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ProductFintech

Zero-to-one fintech app across three continents

From a blank page to 450,000 users in a year, across three regulatory regimes.

450K
Users in year one
4.9★
Average app rating
3
Continents launched
5 mo
To first release
The challenge

A product idea, three rulebooks.

The founding team had conviction and funding but no engineering org, and their first market spanned three regulatory regimes with different KYC, settlement and reporting requirements.

Our approach

One product, regionally aware.

We ran discovery and compliance mapping in parallel, then built a single product with region-aware onboarding and ledgers. A design system landed in week three so every subsequent screen was assembly rather than invention.

The results

Shipped in five months, loved since.

The first release went live in five months and passed audit in all three markets. A year later the app holds a 4.9 rating and 450,000 users, and the in-house team we helped hire now owns the roadmap.

“

The engineering rigor is rare. They shipped a product we were told would take a year in under five months.

Daniel Reyes
Daniel Reyes
Founder, Aperture Fintech

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