First Midwest Bank

User research + discovery + implementation

 
 

THE PROBLEM:

First Midwest Bank wants to allow users to select and apply for products within an onboarding flow in which they also sign up to be a banking customer.

What we know:

  • FMB users will enter the flow from a product description page.

  • When they land on the product selection page, the product will be selected from which they clicked on the previous page.

  • The user can then walk through the flow, entering personal information, setting up identity validation, applying for joint account holders, funding the account, and creating the account.

Hypothesis:

  • Some users might want to apply to multiple accounts at the same time. They also might want to apply to multiple accounts of the same type.

  • Knowing this, our product flow must change based on the type of accounts that are selected.

  • Customer would like to use a sales tactic to encourage multiple account openings via suggesting commonly paired accounts.


CONSIDERATIONS:

Co-applicant eligible?

Debit card eligible?

Age restrictions?

Funding required?

Beneficiaries required?

Already a FMB customer?

Applying in-branch?


SOLUTION:

  • A product matrix must be built in which the system automatically recommends applying for a similar product of the one the user has selected.

  • A “shopping cart” concept must be in place as to allow the user to change their selections during the onboarding process.

  • After product selection, an interruption must happen in which we indicate whether the user is a current FMB customer. If so, they are able to have pre-filled information.


 

Product selection design exploration:


CONCLUSION:

After working with FMB on this project, we were able to collaborate with our product team to develop a new feature that exists in our product today. The experience ended up being a real-time research project that now enhances customer experiences for multiple clients that use our product.