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BandPay Milestone-Based Payment Platform MVP

Services Covered:

Custom Software Development • Mobile Application Development

Industry

Financial Services

Duration

27 months

Budget

200K - 999K

Start Date

1 November 2019

Team Size

21-25 Employees

Engagement Model

Offshore

Project Capability Score (PCS)

77/100

Good

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Client

BandPay LLC

Miami, United States of America

Project Summary

Mad Devs developed an MVP for BandPay, a white-label milestone-based payment platform, delivering a landing page, iOS and Android apps, a backend platform engine with Stripe Connect billing, and hosting infrastructure. The project produced a large codebase, detailed documentation, JIRA tracking, and Figma prototypes. Their work enabled the platform launch and facilitated over $1 million in transfers while using an agile process with regular standups and two-week sprints.

Key Challenges

Implement a white-label milestone-based payment platform suited for musicians and similar users
Ensure funds are reserved upfront to manage deals and protect parties
Develop an MVP comprising a landing page, iOS and Android apps, a platform engine with payment processing, and reliable hosting infrastructure
Recover from prior poor experiences with development teams by engaging a dedicated, responsive vendor

Project Deliverables

Landing page
iOS mobile app
Android mobile app
Platform engine (backend)
Payment processor integration (Stripe Connect)
Hosted infrastructure (Heroku, AWS accounts)
Large codebase with readmes and tests
Documentation and Confluence materials
JIRA workspace with tickets and reports
Figma project with screens and prototypes
Project reports and release artifacts

Project Solution

Mad Devs ran the project through several phases: proof of concept, MVP development, a major app release, further feature development requested by early adopters, and a reduced supporting phase for bug fixes and observation. They built the backend engine in Golang, mobile apps in Swift and Kotlin, and the frontend in React.js, integrated Stripe and Stripe Connect for billing, and hosted the solution on Heroku while managing existing AWS accounts. The team provided design work via Figma and maintained documentation, JIRA tracking, and regular agile processes including daily standups and two-week sprints.

Project Outcome

Platform launch enabling user interaction monitoring
Over $1 million transitioned between accounts
Large, reusable codebase for backend, mobile, frontend, and infrastructure with readmes and tests
Extensive documentation and Confluence materials
JIRA workspace with tickets and project history
Figma project with screens and prototypes
Fully documented Stripe Connect integration
Ongoing project reports documenting results, obstacles, and achievements

Platforms

Mobile
Web
Cloud

Tech Stack

Go
Swift
Kotlin
React.js
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Heroku

Client Endorsement

Overall Review Rating

4.88

Timeliness

Cost Rating

Willing to Refer

Quality of Deliverables

“Mad Devs' work resulted in the transition of over $1 million between accounts. The platform allowed the company to monitor how users used the system to interact and what further improvements were needed. The team's project management was well-structured, with detailed reports and daily standups.”
Anonymous
Co-Founder
Date: 05/27/2022