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Earlier posts
Designing for Everyone: It's About Empathy, Not Just Compliance
Recently, I had the chance to speak at a Product Design Talks session about something I find important: digital accessibility and inclusive UX-UI design. It’s disappointing, isn't it, when ...
Top Strategies to Improve Product Adoption in 2025 – Beyond Churn, ROI, and Customer Journeys
In the digital product market, focusing solely on user acquisition can lull you into a false sense of security. The initial buzz isn't worth much on its own; downloads and registrations can easily hid...
Last Call: Transform with UX or Be Eaten by Revolut
The arrival of Revolut and similar Fintech companies onto the scene is not just temporary market noise, but a shift that is fundamentally shaking traditional banking operations. Although many traditio...
How to Measure UX ROI and Prove its Business Impact
Good user experience (UX) is fundamental for a successful digital product. However, it's not enough for something to work well or look good on its own – it must also demonstrate that the work in...
The Great Digital Declutter: How AI Can Reshape Our App-Based World
Back in the day, the PC effectively tidied up our desks by integrating many different tools into one. Today, our digital devices are filled with applications that are rarely used or used for only a si...
Super Apps: From Messaging to Everything — and Will the West Catch On?
In Asia, a large portion of people use so-called super apps to manage most aspects of their lives, from ordering food to traveling, and even taking out loans. In Europe and North America, however, the...
Top AI Trends Revolutionizing Banking in 2025 You Can’t Ignore: 7 Strategic Areas Where Leading Banks Excel
AI is reshaping the banking sector worldwide at an increasingly rapid and dynamic pace. According to some estimates, it could increase financial institutions' profits by 9% wit...
Top UI Design Trends for 2025: What’s Next in Digital Experiences
In the field of user interface (UI) design, 2025 continues the search for balance between simplicity, sophistication, and technology. Minimalism remains fundamental, while more sophisticated yet funct...
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Kazakhstan - spanning two continents
The last time we met online - way back in 2021 - Don Ginsel was leading the Netherlands Fintech Association. Now he is a traveller on the ancient Silk Road, the network of trading routes spanning...
Why Users Disengage: Identifying Barriers to Product Adoption and How to Fix Them
We put our heart and soul into creating an innovative, intuitive, incredibly clever application, website, or service that also conveys values, only to scratch our heads a few weeks or months later won...
How Customer Journey Mapping Fixes Poor Experiences and Accelerates Digital Transformation
In today's highly competitive digital environment, where choosing another product or service is literally just a click away, it's crucial for brands to be able to serve increasingly demanding, well-in...
Fintech in Türkiye - ‘We are still building the plane while flying it’
Kutay Yalinkilinç is miming surprise at how he reads one regulation, then another, then another. “Oh look,” he says. “And here’s another new regulation!” Kutay is ...
The Future of Mobile Banking: 8+1 UX Trends in 2025 and Beyond
Mobile banking services are rapidly evolving, and the use of mobile banking applications is growing worldwide. The future of mobile banking is being shaped by UX trends such as AI-powered hyper-person...
In Conversation with Jakob Nielsen, part 3/3
UX trends in 2025: emerging regions and agency best practices
In Part 3 of my conversation with Jakob Nielsen, we turn our attention to the global stage, exploring how regional differences and emerging markets are shaping the future of UX. Building on the struct...
Digital Transformation: How to Succeed and Avoid Common Mistakes
Digital transformation is a buzzword we've been hearing about for years, even decades (although it's often used synonymously with digitalization). We've seen many good and bad examples of its implemen...
In Conversation with Jakob Nielsen, part 2/3
Transformation of UX teams and the Evolving Roles of Design Professionals
In this second part of my conversation with Jakob Nielsen, we pick up where
we left off in the
2025 is going to be an exciting year in terms of technology and design for
sure (although it looks like we won't have much to complain about in other
areas either). With the rapid adva... 
10 UX Trends Shaping the Future of Design in 2025
In Conversation with Jakob Nielsen, part 1/3
The Future of UX Design Agencies in the Age of AI with Jakob Nielsen
I first came across Jakob Nielsen in 2002 when I began my UX career. At the time, I had no UX colleagues, no UX mentors, and very little UX experience. The only resource I had was his book, Designing ...
Accessibility Act 2025 is Coming Soon — 5 Things You Absolutely Need to Know
Summer 2025 will bring significant changes to the lives of companies offering products and services in the European Union market: from June 28th, member states must apply the regula...
Our First UI and Identity Design Project induced with Generative AI
Budapest Fintech Week, an upcoming inaugural event, promises to be a cornerstone for innovation in the financial technology sector, gathering thought leaders, innovators, and enthusiasts from around ...
The cash experience: Should we go all-in digital right now?
In this article, we explore the end users’ perceived advantages of using physical cash. We look at the processes and life situations when using cash feels safer or more fun and...
Making Fintech ‘Invisible’ - The Singapore Fintech Association’s approach to growth and vitality
Towards the end of fast-paced and wide-ranging conversation, Shadab Taiyabi expresses an interesting take on the future of Fintech, given that he is President of the Singapore FinTech Association. Whe...
Aron Bijl - Ergomania Senior UX Designer
If you get into conversation with Aron Bijl, be prepared to cover a lot of ground. When we speak he’s in a family home outside of Budapest, and we’re quickly ranging over subjects as varied as why it’...
A Must-Download for Forward-Thinking Fintech Enthusiasts interested in UX and Digital Payment solutions
In today's rapidly evolving fintech landscape, staying ahead of the curve is not just an option; it's a necessity. This White Paper is an essential read for anyone seeking to gain a deeper understandi...
Japan Fintech on the rise
When I first e-meet Takeshi Kito in the summer of ‘22, the then Vice-Chair of the Fintech Association of Japan is planning trips to the Singapore Fintech Festival and Hong Kong Fintech Week - the firs...
Do’s and don’ts using ChatGPT in UX design
In the ever-evolving realm of digital design, cutting-edge tools are revolutionizing how we approach UX design. Among these tools, ChatGPT, developed by OpenAI, stands out as a transformative force. B...
Atomic design methodology in UX - 7 things you need to know
UX and UI designers apply the atomic design methodology to make consistent design changes faster and easier. But sometimes we tend to use things because of their popularity and not b...
Croatia - In the process of waking up
Timing is everything in the fast moving world of Fintech, banking and crypto, and sometimes time is against us. The interviews with leading players in the Croatian market started long before the pub...
Meet Olga Rozskova - Ergomania's talented UX designer
By her own admission, Olga Rozskova is a very organized person. “I know, for instance, what I usually will be doing through the whole summer: Every weekend. And most of the days too!” This detail-orie...
User personas effortlessly - User persona template for your brand
My wife's nephew checked it and he had this amazing, never-before-seen idea! / I like puppies in costumes, we should do that! / I’ll know what I want when I see it. Situations where designers receive ...
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