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Money-Transfer Mobile Apps for Chile & Argentina

Services Covered:

Custom Software Development • UI/UX Design

Industry

Financial Services

Duration

13 months

Budget

1M - 10M

Start Date

1 November 2019

Team Size

11-15 Employees

Engagement Model

Onshore

Project Capability Score (PCS)

73/100

Good

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Client

Western Union

Denver, United States of America

Project Summary

MAS Global Consulting designed and developed two money-transfer mobile applications for Chile and Argentina, extending the client's existing application template and integrating with existing APIs. They delivered country-specific profile and pricing features while maintaining the client's established UX and aesthetics. The vendor also recommended migration to React Native and provided end-to-end engineering, testing, and Scrum support during the engagement.

Key Challenges

Expand product offering across Latin America in Spanish and Portuguese
Lack of local digital skills to deliver mobile apps for Chile, Ecuador, Brazil, and Argentina
Need end-to-end delivery including engineering, testing, and Scrum support

Project Deliverables

Mobile money-transfer apps for Chile and Argentina
Extended application template and reusable components
Country-specific features for profiles (e.g., verifiable tax ID and surname fields)
Integrated with existing APIs and construction layer
Pricing capabilities implemented via plug-ins

Project Solution

MAS Global Consulting learned the client's existing platform, reused components and APIs, and extended the existing application template to build two country-specific mobile money-transfer apps. They implemented profile and pricing features required per country, provided engineering, testing, and Scrum support, and advised on modernizing the stack (suggesting React Native) and pricing plug-ins.

Project Outcome

Argentina mobile application successfully launched and operational
MAS Global Consulting delivered nearly all engineering work for the engagement
Adoption of modern technologies and recommendations (e.g., React Native and pricing plug-ins) and improved development practices

Platforms

Mobile

Tech Stack

Angular
React Native
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
REST API

Client Endorsement

Overall Review Rating

4.63

Timeliness

Cost Rating

Willing to Refer

Quality of Deliverables

“Delivering both requested features and technological innovations, (moving to native app development) MAS Global Consulting was a proactive partner. Their communication was multi-channel and allowed for a successful international engagement. Customers can expect an expert-level technical partner.”
Ernesto Boada
Global Head of Product Engineering
Date: 07/07/2021