A unique blend of skills for user-centric financial websites and applications.
An introduction
The financial world has just about scratched the surface of the web. OMICLON can help you stay ahead of the curve with a unique blend of skills and user-centric approach.
We know financial services. We are digital strategists who can help you visualise the way to better web offerings.
We know design. We are user experience designers, championing the user every step of the way.
We know code. We are rapid application developers, producing high-fidelity prototypes and web applications.
Case study
OMICLON helped J.P. Morgan Asset Management migrate its websites to FundWorks’ CMS and enhance the experience with the new integrated Fund Explorer.
Digital strategy
We stand out from other consultants due to our ability to champion the end user throughout the planning process.
Financial services have traditionally approached the web as a threat: not a source of competitive advantage but the carrier of significant risk. We can show how the web is actually a unique opportunity for financial institutions to open revenue channels, improve client retention and streamline processes.
- Identify best practices and benchmarks
- Review available technologies and products
- Assess impact of demographic change
- Understand your user personas
- Visualise processes through scenarios
- Refine requirements with wireframes
- Explore ideas with prototypes
User experience design
We stand out from other designers due to our understanding of financial services, processes and systems.
Using the web services provided by financial services organisations can be a frustrating, even daunting process. Jargon and incompatible platforms can create confusion. The nature of the business demands high levels of security which may create usability problems. We believe that most organisations can benefit from a holistic view of their digital user experience – whether in small, tactical steps or large, strategic redesigns.
- Identify personas, scenarios and objectives
- Review information architecture and usability
- Realise quick-wins with tactical improvements
- Develop a new UX design direction
- Communicate with walkthroughs & prototypes
- Implement the UX on new or existing systems
- Guard the UX with guidelines and checklists
Rapid application development
We stand out from other developers due to our experience, speed and user-centric approach.
Developing financial web services is a multi-layered undertaking. Our experience shows that developing prototypes to test and refine your ideas can improve stakeholder buy-in and facilitate the communication process between project teams. Additionally, we understand that users' experience is heavily influenced by their browser, so it's essential to embrace standards and optimise code to cater for all browsers and systems.
- Develop visual or functional prototypes
- Deploy standards-based websites and tools
- Optimise for performance and compatibility
- Implement 3rd party vendor solutions
- Explore open-source options
- Integrate data feeds and visualisations
Client profiles
We work directly for financial institutions or vendors and agencies that work with them. Whether in e-business, marketing, design or IT, trust OMICLON to deliver answers to the questions that matter.
- How do competitors handle the digital world? Are there best practices or benchmarks?
- Is regulation and demographics shifting in ways that might affect our business?
- What technologies are available now or are in development? How do they measure up?
- Are there weak points in the user experience? Can it be improved?
- How do I collect, negotiate and communicate requirements across business units?
- Who can design and implement a user experience for our solution?
- How do clients solve specific problems? Do they use competitor products or in-house builds?
- Is the sector undergoing changes that might affect our solution popularity?
- Is our solution easy to use and nice to demonstrate? Do we have enough 'wow' factor?
- Is there a cost effective way to build a prototype for a new opportunity?
- Who can design and implement a user experience for our product?
- Who are the decision-makers in financial projects, and how do communicate with them?
- How do we demonstrate expertise of financial charting for complex data visualisations?
- Is there a cost effective way to build a prototype for a new opportunity?
- Who can design and implement a user experience for our client?
Client list
Directly embedded within financial institutions, or via our network of partners, vendors and agencies, we have worked with some of the world's leading financial brands.
- Allianz Global Investors
- Artemis Investments
- Barclays Group
- Calastone
- Datacard Group
- F&C Investments
- Friends Provident
- FundWorks
- Insight Investment (HBOS)
- Invesco Perpetual
- J.P. Morgan Asset Management
- Legg Mason
- M&G Investments
- Newton (BNY Mellon)
- Norwich Union (Aviva)
- Rigel Capital
- Scottish Widows Investment Partnership
- Smith & Williamson
- Standard Life
- Threadneedle Investments
J.P. Morgan Asset Management
CMS migration and interactive web tool
OMICLON worked with FundWorks to migrate JPMAM’s 30+ websites and microsites to FundWorks’ FundNets content management system.
The project deliverables included the development of an integrated, Ajax-driven tool for searching, comparing and accessing data and content for more than 1000 funds.
FundWorks
Brand, website and application user interfaces
The FundWorks Client Communications platform is a single-source publishing system for the asset management industry.
OMICLON designed the user experience for the various web applications, including DTP-like template and workflow designers, data editors and general configuration screens.
Smith & Williamson
Secure client portal
Smith & Williamson (S&W) is an independent provider of investment management and financial advisory services.
OMICLON worked with FundWorks to develop a secure customer portal providing portfolio reporting for S&W’s Wealth Management customers.
Rigel Capital
Secure document portal
Rigel Capital is a US-based asset manager specialising in growth equity.
OMICLON designed a secure document distribution system for FundWorks client reporting solution, which serves 3,5000 documents for 200 clients on a monthly basis.
F&C Investments
Website CMS implementation
F&C Investments is one of the largest UK investment organisations, with more than 3 million customers and £85bn assets under management.
OMICLON implemented F&C design templates on FundWorks CMS, integrated and extended the existing suite of interactive tools and web applications.
Newton
Marketing campaign website and CD-ROM
Newton Investment Management is a global asset management subsidiary of The Bank of New York Mellon and part of BNY Mellon Asset Management, managing assets of more than £34bn.
OMICLON designed and implemented a web and CD-ROM marketing campaign with branded interface and video presenations.
About us
Our mission is to help financial organisations make the most of digital media by adopting a user-centric approach.
We realise this through our unique blend of skills:
- Financial services experience - an awareness of financial services issues and cultures
- Design background - creativity and user-centric thinking
- Rapid web development - standards-based code and a deep understanding of IT processes
Our profile
We are a consortium of designers, programmers, writers, project managers and analysts headed by Theo Paraskevopoulos, a senior web strategist, designer and developer. OMICLON is based in London, and was founded in early 2009 as a spin-off of FundWorks, who remains a client and technology partner.
Management
Theo Paraskevopoulos
Founder and Senior Partner
Theo Paraskevopoulos is an experienced web strategist, designer and programmer, specialising in the financial services industry. He is driven by a vision is to improve financial web services by relentlessly championing the user in every step of the process.
Theo has a BA in Design and an MA in Media Technology Administration. Over the last 10 years, he has designed a variety of high-profile websites and web applications for financial institutions, software vendors and digital agencies.
Contact us
Questions? Demos? Bookings?
Please complete the form below, and we will be in touch very shortly. Alternatively, you can call Theo Paraskevopoulos on +44 (0) 7880 812341 or email us at info@omiclon.com.