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Optimizing a Mobile-First User Experience.

Designing for mobile-first redemption journeys

A leading financial institution wanted to modernize its rewards platform. The goal: make product redemptions as seamless and engaging as travel, while delivering a mobile-first experience that met rising customer expectations.

Make product redemptions easy

The existing rewards site over-indexed on travel. On mobile, the path to redeem for products felt secondary and cumbersome. The mandate was direct: rebuild the experience with a mobile-first lens and bring product redemptions forward in the journey. The Bond team focused on user experience to shift habit.

  • User research & testing: Observed where mobile journeys stalled and what users expected to see first.
  • Use-cases & user-flows: Mapped the essential steps for product redemption and trimmed unnecessary taps.
  • UX, prototyping & UI design: Produced high-fidelity, mobile-first prototypes and iterated with a diverse test group to confirm clarity and ease.

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A redemption journey members actually love

The redesigned platform transformed mobile redemption into a competitive advantage. Members now engage with product redemptions more frequently and complete transactions with fewer drop-offs. By putting product redemption at the heart of the mobile journey, the institution didn’t just fix a site—it redefined how members see value in their everyday rewards.

  • Successful redesign that shifted emphasis from travel to products
  • Independent testing validated the shift with an 82.5% usability score, compared to a 68% industry average
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