Fulfill Building a no-nonsense banking app for young adults
Digital Innovation
Project Overview
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Client
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Industry
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Most money management tools are way too complicated. They fail to deliver a simple answer to a critical question: can I truly afford this purchase?
Fulfill wanted to change that.
Client Challenge
Fulfill is a startup banking company backed by Thrivent Financial Credit Union. After initiating the project with a large national firm, Fulfill recognized they needed to pivot. They halted the project and turned to Highland, seeking out our expertise in digital customer experience for financial services companies.
Our Approach
Research
We used Jobs to be Done research methods to better understand Fulfill's young target audience. As we began to gather evidence, it was clear that Millenial and Gen-Z users wanted a simple, modern tool that would help them quickly and easily understand their finances.
Design
In designing Fulfill, we wanted to build an app that didn't just make banking easy. We also wanted to establish life-long, healthy money management habits.
Creating categories of Committed and Spendable emerged as an onboarding tool that helped users understand how much money they truly had available. Committed expenses included Giving, Saving, Debt, Bills. Anything left over was Spendable.
This methodology allowed users to have a clear understanding of their finances, allowing them to confidently live within their means.
Prototyping & Testing
To measure the success of Fulfill, we set out to pilot the app over a three-month period. Participants focused on the major financial decisions we make throughout the course of our lives that define how we value money.
We found that the Committed and Spendable framework helped users — some for the first time ever — to understand their own money story, which decreased stress and enabled them to more easily plan and reach for their money goals.

Prototyping & Testing
To measure the success of Fulfill, we set out to pilot the app over a three-month period. Participants focused on the major financial decisions we make throughout the course of our lives that define how we value money.
We found that the Committed and Spendable framework helped users — some for the first time ever — to understand their own money story, which decreased stress and enabled them to more easily plan and reach for their money goals.
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