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Website · 2024

A category-first website with cinematic motion, WCAG AA compliance, and 98 Lighthouse — for a 92-year-old bank.

Client
Meridian Financial
Services
· Website· Design System
Meridian Financial — The website a bank did not think it could ship
· MERIDIAN FINANCIAL98

Impact

Numbers the client's own dashboard shows.

Verified against Meridian Financial's analytics — not our screenshot library.

  • 98

    Lighthouse

  • +2.7×

    Conversion

  • WCAG AA

    A11y

01 · The challenge

Legacy CMS, six brand systems in two years, and a compliance team that had heard every promise.

02 · The approach

A radical audit, a strict design system, and shipping in slices with legal in the room from day one.

03 · The results

A site that would win awards in any industry. Conversion 2.7×. WCAG AA verified.

Gallery

Selected frames.

A few moments from the engagement. All shipped, all live, none photoshopped.

  • Meridian Financial — gallery image 1
  • Meridian Financial — gallery image 2
  • Meridian Financial — gallery image 3

A note from the client

“They ran the engagement like it was their own company. The kind of partner you only find twice in a career.”

Meridian Financial · Founding team

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