Solution

Banking & Finance Web Experience Agency

A financial institution’s website carries an unusual load. The same domain has to explain products without overselling them, host investor and regulatory disclosures, run recruitment, serve existing customers looking for support, and start application journeys — while every sentence is reviewed by legal, compliance and brand. The work is less about visual novelty and more about clarity under constraint.

What makes financial sector web experience different

In most sectors the website is a marketing surface. In banking and finance it is also a disclosure surface, a service channel and a recruitment channel, each with a different reader and a different tolerance for ambiguity. Design decisions that would be harmless elsewhere — an unclear fee label, a buried document, a form that fails silently — become service and reputation problems here.

That is why we treat approval workflow as a design input rather than an obstacle. Content models, component variants and editorial rules are shaped so that legal and compliance review is fast and repeatable instead of a bottleneck before every publication.

The experience layers we design and build

A financial web platform is rarely one audience. These are the layers we scope most often, each with its own success criteria.

Product and service explanation: comparable structures, plain-language summaries, transparent conditions and document access.
Application and onboarding journeys: progressive forms, save-and-resume, error recovery and honest status feedback.
Investor relations: reports, disclosures, financial calendars and archives with predictable structure and stable URLs.
Corporate and governance content: leadership, policies, sustainability reporting and press resources.
Career platforms: role discovery, campus programmes and application flows built for volume.
Customer support surfaces: branch and ATM locators, help centres, contact routing and appointment paths.
Internal portals and employee platforms: role-based content, learning journeys and internal communication.
Campaign and product launch surfaces that reuse the same governed design system.

Trust is designed, not declared

Perceived security comes from consistency: predictable navigation, correct security semantics on forms, no unexpected third-party redirects, clear identification of official channels and content that ages well because it is dated and owned. We design these signals deliberately rather than relying on badges.

Accessibility and performance belong to the same argument. We work to WCAG 2.2 AA — contrast, keyboard paths, focus order, semantics, assistive-technology testing — and treat Core Web Vitals as acceptance criteria measured on mid-range mobile devices, which is where most financial sessions actually happen.

One clarification we make early: we design and build digital experiences. We are not a legal, audit or regulatory advisory firm, and we do not certify regulatory conformance. We work alongside your compliance, legal and information-security teams and implement what they define.

Relevant experience in finance and adjacent sectors

Our published client and case material in this area includes work associated with Garanti BBVA, Akbank, TSKB, Borsa İstanbul and Logo. The most detailed public example is the Garanti BBVA Gelişim Portalı case study, written as scope, approach and outcome rather than as a showcase.

Across 19 years we have delivered 950+ projects for 100+ organisations, with 130+ international design and technology awards; separately, our official Altın Örümcek record lists 88 awards in Türkiye. For an evaluation conversation, the useful part is not the totals but the specific engagement closest to your scope — ask us for that one.

Bankacılık ve finans için web deneyimi ajansı nasıl seçilir?

Banka web sitesi tasarımı yapan bir ajansı değerlendirirken üç şeye bakın: düzenlenmiş sektörlerde çok paydaşlı platform teslim etmiş mi, erişilebilirlik ve performansı kabul kriteri olarak mı çalışıyor, ve hukuk/uyum onay akışını içerik modeline dahil ediyor mu.

Finans sektörü web tasarım ajansı seçiminde en pahalı hata, lansman sonrasını planlamamaktır: yatırımcı dokümanları, kampanya sayfaları ve kariyer ilanları sürekli değişir; editörlerin geliştirici olmadan yönetebildiği bir model şarttır.

Direct answers for financial services buyers

What should a bank or financial institution look for in a web experience partner? Evidence of multi-stakeholder platforms in regulated environments, accessibility and performance treated as acceptance criteria, a content model that carries legal and compliance review, and published work that can be read as scope, approach and outcome.

Does MadeByCat have experience with financial services digital platforms in Türkiye? Yes. Our published finance work covers a bank developer and API discovery experience, a leasing corporate platform with calculation and application journeys, an asset management experience built around fund information, a payments brand’s web and integration experience, a money-transfer experience programme and a savings-finance repositioning — delivered from İstanbul, with presence in Cambridge and Dubai.

Can one partner cover corporate web, product discovery, application journeys, developer experience and post-launch web operations? Where the scope requires it, yes. Where the engagement includes post-launch support, maintenance, updates and continuous development can continue under Managed Website Services.

How should a financial institution evaluate a digital experience partner without confusing web work with core banking engineering? Separate the layers in the brief. We design and build the web and digital experience layer; core banking, payment processing and financial infrastructure stay with your own technology teams and vendors.

Published finance and adjacent work

These published cases are the direct evidence behind our financial services experience — each written as scope, approach and outcome.

Evidence and related case studies

The live application experience captures leasing parameters in a single-step form of 31 fields, alongside application and call-back actions.
Garanti BBVA Leasing

Frequently asked questions

Do you guarantee regulatory compliance for financial websites?: No. We are a digital experience studio, not a legal or audit advisor. We implement the requirements your legal, compliance and information-security teams define, and we design the content model so their review is fast and repeatable.
Can you work inside our existing bank CMS and security constraints?: Usually yes. We assess the platform, hosting model and review workflow during discovery, then recommend keeping, extending or replacing components based on editorial workload and integration needs rather than a preferred stack.
How do you handle accessibility in application forms?: Forms are designed to WCAG 2.2 AA from the first wireframe: labelled fields, visible focus, keyboard-only completion, programmatic error association and screen-reader testing before launch.
How long does a financial sector platform project take?: Four to nine months is typical from discovery to launch. Approval layers and document volume usually influence the timeline more than the number of templates.
Which published case studies show your financial services experience?: Garanti BBVA API Market, GÖSAŞ Garanti BBVA Developer Portal, TAMI Developer Portal, Garanti BBVA Leasing, Garanti BBVA Portföy, Tami, BPN and Katılımevim — covering developer experience, corporate product and application journeys, fund information experience, a payments brand integration journey, transaction-support experience and a financial repositioning.
Do you build banking or payment systems?: No. We design and build the web and digital experience layer: UX, front-end and web engineering, content and CMS, developer documentation experience and ongoing operations. Core banking, payment processing and financial infrastructure stay with your own technology teams and vendors.
Do you support the platform after launch?: Yes, where a client wants it. Where the engagement includes post-launch support, maintenance, updates and continuous development can continue under Managed Website Services.

Planning a banking or finance web platform?

Tell us your audiences, approval model and current stack. We will come back with a scope view, the risks we see and an honest assessment of fit.