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CUPRA

Etnia

Heura

OceanLux

Moneyman

Sylq

Espanyol

CUPRA

2021

Building the interactive experience of the mobile apps connected to cars.

Etnia

2021

Redesigning the online channel of a leading eyewear brand.

Heura Foods

2021

Creating a new website for the next generation of plant-based food consumers

OceanLux

2024

Crafting a digital platform for luxury yacht charters

Moneyman

2021

Designing a leading online lending service in Spain, Mexico, and Brazil

Sylq

2023

Building a digital experience for multichannel merchant payments

RCD Espanyol

2021

Building a football mobile app for fans.

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Building digital products and services for bold companies.

Industry leaders

CaixaBank

SEAT

Massimo Dutti

Wurth

Startups

Heura

Prontopiso

ID Finance

Carnovo

Work

Our work focuses on shipping digital

products and services to achieve companies’ goals.

Our work focuses

on shipping

digital products

and services to

achieve companies’

goals.

CUPRA

Etnia

Heura

OceanLux

Moneyman

Sylq

Espanyol

CUPRA

2021

Building the interactive experience of the mobile apps connected to cars.

Etnia

2021

Redesigning the online channel of a leading eyewear brand.

Heura Foods

2021

Creating a new website for the next generation of plant-based food consumers

OceanLux

2024

Crafting a digital platform for luxury yacht charters

Moneyman

2021

Designing a leading online lending service in Spain, Mexico, and Brazil

Sylq

2023

Building a digital experience for multichannel merchant payments

RCD Espanyol

2021

Building a football mobile app for fans.

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We partner with industry leaders and fast-growing startups.

CaixaBank

Ongoing partnership building the cashless mobile experience for its +6,28M users.

SEAT

Long-term relationship to reimagine the digital experience of drivers inside the car.

Massimo Dutti

Design and development of AR experiences to promote the brand presence in the Middle East with a disruptive and high standing positioning.

Heura

Renewal of the digital brand presence with the objective of helping them become a leading company in the plant-based industry.

ID Finance

Designing their fintech products across Europe and LatAm during a high-growth period (+120% revenue, +90% new users).

Etnia

Design and launch of their eCommerce to promote the online channel, by balancing a strong brand image with an online shopping experience focused on conversion (+317% increase in conversion from the entry of the purchase funnel to the transaction).

Moneyman

Helping on the product design of the brand with the focus on the conversion rate optimization of its online loan service in Spain, Mexico and Brazil (+50% conversion rate, +25% user’s recurrence).

CUPRA

Designing the connected car app of the brand with the aim of providing useful information to the driver.

RCD Espanyol

Strategy, design and development for the new official app of the club, positioning it as a key channel by including cashless functionalities to maximize the fan experience before, during and after the match.

Carnovo

Product strategy and design to create a radically simpler car buying experience. In the market 4 months after kickoff and generating 50M€ in transactions a year later.

Elma

Worked on the launch of Elma, designing the end-to-end experience from the AI-powered symptom checker to a conversational interface between patient and doctor.

Grupo Planeta

Partnership with the digital acquisition team to achieve a 25% increase in lead-through rate across its university websites.

Wurth

Ideating and building interactive experiences to enhance product discoverability, helping customers and sales teams navigate the extensive catalogue.

Talent Clue

Long-term relationship building a mobile app to improve the employer branding for companies such as Decathlon or Leroy Merlin.

Sylq

Digital product strategy, design and development for a new platform allowing merchants to accept payments by card, cryptocurrency or instant bank transfers. Deployed to +20K merchants just one year after its launch.

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Process

Our method facilitates cross-team

collaboration to deliver digital

experiences worldwide.

Our method

facilitates

cross-team

collaboration to

deliver digital

experiences

worldwide.

“They helped us a lot to revamp our web and mobile app experience improving dramatically our conversion rates. They are reliable partners and it’s a pleasure working with them, always with a smile and a personal touch”.

Alessandro Ceschel

CMO, ID Finance

"I have worked with North in several projects and they always delivered. The commitment, attention to detail and forward thinking that they showed allowed us to build great products".

Aldo Chiecchia

Partner, Antai Venture Builder

"The team at North is 100% digital and mobile native. Always focused on business outcomes, they can help you sell more through an outstanding user experience. They are my go-to team for any potentially transformative challenge".

Claudio Fernández

Director Digital Channel, CaixaBank

Approach

Clear-cut KPIs

Setting specific business objectives helps us keep the focus from day one on creating result-oriented digital experiences for companies with high-expectation customers.

Dedicated teams

Our model is based on assigning one dedicated team per product. We unite multidisciplinary and expert talent to ensure from the beginning that the products delivered will work at scale.

Ongoing validation

We test every hypothesis and validate that decisions made along the design process respond appropriately to our clients’ key objectives.

Long-term partners

We have long-lasting relationships with repeat clients with whom we collaborate to continuously optimize their digital presence.

Technological orientation

Relevant digital products take into account technological constraints and possibilities. We guarantee that our products and services are designed to be feasible under all conditions.

