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Industry — Fintech

What Design Services Do
Fintech Companies Need?

Fintech companies require design that does something most industries don't have to prioritise: build trust at first glance. Brand identity, app UI, regulatory document design, and investor materials must all communicate credibility, clarity, and security simultaneously. A PwC study found that 73% of financial services customers cite visual professionalism as a key factor in choosing a fintech provider — design is not peripheral to acquisition, it is central to it.

The Challenge

What creative challenges do fintech
companies face?

Fintech design operates at the intersection of regulatory obligation and competitive differentiation — a uniquely demanding brief that requires designers with sector-specific understanding of both constraints.

Trust must be designed, not assumed

Users hand fintech products their financial data, bank accounts, and investment capital. Brand identity, UI design, and marketing materials must all signal institutional credibility — a high design bar that generic visual styles cannot meet.

Compliance constraints limit creative freedom

ASIC regulations, PDS requirements, and financial advertising guidelines impose constraints on how fintech marketing materials can be presented. Design that ignores compliance creates legal exposure; design that only meets compliance creates a dull brand.

App UI must simplify financial complexity

Financial dashboards, portfolio visualisations, payment flows, and KYC onboarding sequences must present complex data in ways that are instantly legible to non-expert users without sacrificing depth for power users.

Investor materials must compete with global standards

Australian fintech companies raising capital compete with global deal flow. Pitch decks and investor materials must match the production quality of Silicon Valley and London VC-backed companies to be taken seriously in competitive funding processes.

What TDS Produces

What deliverables does TDS produce
for fintech clients?

TDS understands the dual mandate of fintech design — regulatory compliance and competitive brand differentiation. Every deliverable is crafted to satisfy both.

Trust-Focused Brand Identity

Logo, colour palette, typography, and brand guidelines built around credibility signals — authority typefaces, considered colour psychology, and visual systems that communicate institutional reliability.

Financial App UI Design

Dashboard layouts, onboarding flows, KYC screens, transaction histories, portfolio views, and data visualisation components — all delivered in Figma with WCAG AA accessibility compliance.

Investor Pitch Decks & IM Design

Seed, Series A, and growth-stage pitch decks, information memorandums, investor update presentations, and data room asset design — production quality matched to global VC standards.

Compliance-Friendly Marketing

Website design, landing pages, PDS and FSG document layout, terms and conditions formatting, and financial advertising creative — all structured to accommodate ASIC regulatory requirements.

Financial Data Visualisation

Charts, graphs, infographics, and interactive data presentation design for annual reports, investor updates, product marketing, and in-app data display — clarity-first, brand-consistent.

B2B Sales & Partner Collateral

Enterprise sales decks, partnership one-pagers, API integration guides, co-branded materials, and trade show collateral for fintech companies selling to institutional or business clients.

The Subscription Advantage

How does TDS's subscription model
benefit fintech businesses?

Fintech companies operate on tight fundraising timelines and regulatory deadlines — the TDS model provides the output speed and brand consistency required without the overhead of building an internal creative team.

Investor-ready output on demand

Fundraising timelines don't wait. TDS delivers investor-grade pitch decks, investor update decks, and data visualisation on 48–72 hour turnarounds — so your fundraising preparation doesn't bottleneck on design.

Compliance-aware Creative Director oversight

TDS's Creative Director reviews all fintech materials with regulatory constraints in mind — ensuring disclosures are prominent, contrast ratios meet WCAG standards, and no marketing claims are presented in misleading visual hierarchy.

Brand system that scales with licensing milestones

As your fintech matures from startup to licensed institution, your brand needs to evolve. The TDS subscription ensures brand collateral, app UI, and marketing materials are updated consistently as your positioning and regulatory status changes.

Cost-effective alternative to in-house design

A senior fintech product designer in Sydney commands $140k–$180k per year. TDS provides senior-level design output — product UI, brand, marketing, and investor materials — at a fraction of that cost, with no hiring risk.

Typical Engagement

What does a typical fintech
engagement look like?

Most fintech clients engage TDS at a growth inflection point — pre-launch brand build, pre-fundraise pitch deck production, or a major product release requiring simultaneous UI and marketing asset delivery.

01

Brand & Compliance Brief (Week 1)

TDS reviews existing brand assets, regulatory obligations, target audience, and competitive landscape. A Creative Brief is drafted that documents both design direction and compliance constraints before work begins.

02

Identity & Foundation (Weeks 2–5)

Brand identity system established. Primary marketing website designed. Core app UI screens developed in Figma. Initial investor deck drafted with narrative structure agreed before visual production begins.

03

Ongoing Product & Marketing (Month 2+)

Continuous production of new app screens, feature pages, marketing campaigns, compliance document design, and investor update materials on rolling 48-hour turnaround.

04

Fundraise Sprint (On Demand)

When a funding round is announced, TDS scales output to deliver the full investor collateral suite — pitch deck, data room presentation, one-pagers, and investor update templates — within the required timeline.

Fintech Design Metrics
Onboarding
5 Days
Brand brief to first deliverable
Pitch Deck (Full Build)
5–7 Days
Investor-grade production quality
App UI Screens
48–72 Hours
Per screen or flow, Figma delivery
Contract
Month-to-Month
Scale up for fundraise rounds
FAQ

Frequently asked questions
about TDS for fintech companies

How does TDS approach compliance-friendly design for fintech?
TDS designs all fintech materials with compliance legibility in mind — sufficient font sizes, high contrast ratios (WCAG AA minimum), clear disclosure placement, and structured hierarchy that separates regulatory content from marketing content. We work alongside your legal and compliance teams on any regulated communications.
Can TDS design the UI for a financial app or dashboard?
Yes. TDS designs financial app UI in Figma — including transaction dashboards, portfolio screens, onboarding flows, KYC screens, and data visualisation components. All work is delivered with developer handoff documentation and component libraries.
Does TDS produce investor materials for fintech fundraising rounds?
Yes. TDS produces Series A through growth-stage pitch decks, information memorandums, investor update decks, and data room presentation design for fintech companies. All materials are delivered in editable PowerPoint or Google Slides as well as PDF.
How quickly can TDS establish a trust-focused brand identity for a new fintech?
A complete brand identity — logo, colour palette, typography, and brand guidelines — is typically delivered in 3–5 weeks. For fintech, TDS applies specific design principles around colour psychology, typography authority, and visual cues that signal regulatory credibility and financial trustworthiness.
Further Reading

Deep-dive resources on design for fintech

Get Started

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that earns trust on sight?

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