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2024

Making global finance feel local and human.

We transformed Global Bank from a faceless institution into a trusted financial partner for the digital age.

Global Bank had a problem: despite operations in 47 countries, they felt cold and corporate everywhere. Customers saw them as necessary but unloved—a place to store money, not a partner in financial growth. We embarked on their largest rebrand in 150 years, creating a system flexible enough to feel local in Lagos and London while maintaining global consistency. The new digital banking experience reduced task completion time by 70% while making finance feel surprisingly friendly.

Services

Digital banking redesign
mobile apps
design system
accessibility compliance
branch digital experiences
employee tools

Making global finance feel local and human.

We transformed Global Bank from a faceless institution into a trusted financial partner for the digital age.

Global Bank had a problem: despite operations in 47 countries, they felt cold and corporate everywhere. Customers saw them as necessary but unloved—a place to store money, not a partner in financial growth. We embarked on their largest rebrand in 150 years, creating a system flexible enough to feel local in Lagos and London while maintaining global consistency. The new digital banking experience reduced task completion time by 70% while making finance feel surprisingly friendly.

Services

Digital banking redesign
mobile apps
design system
accessibility compliance
branch digital experiences
employee tools

Date

Mar 2024

Date

Mar 2024

Date

Mar 2024

Client

Global Bank

Client

Global Bank

Client

Global Bank

Industry

Financial Services

Industry

Financial Services

Industry

Financial Services

Timeline

26 Months

Timeline

26 Months

Timeline

26 Months

Mobile app

The Challenge

Global Bank had a problem: despite operations in 47 countries, they felt cold and corporate everywhere. Customers saw them as necessary but unloveda place to store money, not a partner in financial growth.

After 150 years in business, Global Bank was facing a crisis of relevance. Digital-first competitors were winning customers with human-centered experiences while Global Bank remained trapped in institutional thinking. They needed to transform from a faceless institution into a trusted financial partner without losing the stability that made them successful.

The Solution

We embarked on their largest rebrand in 150 years, creating a system flexible enough to feel local in Lagos and London while maintaining global consistency.

We developed a comprehensive digital transformation that made global finance feel local and human. The new identity system adapts to cultural nuances while maintaining brand integrity, and the digital banking experience prioritizes user needs over internal processes. Every touchpoint was redesigned to feel surprisingly friendly while remaining professionally trustworthy.

Design system

Digital experience

The Process

Digital banking redesign, mobile apps, design system, accessibility compliance, branch digital experiences, and employee tools delivered over 26 weeks.

Through extensive user research across multiple markets, we created a design system that works seamlessly across cultures and languages. The new digital banking experience reduced task completion time by 70% while making finance feel approachable. We also ensured full accessibility compliance and trained internal teams to maintain the new standards.

By the numbers

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Simulataneous digital transformation

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Simulataneous digital transformation

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Simulataneous digital transformation

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Institution's largest rebrand

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Institution's largest rebrand

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Institution's largest rebrand

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Task completion time reduction

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Task completion time reduction

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Task completion time reduction

We had the challenge of turning a global financial institution into something more human. What they created was clean, scalable, and surprisingly warmit changed our internal mindset too.

Marco Alvarez

Chief Innovation Officer

Global Bank

We had the challenge of turning a global financial institution into something more human. What they created was clean, scalable, and surprisingly warmit changed our internal mindset too.

Marco Alvarez

Chief Innovation Officer

Global Bank

We had the challenge of turning a global financial institution into something more human. What they created was clean, scalable, and surprisingly warmit changed our internal mindset too.

Marco Alvarez

Chief Innovation Officer

Global Bank