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Building Up
Get it right from the source. Read write ups from the designers, developers and deliverers working directly on Up.
Back to BlogDeliver bank card; melt faces
Cranking up the heat on our welcome pack
Pete Johnson
Designing Super Powered Events
Events provide a challenge for a team as they offer a rare chance to create a fully immersive customer experience. We take a behind the scenes look at what went into designing the first year of events at Up.
Hannah Gibson
TransferWise integrates with Up
First of its kind collaboration in Asia-Pacific soon to offer Upsiders the best way to move money overseas.
Up
Up at WWDC 2019
WWDC 2019 is done and dusted. Our iOS wizard, Crafter spent a week in sunny California checking it out!
Marcus Crafter
The Future of Banking is Looking Up
We’re excited to announce that over 100,000 customers have joined Up since we launched just over 8 months ago in October 2018. This places Up in the company of the fastest growing digital banks in the world.
Anson Parker
Up Apple Watch App
A tour of our new Up App for Apple Watch
Marcus Crafter
Where Do Emoji Come From?
With our most recent release supporting a crop of exciting new emojis, we ask the question: where do emoji come from anyway?
Xavier Shay
Building Saver Icons
New in our most recent release is the ability to choose a custom emoji icon for your savers. Learn some of the technical challenges surmounted while building it.
Xavier Shay
The Tree of Up
We're excited to introduce a new kind of product roadmap. We're calling it The Tree of Up – a technology tree-like view of our product plans for 2019.
Anson Parker
Designing a Super Powered Welcome Experience
For a branchless digital bank, the tangible moments you have with your customers are few and far between. We relished the opportunity to design both our debit card and its welcome pack from scratch.
Daniel Wearne