Transforming loans for millions with Fiona

Engine by Moneylion's revenue increased threefold leading to a valuation of $440M and acquisition by industry giant.

A set of three screenshots displaying the user interface of the Fiona app

Two screenshots, one showing the title Find Personal Loan and options for searching for loan options. The second one showing a form with the question Why do you need a loan?

About Engine by MoneyLion

Premium financial products

Engine by MoneyLion is a B2B fintech company based in New York led by veterans in the finance, advertising & software development industries, transforming how people search, compare & get recommended for financial products.

Through our work, we helped it become the leading search engine for financial services, offering high-quality financial products and embedded finance marketplaces that are used across publishing, financial services, and other marketing sectors.

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How the collaboration started

No one even came close

After holding meetings with over 80 top development agencies in Croatia, the client decided to work with us.

What made them choose us? What did they like?

a wide range of technologies we use to solve business goals
our developers are on long term contracts in comparison to many other companies that hire freelancers for a short period of time
we were ready to push ourselves beyond our comfort zones
and of course, Engine by MoneyLion’s team really liked our personalities after our first meeting :)

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Two screenshots of the Fiona website, the first displaying the top articles section and the second displaying the 'Find Credit Card' page, where users can compare and apply for different credit card options.

Our work on the application

Third year going strong

In 2019, we started to provide full stack development services as well as design services, ranging from TypeScript, Java, Android, and various others.

Our work is still ongoing and stretches across a couple of the company’s tools - Fiona, Control Center, Birch, and a couple of other smaller offerings.

01

Fiona

Fiona is an online financial platform which enables users to search for financial products such as loans, insurance, mortgages, credit cards and savings.

A set of two screenshots displaying the user interface of the Fiona app, including a screen displaying a list of matched great offers

What we did:

Our developers have implemented a smart loan search flow, which uses a rule engine to direct the users to the financial products that suit their needs the most.

The application collects the data and presents the user with personalized offers.

With our help, Fiona became the fastest, most comprehensive, easiest-to-use online platform to find financial services in the US market.

TypeScript

React

SQL

02

Control center

The leading suite of tools for managing the financial marketplace, including real-time analytics, reporting, offer enablement and customization wizards.

What we did:

Our UX designer worked with a team of designers on creating a new design system, upgrading it with new features.

They’ve successfully resolved every challenge, such as creating an efficient process for organizing files and ensuring a great user experience despite the large number of users and various user flows.

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A set of two screenshots displaying the user interface of the Birch app

03

Birch

Birch is the #1 finance app that simplifies credit card rewards and keeps track of users’ spending.

What we did:

Our developers built Birch to become a powerful tool that:

directly taps into bank APIs,
shows spending trends on a user's account,
analyzes transaction history
and offers recommendations to users which card in their wallet to use on every purchase.

Java

SQL

Android

The Results

Our work was worth it because brand's worth skyrocketed

Engine by MoneyLion is now a leading search engine for financial services, offering high-quality financial products that attract many investors.

It’s true what they say. Success attracts success:

We helped the client close a deal worth up to 440 million dollars.

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The results of our efforts:

innovative & upgraded products

increased revenue by 3x

sustained growth in sales

We rest our case

The story is here, the figures are here.

If you are developing, or upgrading your fintech product, our rich and extensive experience might come in handy.

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ALEX WHITESIDE

Senior Director of Product, Engineering, Marketing and Consumer Experience at Engine by MoneyLion

“They are proactive and like to try out new stuff and outside of their comfort zone. They are very goal-oriented and they definitely get the job done.”

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