Religare Securities: Re-imagining the trader’s favorite online portal

Here’s how we built a trading portal for a market-leading financial services group

Industry

Banking and Financial Services

Platforms

Responsive web application

Expertise & Services

UI UX Design

Religare Securities is a diverse financial services group from India and is one of the leading securities firms in the industry. It currently serves over 800,000 clients across offline and online platforms.​

​ Religare envisioned an intuitive portal that caters to all trading and investment needs of users while allowing them to stay up to date with the latest trends in the market—all in one place.​

Think Design was onboarded as the design partner to bring this application to life.

Religare Securities

Our Strategy

The Thinker Approach

We began the project with a stakeholder workshop to understand the business requirements and visions of this platform. The workshop helped us align ourselves with the goals set by the Religare team.

We followed it with user interviews and segmentation to develop better user personas. This helped us define design directions.

We simultaneously conducted extensive competitor analysis on direct and indirect competitors across the industry to better gauge user requirements and industry trends.

Insights We Drew/ Insights Inferred

Based on insights gathered during the initial stages of the project, we realized that traders look forward to a quick summary of their account and easy transactions on every page, that is, less irrelevant data.

Hence, we primarily worked on defining a fine balance between information for the learner and transactions for the active trader was designed.​

Key Strategic Interventions

Customizable Dashboard

Increased personalization catering to the users’ trading goals and behavior paired with a single view of all information to boost engagement.

Focus on Early Learners

Active aid in helping new traders understand options for investments to help boost platform credibility and build trust.

Accessible Terminal View

Providing a terminal view for trading supported with call-to-actions and context-based research that encourage more transactions.

KEY FEATURES

01

One View For All Trading Activities

We designed maximum information on a stock to be clustered in one screen supported with comparative charts and heatmaps to indicate trends to help traders view the performance and make informed investment decisions.

02

Real-time Updates

The dashboard can now update users on feedback on their trading actions, get real-time personalized updates on what’s happening in the market, and get a personal summary, including order status to help them capture more leads.

03

Responsive and Adaptive UI

A responsive and adaptive design was implemented for easy access to the platform through multiple device environments. Intuitive design and language were used to create a credible platform with an efficient and effective content layout.

04

Redefined Navigation and Browsing Experience

On redefining navigation across the platform, we simplified the process of transferring funds, leading to increased transactions and session durations, and reduced transaction time. Additionally, order execution is now more streamlined, transparent, conversational, and easy to comprehend.

05

Trading Walkthroughs

Walkthroughs and contextual support on the platform were integrated to help traders, looking to build strong foundations, learn more about trading and investments. It includes transaction help, research reports, and customer support to bring out the value Religare provides.

DESIGN ACTIVITIES

Consulting

Stakeholder
Workshop

User Interviews

Wireframing

Visual System

Front End
Development

Integration

Dev. Coordination

Outcome and Impact

The new and upgraded Religare’s Securities online trading portal was launched in February 2019.

RELIGARE SECURITIES
Online trading platform inline with user behavior patterns
RELIGARE SECURITIES
Intuitive UI/UX design leading to a superior experience
RELIGARE SECURITIES
Meaningful organization of research content leading to informed transactions