Unifying Avant’s financial services into one user-centric platform

Client

Avant

Industry

Fintech

Role

Product Designer

Duration

52 Weeks

Design Phases

Technical Design Sprint
UI/UX Re-Design

Avant is a fintech company focused on making financial solutions more accessible and empowering people to manage their money effectively, offering personal loans, deposit accounts, and credit cards.

Problem Statement

Users struggled with fragmented platforms, leading to confusion, frustration, and security concerns.

The Avant’s products, including the newly acquired Zero app, had separate interfaces with different branding and designs, making navigation difficult.

Users struggled to find information and complete tasks efficiently, which led to decreased satisfaction and raised concerns about security and trust.

The Challenge

Simplify and unify platforms to enhance user experience and support future growth.

The challenge was to design a unified platform for banking, credit, and loan services to improve user satisfaction, engagement, and accessibility. This included incorporating a new design system to support future growth and innovation to create a seamless, cohesive experience across all services.

Create a robust design system to standardize visual and interactive elements

Address current user pain points and capture new opportunities

Establish a product strategy that supports long-term growth

01. Discovery

Understand the Challenge

Workshops with Stakeholders

We conducted a Technical Design Sprint and facilitated workshops focused on addressing key topics such as stakeholder expectations and customer needs. These workshops informed our product vision and design approach.

This process allowed us to establish a strong, aligned design strategy, uncovering insights about user needs, particularly the desire for users to easily access all their financial products in one place. This highlighted the fundamentals of simplicity, clarity, and accessibility.

Problem Statement

Users struggled with fragmented platforms, leading to confusion, frustration, and security concerns.

 

The Avant’s platforms, including the newly acquired Zero app, had separate interfaces with different branding and designs, making navigation difficult.

Users struggled to find information and complete tasks efficiently, which led to decreased satisfaction and raised concerns about security and trust.

The Challenge

Simplify and unify platforms to enhance user experience and support future growth.

 

We aimed to simplify Avant’s diverse financial products by creating a seamless, cohesive experience across all services.

 

Goals
  • Robust design system to standardize visual and interactive elements.
  • Addressing current user pain points.
  • Establishing a product strategy that supports long-term growth and adaptability.

Discovery

Uncovered and understood user needs, behaviors, and pain points through detailed research and analysis. We aimed to gather competitive insights and organize findings to create a strong foundation that would drive the design direction and inform decision-making throughout the project.

Definition

Established a well-structured strategic framework by defining clear user flows, design principles, and a comprehensive roadmap. This ensured that our design approach was fully aligned with both user needs and business objectives, creating a clear path for execution and setting expectations for the project timeline. 

Ideation

Explored multiple design possibilities by focusing on usability and creating a clear visual direction. The objective was to develop wireframes, define the overall look and feel, and establish intuitive navigation patterns that would form the backbone of the user experience.

Design

Brought the design concept to life by developing high-fidelity, detailed user interfaces that were consistent and scalable. We also focused on creating interactive prototypes to test and validate the design in real-world scenarios, ensuring that it was ready for implementation.

Testing

Rigorously evaluated the design by conducting user testing, gathering actionable insights, and analyzing feedback. By refining and iterating the solution based on real user input, we ensured that the final design met both user expectations and business goals for a seamless and engaging experience.