Neobank for global transactions, virtual cards, and subscriptions

Neobank for global transactions, virtual cards, and subscriptions

Design relaunch for a Neobank powering payments for
Africans: with $5.1M Raised, -900k Users

Design relaunch for a Neobank powering payments for Africans: with $5.1M Raised,
-900k Users

VIEW CASE STUDY

VIEW CASE STUDY

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Year

Year

2023

2023

Company

Company

Payday Finance

Payday Finance

Team

Team

1x Lead Design (I), 2x Product Designers, 1x Product Manager

1x Lead Design (I), 2x Product Designers, 1x Product Manager

Impact

Impact

When I rejoined Payday during the peak of its product relaunch, I led design for Payday 3.0, contributing to a platform that scaled to 800,000+ users growing at 40% MoM, processing 40,000+ daily transactions across global payments, virtual cards, and subscriptions. Payday went on to raise $5.1M following the relaunch. I led design for key features including enhanced onboarding, international payment flows, referrals, and a Subscription Manager that allowed users to track, manage, and cancel subscriptions directly in-app. I designed Payday Tickets for Davidoโ€™s Timeless concert, enabling ticket sales directly within the app and generating โ‚ฆ7,000,000+ in revenue within 72 hours, proving the flexibility of Paydayโ€™s money movement infrastructure. Alongside feature delivery, I rebuilt and standardized the design component library, improving consistency and enabling faster product iteration across teams.

When I rejoined Payday during the peak of its product relaunch, I led design for Payday 3.0, contributing to a platform that scaled to 800,000+ users growing at 40% MoM, processing 40,000+ daily transactions across global payments, virtual cards, and subscriptions. Payday went on to raise $5.1M following the relaunch. I led design for key features including enhanced onboarding, international payment flows, referrals, and a Subscription Manager that allowed users to track, manage, and cancel subscriptions directly in-app. I designed Payday Tickets for Davidoโ€™s Timeless concert, enabling ticket sales directly within the app and generating โ‚ฆ7,000,000+ in revenue within 72 hours, proving the flexibility of Paydayโ€™s money movement infrastructure. Alongside feature delivery, I rebuilt and standardized the design component library, improving consistency and enabling faster product iteration across teams.

My Role / How I Shaped The Product

My Role / How I Shaped The Product

I joined Payday for a second time as Product Designer, having previously partnered with the CEO to design Payday v1.0 in 2019. This time, I embedded closely with Product to design new features, expansions, and system improvements during a critical relaunch phase. I owned end-to-end design across core banking experiences including transfers, virtual cards, subscriptions, ticketing, and compliance-driven card disclosures, ensuring usability while meeting regulatory constraints. I led the rebuild of Paydayโ€™s design system, establishing a scalable component library that supported rapid growth and multi-feature delivery. In parallel, I managed and mentored a team of 4 design interns, guiding them through feature launches and raising overall design quality during a high-growth period.

I joined Payday for a second time as Product Designer, having previously partnered with the CEO to design Payday v1.0 in 2019. This time, I embedded closely with Product to design new features, expansions, and system improvements during a critical relaunch phase. I owned end-to-end design across core banking experiences including transfers, virtual cards, subscriptions, ticketing, and compliance-driven card disclosures, ensuring usability while meeting regulatory constraints. I led the rebuild of Paydayโ€™s design system, establishing a scalable component library that supported rapid growth and multi-feature delivery. In parallel, I managed and mentored a team of 4 design interns, guiding them through feature launches and raising overall design quality during a high-growth period.

Showcase

Showcase

Screenshots from select project I championed during my time at Payday.

Screenshots from select project I championed during my time at Payday.

Weekend exploration for the Cards interface

Weekend exploration for the Cards interface

Weekend exploration for the Cards interface

Weekend exploration for the Cards interface

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