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Redesigning a 600+ screen payment gateway, end to end

A data-intensive payment gateway platform, used on web and mobile, redesigned with a modern, user-centred approach and a design system built from scratch.

Role
Product Designer
Scope
User researchDesign systemWeb & mobile designUser testing
Contribution
Mapped every existing flow, ran stakeholder interviews and card sorting, rebuilt the information architecture and created the company’s first design system.
Hero image — the new dashboard on a laptop (public/projects/softglobal/hero.jpg)
600+
Screens redesignedWeb and mobile
4B+
Transactions a yearProcessed by the platform
1st
Design systemBuilt from scratch
Overview

Over 4 billion transactions, one platform

Softglobal provides digital POS, wallet solutions and open banking services, facilitating over 4 billion transactions a year through its payment gateway and SaaS platform.

In this project, a data-intensive payment gateway with more than 600 screens on web and mobile was redesigned with a modern, user-centred approach.

Problem

An outdated UI on an ineffective information architecture

The UI didn’t meet modern usability standards. An audit revealed duplicate pages and redundant functionality, and product owners kept getting questions about where features were — a clear discoverability problem.

Wide image — audit or old screens (public/projects/softglobal/audit.jpg)
Process

Interviews, benchmarks and a full audit

With no structured design or business documentation, I spent more than a month reviewing the platform with internal teams and mapped every existing flow by hand.

Competitors and industry leaders were analysed for common patterns, and a full UX/UI audit covered information architecture, usability, hierarchy and user flows — checked against users’ mental models.

Result

A consistent, intuitive information architecture

A scalable, modern platform that made features easier to find and the whole experience easier to use.

View the full process
Contribution

What I did, in summary

  • Mapped and documented all existing user flows.
  • Audited undefined flows and analysed screens, connections and components.
  • Redesigned the information architecture.
  • Led stakeholder interviews and card-sorting tests.
  • Built the company’s first design system, aligned with the brand.
  • Iterated on UX and finalised the UI.
Design system

One system for 600+ screens

Foundations, components and patterns aligned with the brand identity, so every team could build consistent screens faster.

Design system overview (public/projects/softglobal/design-system.jpg)
Before / after

The main dashboard, before and after

Old dashboard screenshot (public/projects/softglobal/before.jpg)
New dashboard screenshot (public/projects/softglobal/after.jpg)