Banking & Finance

Au bank

Overview

As AU Bank's digital ecosystem grew, the mobile app evolved into a comprehensive platform. Essential banking tasks became harder to find, while promotional content often competed for users' attention.

The challenge was to simplify the experience without compromising the breadth of services the app offered.

The redesign focused on simplifying core journeys through a cleaner information architecture, a more personalized home experience, and streamlined transaction flows. Key actions such as bank statements, fund transfers, bill payments, and card management were restructured to reduce steps and cognitive load.

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Key takeaways

  1. Customisable quick actions on the home screen to streamline everday banking

  2. Simplfied transaction flows to reduce time-on-task and drop-off

  3. Identifying & timing nudges at crucial moments of a banking journey

  4. An all-in-one platform for personal finances

  5. Complete branch banking, now on your phone

  6. Unified design system supporting rapid scaling of new features

01

Customisable quick actions on the home screen to streamline everday banking

Most users open the app looking for a specific action, such as checking their balance, paying a bill, or transferring funds, but the previous home screen buried these behind generic menus. To address this, the home dashboard was redesigned around personalized, at a glance information and one-tap access to frequent actions, with a focus on KPIs such as time-to-task, engagement, and repeat usage. A clearer home experience directly reduces the number of taps needed to complete common actions, which feeds into overall app stickiness and retention.

Redesigned home screen surfacing account summaries and quick actions
Redesigned home screen surfacing account summaries and quick actions
User details
User details
Dynamic and intuitive search
Dynamic and intuitive search

02

Simplfied transaction flows to reduce time-on-task and drop-off

Recurring bills and subscriptions were among the most frequent tasks in the app, but users had to navigate multiple disconnected flows to track dues, choose payment methods, or manage autopay. The redesigned experience brings everything into a single, intuitive view with upcoming dues, flexible payment options, and complete autopay management allowing users to set up, review, or cancel recurring payments in just a few taps.

Upcoming Payments

03

Identifying & timing nudges at crucial moments of a banking journey

Users often need reassurance or guidance at key moments, such as first-time use of a feature, larger transactions, or setting up new services, but this support was rarely available within the flow itself. To address this, contextual tips, progress indicators, and smart nudges (such as reminders for upcoming bill due dates or unused benefits) were embedded directly within journeys, increasing trust and reducing support queries.

Simplifying reinvestments of mature deposits through timed nudges.
Identifying & timing nudges at crucial moments of a banking journey.
Quick and easy reinvestment directly from the app

04

An all-in-one platform for personal finances

The new app operates as a unified personal finance and multi-asset wealth management tool. Designed to track and grow networth on a single dashboard. It consolidates financial assets such as bank accounts, mutual funds, Indian equities, fixed deposits, credit cards, EPF, and NPS. The goal was to deliver real-time net worth tracking and automated portfolio insights across all assets.

A single step KYC to link accounts.
Track net worth in real time, across accounts and assets.
Track net worth in real time, across accounts and assets.
Inbuilt credit score check
Fetches CIBIL score & report instantly
Personalised financial takeaways for account holders
Personalised financial takeaways for account holders

05

Complete branch banking, now on your phone

Beyond core transactions, all service requests have been consolidated into a single, seamless digital desk within the app. The app was redesigned to declutter the interface, streamline core transaction flows, and consolidate all service requests into a single, intuitive digital desk to reduce cognitive load and eliminate the need for branch visits.

Simplified overview in settings
Simplified overview in settings
Card controls
Card controls
Service requests
Service requests
Track requests
Track requests
Account statements

06

Unified design system supporting rapid scaling of new features

As the app's feature set grows, maintaining visual and interaction consistency becomes harder without a shared foundation. A unified design system, covering components, patterns, and motion guidelines, was built to support faster, more consistent feature roll outs. This directly supports engineering velocity and design consistency as new products and services are added to the app.

Cohesive and consolidated for easy development