Driving Clarity, Confidence, and Conversion for Financial Products @FirstAbuDhabiBank
ROLE
UX Architect
TOOLS
Figma, Google Analytics 4,
Microsoft Clarity, Miro
DURATION
April 2025 to Present
A QUICK RECAP
I shaped the user experience for the bank’s most critical acquisition journeys, using research and design to improve how 4 million customers find, evaluate, and apply for financial products.
AT A GLANCE
Research and
Customer Insight
Multi-method research across 6 banking products, combining insights to inform product decisions.
Restructured the homepage and credit card pages driving a +66% increase in application starts.
Introduced AI-powered prototyping to speed up exploration and improve developer alignment.
Designing Complex Financial Tools
Designed loan calculators, navigation, and financial tools through testing, iteration, and close dev collaboration.
Designed conversational flows, edge cases, and messaging for an AI-powered product discovery chatbot.
Design System Optimisation
Audited and redesigned 100+ components to improve usability, scalability, visual appeal and flexibility.
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CHALLENGE
FAB’s credit card portfolio had been expanding quickly, increasing choice but also introducing complexity for customers trying to compare and select the right card, particularly through the website.
DISCOVER
METHODOLOGY
To tackle this challenge, we decided to thoroughly understand their behaviour and preferences by speaking with customers who were either actively in the market for a new credit card or had obtained one within the last three months.
GA4
5
100
GOAL
Understand how different customer segments approach credit card selection and what drives their thinking from discovery → evaluation → application and use those insights to create better product-customer fit and ultimately drive an increase in applications.
RESEARCH INSIGHTS
Customers begin their search with existing banks but will switch for tangible superior value.
MOTIVATION
BEHAVIOUR
PAIN POINT
Calculation of expected gains vs. costs is completed by most participants while comparing Credit Cards.
MOTIVATION
BEHAVIOUR
PAIN POINT
Participants filter credit cards by key criteria to shortlist options before conducting deeper research.
MOTIVATION
BEHAVIOUR
PAIN POINT
Several participants leveraged AI for Credit Card discovery and filtering.
MOTIVATION
BEHAVIOUR
PAIN POINT
DEFINE
MEETING BUSINESS STAKEHOLDERS
Pushed for fast-tracking our recommendation to introduce cashback calculators and advanced card filtering as the tangible next step.
DESIGN - CASHBACK CALCULATOR
GUERRILLA TESTING | NEED & COMPREHENSION VALIDATION
The results of this testing indicated:

Rewards Misconception
Majority of participants assumed they would receive both cashback and FAB Rewards.

Table Frustration
Half of the participants were confused and frustrated by the detailed rewards table.

Most participants had pending questions after viewing the table;
One participant wanted to know exactly what select categories were without needing to open a .pdf
One participant wanted to have an idea of their total spend so they could better compare cashback
One participant had a question about the validity of FAB Rewards
One participant wanted to know if FAB Rewards could be redeemed for other benefits
One participant asked if customers would receive an additional 0.15% for select categories despite the category offering exactly 0.15% cashback.
BENCHMARKING
Banks reviewed included HSBC, Liv Bank, Emirates Islamic Bank & ADCB, local banks that had relatively different approaches to their cashback calculator

Most calculators focus on direct monthly/yearly cashback earned.

Some also highlight other reward types like miles (Liv Bank) or "Other Value Benefits" such as, movie tickets, airport lounges (Emirates Islamic).
















