design case study

Simplifying Wealth, How to Redesigning Additiv’s Client Portal

ROLE

Lead UX/UI Designer

responsibility

Research, UX & UI, testing, and project management

PROJECT TYPE

Digital Product Design

ownership

additiv.com

more info

additiv.com/addwealth

About Additiv

Additiv is a leading Swiss fintech, offers a unified platform for wealth, banking, credit, and insurance services.

Introduction

As demand for digital wealth solutions grows across emerging markets, Additiv saw an opportunity to rethink its client portal. While the existing platform was feature-rich, it proved too complex for most users. This project set out to redesign the portal—making it more intuitive and user-friendly.

Project Background

Additiv already had an existing client portal in place. However, we keep hearing that market feedback revealed that the portal was too complex and too advanced for most users, especially those unfamiliar with sophisticated financial tools.

In response, leadership challenge the product team with redesigning the portal to be significantly more user-friendly, while still supporting the broad range of business use cases across banking, lending, and insurance.

Existing Client Portal

Review and Discovery

We began by reviewing feedback from clients that's coming to internal team, we identifying common friction points such as unclear navigation, too much financial jargon, and is not made to cover different verticals outside investment such as loan, banking or insurance.

To validate our assumptions, we conducted internal stakeholder interviews and competitor analysis. We mapped user journeys for typical end users to better understand where the experience broke down.

Design Challenge

• Unify multiple services (banking, lending, insurance) into a coherent experience.
• Design for adaptability: white-labeling for different brands, compliance needs, languages, regulator, and business needs.
• Accessibility across desktop and mobile.
• Balancing simplicity with the depth of functionality expected in a wealth platform.

Another complexity was creating a scalable architecture that could handle future product additions with minimal rework.

Design Goal

Designed a client portal that balances user needs with business flexibility.

Design Process

🙋🏽‍♂️ Define User

We mapped out the needs of two key audiences:
• End users, who needed a simpler portal to manage or view their fiance.
• Business clients, who want to have flexibility on the implementation so it will align with their business objective.

💡 Ideation & Exploration

I explored different information architecture models and interaction patterns to simplify complex workflows without compromising core functionality. The design also needed to align with backend system capabilities, so I carefully balanced user experience with technical constraints.

To move quickly and align with stakeholders and developers, I used wireframes and low-fidelity prototypes to support fast design decisions.

🔁 Design & Iterate

I validated the prototypes with internal teams, testing not only the user experience but also the business value of each feature to ensure it aligns with real market needs.

I also documented functional and technical constraints early on, working closely with the development team to inform design decisions and avoid downstream issues.

Result

Mobile-first approach

I designed the platform with a mobile-first approach after research showed that most end users access the client portal on mobile devices. At the same time, the portal fully supports desktop use. The responsive design ensures a seamless and optimal user experience across all devices, whether users are on a smartphone, tablet, or desktop.

Modularity

Applying modularity principles, I designed the platform to ensure flexibility across multiple verticals (banking, lending, insurance, and investment). Each vertical is represented as a configurable “widget,” allowing the system to adapt to different business use cases.

Businesses have the flexibility to show, hide, or add widgets, tailoring the portal to their specific needs while maintaining a consistent user experience.

Adaptable Design

Every design element is crafted with user behavior and context in mind, how and where people interact with the platform.

My research revealed that user needs and interaction patterns differ significantly across devices: mobile users prefer quick, focused actions, while desktop users are more likely to explore and manage complex tasks. I designed a flexible interface that adapts to these behaviors, delivering an optimal user experience at every touchpoint.

Impact

Dispatch console was designed and build in 3 months and quickly become the main features from Zinier platform.

The console significantly enhances dispatcher efficiency and speed. Its new design is not only user-friendly but also come with minimal learning curve, thanks to the simple functionality making it easy to understand and use for existing or new user.

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