All Work
Mobile 7 months2022

Kova Mobile Banking

Kova Finance

4.8★

App Store Rating

7mo

Zero to Launch

120

Component System

1st

FCA Audit Pass

Overview

Kova Finance received their banking licence and had 7 months to launch a consumer banking app that met FCA regulations, could scale to 100K users, and still felt like a consumer-grade product in the age of Revolut.

Fintech React Native Security

The Challenge

Fintech apps are typically either beautifully designed with terrible security UX, or brutally secure with interfaces that feel like online banking from 2003. Kova needed both — and they needed regulatory approval before a single line of code.

Our Approach

How We Solved It

01

Compliance-First Design

Embedded an FCA-certified compliance consultant into our design team from week 1. Every screen was reviewed for PSD2, GDPR, and AML requirements before prototyping.

02

Security UX

Designed biometric flows, step-up authentication, and fraud alert systems that maintained security without anxiety-inducing interfaces. "Invisible security" was our core UX principle.

03

Scalable Architecture

Built on a design system of 120 components that could adapt to future product lines — savings, investment, lending — without visual inconsistency.

The Solution

What We Built

A full-featured mobile banking app covering onboarding, payments, cards, savings pots, and spending insights. Launched in 7 months, passed FCA audit on first submission, and hit 4.8 stars on launch day.

Kova Mobile Banking solution

4.8★ App Store

"Navsetu Labs was the only agency that truly understood fintech. They didn't just design an app — they designed a compliant, scalable product. Worth every penny."

Nina Kaur

CEO, Kova Finance