Situation
Franx is a fintech company, a subsidiary of ABN AMRO, which offers a solution for secure foreign exchange (FX) conversions and both international and SEPA payments.
Franx already had a functional platform but had to evolve to stay ahead of the competitive market and keep up with the fast-changing user experience features. Features regarding payments required a visual overhaul, and amendments had to be made to improve the overall experience of making payments as a user. New trading features had to be implemented for Franx to be relevant against competitors, and functionality had to be added to existing features.
Franx did not have the developers in-house to realise these changes. The challenge for Franx was to enrich and improve the features of the existing codebase and implement and deliver new features with a new and modern front-end technology stack. The main challenge here was to find an IT partner able to realise this work for Franx.
Approach
Franx partnered up with Valcon, and together we faced the challenge as a hybrid team. Franx was working under a familiar development framework, having daily stand-ups and breaking the work down into agile sprint goals. Communication of the requirements was done with Franx’ product owners and business analysts to bring their ideas and designs to life.
Valcon provided the necessary front-end workforce to build and deliver the user experience required for the delivery of new and improved existing features to the secure Franx website for trading and payments.
Using a modern technology stack, a range of Vue.js components written in Typescript had to be implemented with a focus on extensibility and simplicity. Each component represented a new functionality on the front end, which was connected to various services and integrations on the back end. Familiarity with the existing and outdated front-end used in production was obtained so that it could be improved and extended.
Results
Our good collaboration made the results show fast. New and improved features made sure that Franx’s user base could enjoy the newest features on the market in a highly user-friendly way. The expansion of the platform stimulates an increase in the size and satisfaction of its user base.
A lot of existing front-end features were amended, improved, and extended with functionality. New features were implemented related to trading and some of the areas of the platform, like payments, were overhauled with the mentioned modern technology stack with the best available practices.
