Russell Webb Design

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  • [ARCHIVE] More NFC Ideas – Will this ever catch on? – Circa 2008

    Back in the day I consulted with a company on early concepts for NFC. Now, some years later it is interesting to re-visit those concepts and see that  I wasn’t far off (where other concepts were way off!).

    PayWithYourPhone

    Your ‘Digital Wallet’

    Ditching your travel card, your loyalty card and your credit card and replacing it with your trusty phone is a scary prospect for the legions of our ever-so-forgetful society that loose their phone once a year. But in reality, giving up these collection of work security cards, Eurostar tickets and debit / payment cards is an easy choice – just allow your phone to mange it all.

    Back in 2008 I worked with a prominent high street loan provider, on their mobile roadmap for the next two years. Believe me, there were some very high-flying ideas floating around that boardroom… here is a high level run-though of some of the concepts.

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  • Money Management App on Android

    TLDR: UX proposal for a “pre-baked” financial phone – a phone with built-in features to ditch your wallet. Android for finance with offer easy account management (balances, top-ups, statements), discover and track local deals, store tickets for travel and events, and even integrate with home screen widgets for instant access.

    Your phone as a wallet

    Over time, I have been involved in development for alternative mobile payment systems many times. Along with QR Codes and NFC and Face recognition, who knows which direction the public will eventually choose. This is a study into on possibly direction: Pre-baked branded financial phone, utilising the native rich functionality of the Android operating system.

    It was key to point the App towards five distinct touch points:

    1. Account Service
    2. Reward and Bonus
    3. Ticketing and Events
    4. Widgets
    5. Pop-ups

    Get Started

    Guiding the user through the start-up process is like taking them on their first date. By providing your customers with this gentle ‘hand-holding’ process you, as the UX designer, are reducing those barriers to entry and providing a step-by-step process that welcomes demographics from all levels.

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