Inclusive finance

Project Goal

Dependence on others to access money signifies a lack of autonomy over personal finances. Relying on external assistance for managing funds can lead to delays, misunderstandings, and errors. It also undermines the confidence in financial transactions. To promote true financial independence, it is essential to empower individuals to manage their banking needs independently.

Process

The Problem

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Goal
Opportunity
Analysis

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Concept

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Understanding the existing scenario

focus of this user study is on users understanding of how their internal understanding and expectations of how the banking system works.

Opportunity Analysis

Planning Ideation session

Started with quiet brainstorming to bring in individual contributions and move to thinking out loud brainstorming and contributed as a group

Looking at the technology used in banks
  • Computers

  • MICR readers which utilise Magnetic Ink to scan

  • Printers

  • Scanners

  • Kiosks

  • ATMs

  • Counting machine

  • Stamps

Analysis

Market research

Why standing in queues increases anxiety?

Research shows that how people feel while waiting matters more than the length of the wait. By leveraging the insights of queue psychology, you can ensure that your customers' user experience is a positive one.

The psychology of queuing revealed in 6 simple rules

1. Unoccupied time feels longer than occupied time

2. People want to get started

3. Uncertain waits are longer than known, finite waits

4. Unexplained waits are longer than explained waits

5. Unfair waits are longer than fair waits

6. Anxiety makes waits feel longer

Mindmapping

Synthesize and evaluate ideas and refine project goal based on insights from the ideation session.

Where else do we see queues ?

1)Shopping queues

2)Toll gates queues

3)Airports queues

4)Parking queues

5)Cafeterias

6)Government hospitals

Why Banking queues are different from the queues listed above?

1)Too many processes (tasks one come for)

2)Large amount of money is involved

3)Deposit to - can take multiple paths (individual, loans, savings, FD etc)

4)Why with drawing from banks require - Less paths but more authentication ?

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Designing for

Trust & Touchpoints

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Happy client

Designing for Trust & Touchpoints while taking strength from Technology and Transactions
Designing for Trust & Touchpoints while taking strength from Technology and Transactions
The future of ATMs and CSPs
  • Adding compact iris and face recognition modules
About the project

My Role : UX strategist

Duration : 1 week

Organization : Design For Change Community

5+

Locations

30+

In-person User Interviews

15+

Survey respondents

Takeaway & Next steps

Digital Training

Tools-such as emulators or simulators-at bank branches, ATMs, and Customer Service Points (CSPs) can be a highly effective way to help amateur banking users overcome their fear of making mistakes.

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Scaling up the study will provide deeper insights necessary to make the system design more flexible and adaptable across diverse scenarios.