Digital Innovation for the Financial Sector

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Digital Innovation for the Financial Sector

As a user-centric partner, we drive digital transformation in Banking and FinTech - future-proof, compliant and impactful.

Impact That Moves Markets

#1

Top Finance App Position

155 %

of App Rating Increase

80+

transformed SaaS Workflows

Our Services for the Financial Industry

We help banks, financial institutions and fintech companies modernize their digital products and communication systems - making them easy to use and robust in terms of governance.

Transformation

We guide banks and FinTechs toward digital market leadership — from agile co-creation workshops to scalable, fully integrated banking platforms.

Integration

As a key integration partner, we seamlessly connect innovative payment systems such as Wero, Instant Payments or Open Banking into legacy products and services.

Compliance

We combine top-tier UX with strict regulatory frameworks like MiCAR, PSD2, DORA and accessibility standards for maximum customer trust.

User Centricity

Data-driven user testing and continuous UX sprints demonstrably boost app ratings, engagement frequency and overall customer satisfaction.

Web3

We integrate crypto trading, digital asset wallets, and CBDC interfaces directly into established Banking applications - powering the next gen of neo-brokerage.

Enablement

We empower internal product and engineering teams with Lean UX frameworks, agile co-sprints and scalable design systems for long-term product success.

Logos of Banking & FinTech companies Taikonauten collaborated with

Recent achievements:

Real-Time Payments: Wero Integration

As a leading payment partner, we embedded the new Wero payment scheme directly into traditional bank and PSP infrastructures. Using our Integration Framework, we designed user-centric checkout journeys, led agile co-sprints, and bridged modern UX with complex core technology:

• First live Wero integration in Germany
• Seamless system & product embedding
• Rapid time-to-market without legacy overhauls
• High user trust proven by top app ratings

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From Underperformer to Industry Leader

By placing user centricity and innovation at the core of product strategy, we completely transformed the flagship mobile app of Germany’s largest banking group. We restructured primary journeys from onboarding to transfers, eliminated cognitive friction and seamlessly integrated Lean UX directly into agile development cycles:

• #1 finance app position for 10M+ customers
• App rating jump from 1.8 to 4.6* in 6 months
• Doubled Daily Active Users
• Establishing Regular User Testing

Strategic Innovation for CBDC & Digital Cash

As a strategic innovation and enablement partner, we translated complex CBDC specifications into intuitive product scenarios. We conducted pan-European user research, engineered accessible interfaces, and empowered cross-functional teams for tomorrow's monetary architecture:

• Pan-European user research & testing
• Resilient payment flows fully functional offline
• Embedded Privacy-by-Design principles
• SDK blueprints for seamless bank integration

Crypto Transformation via Börse Stuttgart

In a comprehensive feasibility study for a leading German bank, we evaluated digital market readiness, designed the complex trading processes and simplified sophisticated order book mechanics into interactive, testable products & services:

• Direct API integration with Börse Stuttgart
• First retail bank custody & trading solution
• MiCAR-ready architecture for BTC, ETH & Co
• High-conversion UX in under 3 minutes

"When user-centricity becomes core strategy, everyone feels the impact - millions of users and the teams behind them."

Jonas Lempa
Managing Director Future & Innovation, Taikonauten

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