times in the first MVP.