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Kannst du mir einen Tikkie schicken?
A staggering two million Dutch people are using Tikkie. The actual phrase ‘een tikkie sturen’ n the Netherlands is what “to Google” translates to when it comes to searching on the internet. The time was ripe for international expansion, to Germany!
GlobalOrange was commissioned by Moneyou (owned by the ABN AMRO Bank) to support the development of the German application with a dedicated team. Both an Android and an iOS application are available for download in their respective app stores.
The project’s goal was clear, provide German users with the same simple and fast payback-functionality which Tikkie’s Dutch users are enjoying. It sounds almost simple, were it not that Germany’s banking infrastructure is far more complicated than the situation in the Netherlands. The Dutch version of the popular application is based on iDeal and is linked to a relative small number of ten individual banks. The German app communicates with almost 3000 banks…
Settle super fast, super simple!
Nights in the pub, dining with friends or purchasing festival tickets. In the Netherlands, these activities often end with sending a so called Tikkie. Tikkie is a free application for both Android and iOS developed by Dutch bank ABN AMRO. Even clients from other banks are able to make use of the application. Tikkie enables it’s users to send a payment request to friends in a heartbeat through WhatsApp or Facebook Messenger. The actual payment is being handled by iDeal and the users own bank. Everyone with a smartphone and a bank account can make use of Tikkie.
At MWC 2018 in Barcelona the international expansion of Tikkie was announced. GlobalOrange was responsible development of the German version of the populair fintech innovation that we Dutchies know and love.
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Tikkie on GlobalOrange:
Gabi Helfenstein (Tikkie/Moneyou):
Tikkie’s success in the Dutch market is mainly due to it’s great usability and it’s speed. Settling with your friends has never been easier or easier to manage. Also, the design and the laughter it provides takes the awkwardness out the process. Every transaction is accompanied with custom animated GIFs which guarantee a personal touch.
Together with the developers from GlobalOrange we delivered the German version of the application during a so called 100 day challenge. Everyday counted. Eventually we only needed 67 workdays to get the application in the German app stores.
GlobalOrange came highly recommended by a colleague of mine. The company has proven to be a great partner. The flexibility of GlobalOrange ensured a quick start and it’s developers were directly a part of our team. The people provided by GlobalOrange are open, direct and highly committed and qualified like no other.
Together with Globalorange we refactored Tikkie’s codebase, prepared the app for localisation and improved it’s scalability. Also we migrated Tikkie to Amazon’s AWS. Tikkie is now completely futureproof.
At GlobalOrange we believe in the necessity of ‘best-of-the-breed’ solutions to achieve the best results. We choose independent partners and suppliers so we are assured of the best options for your software.
For this exact reason we deployed Tikkie.de on Amazon Web Services. The right infrastructure can be considered as the foundation of a successful platform. Together with our independent partners we can provide a stable, safe and above all else flexible environment for your software development.
Developer about the case:
Daniel Ionescu:
The project’s goal was clear, provide German users with the same simple and fast payback-functionality which Tikkie’s Dutch users are enjoying. It sounds almost simple, were it not that Germany’s banking infrastructure is far more complicated than the situation in the Netherlands. The Dutch version of the popular application is based on iDeal and is linked to a relative small number of ten individual banks. The German app communicates with almost 3000 banks. These banks all use their own API and had to be added to Tikkie’s transactionflow. Together with Moneyou we achieved this by working together with FintecSystems. FintecSystems provided us with a component that facilitates payments based on the systems of the banks in question.
Five people from GlobalOrange collaborated with Moneyou on Tikkie.de. We felt at home immediately, the collaboration was incredibly smooth because of the constant and open communication. Obviously, there was some pressure due to the ambitious ‘100 day challenge’. But because of our strategically set sprint goals we delivered usable products every two weeks and met the challenge with some time to spare.
Amongst other things, we refactored the Tikkie software and migrated the whole to Amazon Web Services. Amazon offers us a perfect platform voor the development and maintenance of the application. One of the major benefits AWS provides is the fact that, with this platform, we’re able to safely and rapidly deploy new features to the product. The system automatically tests changes made to the software and implements changes almost directly.
Also, we developed a new marketing website for Tikkie.de to meet the demands of the German Market.
Success factors in Fintech Development.
Domain expertise
GlobalOrange developed multiple financial applications and therefore has a broad knowledge of financial matters, such as accounting, invoicing, projections, reporting, financial processes and certification (i.e. PCI/DSS and ISAE).).
Close customer relationships
The client was also the product owner. Because of intensive, daily collaborations with them, we were able to quickly follow requirements. Hence, new features or changes in requirements were implemented quickly.aliseerd.
Agile and scrum approach
GlobalOrange used an Agile Scrum development methodology during the development process. The teams work in short, repeating iterations to get results quickly, allowing to optimize the end product of SimpledCard continuously.
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