Early feedback rounds

Working together with our clients from the start. Each project begins with the creation of a shared backlog, on which progress is made in 2-week sprints. We proactively seek feedback and enable our customers to validate their ideas at an early stage.

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Outcomes

94

Repeat business rate

91

Client recommendation rate

100

Digital products shipped

12.7

Users using our products

83

Improvement average in the product funnels we’ve worked in

Services

We cover the entire life cycle of a digital product.

We cover the

entire life cycle

of a digital

product.

Innovation

We identify actionable insights to impact on companies’ business results, by generating new sources of revenue and improving the customer experience. We do the research, business model design and prototype viable business propositions to open up unexplored markets and opportunities.

Launch

We help companies bring new digital products and services to market, whether to generate income from scratch or create a new digital presence for a brand.
We deliver end-to-end digital products by executing the functional definition, user-centered design and development to launch.

Optimization

We upgrade already-existing products and services in terms of user experience, by detecting improvement areas in the user flow and providing a more efficient digital experience according to our clients’ business objectives.

Capabilities

PM & Strategy

Strategy

Product audit

Market research & benchmark

End-to-end service design

Conversion rate optimization

Post-launch measurement

Design

User research & testing

Information architecture

Interaction design

Prototyping

Motion design

Visual design

Design systems

Technology

Web & mobile development

CMS implementation

eCommerce platforms

No-code development

Headless CMS

Values

At North we stand by our values. These

define who we are and how we interact

with the world.

At North we stand by

our values. These

define who we are

and how we

interact with

the world.

Show your passion

You are never done learning and always find ways to keep improving.
You aspire to be a master of your craft.

Act as an owner

You make things happen on time.
You never say ‘that’s not my job’.

Think rigorously

You go beyond the obvious to make connections that others miss.
You seek for alternate perspectives to disconfirm your thinking.

Figure it out

You are not afraid of the unknown.
You do whatever it takes to get things right.

Hold the line

You set your standards high and work hard to exceed them.
You hold the line for top quality standards in everything we deliver as a team.

Sylq

Building a digital experience for multichannel merchant payments

1Overview

With a market size valued at over $240tn, the payments sector accounts for the largest share of the fintech market. Merchant payments are evolving rapidly due to trends like open banking, crypto, contactless payment adoption, and new channels allowing merchants to directly engage with consumers.

Targeting this opportunity, we partnered with Qori to create an all-in-one merchant payment platform. Propelled by its innovative offering, Qori later merged with Synalcom, a major provider of electronic payments in France, forming Sylq. This move directly challenged established players like Adyen and Stripe in the European payments landscape.

2What we did

  • Digital product strategy
  • Responsive UI design and component library
  • Bank-to-bank and crypto-to-fiat API integration
  • Progressive web app development
  • Back-end development

3Outcomes

"North is a partner who delivers value. They helped us execute our strategy, leading to a fit-for-market product in less than six months."

Daniel Maurice-Vallerey

CEO, Sylq

230

Payment terminals where Sylq is available

15

Countries supported

20

Merchants

4Process & takeaways

01. Creating a multi-payment method solution

Sylq was born to streamline the acceptance of payments via credit cards, bank transfers, and cryptocurrency through a unified interface. Our primary aim was to simplify the complex processes involved in these diverse payment methods, ensuring a seamless and efficient experience for both merchants and customers.

For cryptocurrencies in particular, we conducted extensive research on the integration capabilities of the top-used wallets to minimize user errors during the payment process.

02. Designing for both sides of the payment

After analyzing all of the potential customer journeys, together with Sylq’s founding team, we defined which platforms the services would ship on at launch. To minimize time-to-market, we built a progressive web app (PWA) suitable for various mobile platforms, catering to the needs of individual merchants. Additionally, we designed the Sylq app for payment terminals, targeting a broader market, including large-scale retailers.

For customers, we aimed for a platform-agnostic approach to facilitate bank-to-bank and cryptocurrency payments with minimal effort. Our solution involved initiating payments by scanning a QR code within the merchant app, seamlessly transitioning to the corresponding flow on the customer’s mobile device.

03. Exploring loyalty schemes for merchant engagement

Implementing loyalty schemes in brick-and-mortar retail is notoriously challenging due to the limited customer information available during payment transactions.

This issue stands as a cornerstone of Sylq’s value proposition, for which we conducted extensive research to unlock the potential of our technology and data. Collaborating closely with Sylq’s team, we refined this research into an MVP for launch and devised a roadmap for future development.

04. Building an API-first platform

During the product strategy phase, it became clear that Sylq’s platform would serve a diverse array of front-end applications, including native Android apps on payment terminals, a progressive web app (PWA) for merchants, and native iOS and Android apps for merchants, along with a web app for customers. Recognizing the importance of scalability, we understood that a robust API was essential for Sylq’s growth.

Teaming up with Sylq’s CTO, we meticulously planned and developed the API. We built a Ruby on Rails backend with versatile capabilities, such as initiating payments, integrating with multiple PISPs to support banks across diverse regions, facilitating cryptocurrency operations, and efficiently managing merchants and user functions. This approach ensured consistent functionality across Sylq’s ecosystem, paving the way for future growth and development.

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