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Alex Kreger is a Financial UX Strategist and the Founder & CEO of UXDA—the world’s first design agency dedicated solely to the financial industry. With a bold vision to humanize finance, Alex has led a team of passionate UX architects & designers who’ve transformed 150+ digital financial products across 39 countries. His work empowers banks and Fintechs to deliver emotionally engaging, next-gen user experiences that drive innovation and long-term growth.

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Founder & CEO
UXDA Financial UX Design
Apr 2015 - Present
TOP50 Global Thought Leader in Fintech and TOP25 Global Thought Leader in Design Thinking according to Thinkers360. Author of Financial UX Design methodology. More than 15 years in digital products' user experience design. As Founder and CEO of UXDA, I help financial institutions achieve measurable growth through a strategic UX design approach when building digital products. Instead of the standard UX design practiced by other agencies, we use UXDA’s Digital Experience Branding framework to create “dopamine banking” experiences that delight customers and build long-term loyalty—all while advancing your strategic business objectives.
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Banking on Intelligence: The Global Sprint to AI Maturity in Finance

Artificial intelligence is no longer a futuristic buzzword—it’s a present-day battleground for competitive advantage in banking. Across the globe, countries are embracing AI at vastly different speeds, with Asia and the Middle East taking the lead in enterprise adoption, while the U.S. and UK scale up their generative AI pilots. From virtual assis...

43 mins Innovation in Financial Services

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Why Bank Boards’ Brilliant Strategies Vanish Inside Their Digital Products

Picture a pristine strategy deck projected in the boardroom: bold growth curves, purpose-driven mantras, and a promise to “re-imagine banking for the digital age.” Now contrast that cinematic vision with the reality on your phone—an app that greets you with a spinning wheel, a five-step login, and a “try again later” toast. Somewhere between the m...

18 June 2025 Innovation in Financial Services

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The Convergence of Fintech and Banking: The Gap Between UX and Functionality Is Closing

In the past decade, the financial landscape witnessed a dramatic transformation driven by two distinct forces: fintech startups and traditional banks. Initially, fintechs emerged as UX-rich but often monofunctional challengers, while banks remained service-rich but struggled with digital customer experience. Today, however, these lines are blurrin...

03 June 2025 Innovation in Financial Services

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Stop Overloading Banking Apps and Try Thinking Like Apple

Thanks Sue! Yes, this is the problem with neobanks. As services and products grow, the interface and information architecture need to be rethought to provide a seamless and frictionless experience. Otherwise, the app turns into a Frankenstein monster, cobbled together from different pieces

23 Aug 2024 09:35 Read comment

Generative AI in Banking: Benefits, Outcomes, Use Cases

Hi Dharmesh, thanks for comment! 
Yes, you are right. I wanted to use the ChatGPT trend to generally discuss the possibility of integrating AI into banking use cases. But if we're talking about personalization, we're not just talking about offers. The first experience of using ChatGPT shows that it takes into account the context and history of requests, moreover, in some cases, it shows more empathy and patiently explains details that ordinary clerks usually ignore.
Of course, regulations at the moment will not allow AI access to all users' financial data for deep integration and personalization. But with the adoption of AI in everyday life specialization will increase and secure banking solutions will emerge, and we will be forced to change regulations to ensure progress and improve customer experience I believe.

07 Jun 2023 08:18 Read comment

Improving Customer Experience in Banking is Useless if These 7 Blind Spots Exist

I agree with you, a much is changed in the world especially because global digitalization and pandemic challenge. And I believe the percentage is changed also. But in financial services, especially traditional ones, this is still close to the truth. We research and communicate with dozens of financial institutions every month, and most of them believe they have good CX / UX, but negative feedback from their customers suggests otherwise.

21 May 2021 11:37 Read comment

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