Timspark

Our team developed iOS and Android applications from the ground up, with instant payment functionalities (P2P, C2B, B2B) and banking account management.

Client*

Our client is a large IT company providing software development and IT consulting services for businesses and organizations, selected as a general contractor for a government project, Therefore the government financial regulator acted as the end customer.

*We cannot provide any information about the client or specifics of the case study due to non-disclosure agreement (NDA) restrictions.

Challenge

The major objective for the team was to create a transparent and easy-to-use digital system for instant electronic payments with modules for personal data security, fraud protection, and others.

Solution & functionality

In order to protect confidential data, we integrated a multi-factor security system using data encryption, TLS 1.2, SSL Pinning, and checking for rooted devices. The processing itself is performed by a third party.

• Smooth user experience

As it was crucial to guarantee an immersive user journey, we backed the smartphone solution with a range of essential characteristics and capacities.

Our development team has enhanced the mobile application with extensive payment options. Users can make transfers and payments (via QR codes as well) on an account-to-account basis by account number, email or mobile phone number. Individual and corporate users can replenish their accounts, as well as make requests for payment (for instance, to split the bill).

• Digital wallet inside the application

To use the app, customers are required to connect their bank card/s and undergo the authentication process, providing details such as the bank’s name, account number/card information. The amount of cards the user can link, regional or foreign, is unlimited. After the registration and veri?cation process, users get access to the digital wallet.

• Personalization

The app gives users flexibility and a range of personal budgeting features. Thus, it allows users to check the payments record, get detailed reports on incoming and outcoming transactions, set goals, and receive notifications to be on top of the spending limits.

Results and business value

The team implemented a user-friendly e-payment application ecosystem with integrated modules and launched iOS and Android apps within the set deadline. The final product was successfully used by citizens of the whole country and tourists.

Our team launched a cloud migration service that enabled the company to streamline data analytics and automation within its corporate platform.

Client*

Large e-commerce platform specializing in clothing, equipment, and accessories. 

*We cannot provide any information about the client or specifics of the case study due to non-disclosure agreement (NDA) restrictions.

Challenge

The major objective for the team was to migrate the customer’s corporate system to a cloud-based Power BI solution, and thus enhance its scalability and automation.

Solution & functionality

The team moved the on-site platform to the cloud, constructed data repositories and refined analytics dashboards.

• Curated databases

The initial challenge was the substantial amount of scattered data to migrate, some of which came with numerous discrepancies and some as part of unclean datasets. However, the team managed to make the transfer process as smooth as possible.

To address the problem, our tech specialists created data marts (data storage systems specific to the organization’s business units): Operative, Employee Management, Financial, Supply Chain, and E-commerce. Data can be transferred here from various origins such as internal APIs, Salesforce, and Google Analytics, then converted and stored in the ultimate data storage.

• Full-cycle automation

The team has successfully organized all data from various sources to be accessible within the Power BI platform, Despite challenges like data inconsistency and peculiarities in data representation. We implemented end-to-end workflow automation integrating all processes with data, such as extraction, mapping, filtering, as well as the creation of data marts and dashboards.

• Enhanced analytics dashboards

With the existing cloud solution, the data is securely stored and automatically updated daily. Users can view all the selected data of internal processes, personnel administration, financial, supply chain operations, and marketing activities on customizable dashboards. Additionally, they can tailor how the data is displayed per their requirements. As a result, the end customer gains the basis for timely and data-driven decisions.

Results and business value

We have developed a reliable automated system with maximum code cleanliness and highly robust clusters for multiple data operations. The solution as a whole enables more resilience for the company and more effective data-driven decisions.

• Real-time data synchronization

Information on products, their specifications and availability from the e-commerce platform and the internal system is being aligned and updated on a real-time basis.

• Visualization via dynamic dashboards

The customer can analyze events inside the customer’s journey, from their initial website visit to the purchase (with data from Google Analytics and Salesforce), and prepare more customized campaigns based on their behavior.

• Improved delivery process

The delivery process became more streamlined at all stages, on both the retailer’s and the customer’s sides.

Benefits for client

The team got positive feedback from both the customer and the end-user on the exceptional standard of development and efficiency of the app, as well as the effective communication throughout the project.

Our team built a DevOps toolkit for transparent development processes in the banking domain.

Client*

Bank with various departments and an extensive range of 80+ digital offerings (exclusive software, CRM platforms, ERP systems, web gateways, and mobile applications).

*We cannot provide any information about the client or specifics of the case study due to non-disclosure agreement (NDA) restrictions.

Challenge

Due to the lack of a coherent software development strategy, the customer could not leverage the advantages of DevOps within the banking domain. Therefore, they encountered challenges such as fragmented codebases and inconsistent knowledge transfer, absence of automated testing, and extended time-to-market for their solutions.

Solution & functionality

Our team considered the functional requirements provided by the customer, with cost-effectiveness and reliability in mind, to build a fully functional DevOps environment. The customer is now able to manage application lifecycle, communications, continuous integration, testing, deployment, and monitoring with more transparency and flexibility.

• Effective app lifecycle and communications management

Our team saw Atlassian products as the option, as their functionality provides smooth implementation and ability to practice agile management. We set up Jira to handle development processes and improve communication. 

Confluence was used to generate and store documentation, which used to lack systematization.
Microsoft Teams was implemented to streamline communication between development teams and external collaborators.

Our team saw Atlassian products as the option, as their functionality provides smooth implementation and ability to practice agile management. We set up Jira to handle development processes and improve communication. 

Confluence was used to generate and store documentation, which used to lack systematization.
Microsoft Teams was implemented to streamline communication between development teams and external collaborators.

Version control and continuous integration

Our client lacked a centralized repository for version control and streamlined CI/CD pipelines. As a solution, our project team initiated a transition to Bitbucket, conducted training sessions on GitHub beforehand, and implemented Jenkins.

Testing and security scans

The team implemented tools for monitoring software vulnerabilities and maintaining effortless product quality. 

TEST IT for a range of testing functionalities: manual and automated testing, autotest integrations, extended public APIs, test libraries, user-friendly test script editors, version control, and historical data management. 
Black Duck for adherence to security protocols and SonarQube to maintain code quality and cleanliness.

Deployment, configuration, and artifact management

Our expert team ensured the automation of deployments with DevOps practices removing previous roadblocks. 

Bamboo — core tool for deployment and configuration. It enabled seamless integration with existing systems.
Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles for managing deployments
Terraform for overseeing cloud environments
Ansible for configuring virtual machines 
Packer for images preparation and unification
Nexus Repository Pro for efficient handling of large volumes of product and development data.

• Monitoring and logging

Our team prioritized monitoring and analyzing events with various tools for better reliability, performance, and security of the software system. 

Zabbix — to oversee physical hardware and communication channels and generate visual representations of the infrastructure’s condition.

Logstash, Elasticsearch, and Kibana — to gather, store and analyze logs and product metrics.

Grafana and Loki — to deliver up-to-date insights into developing applications and maintain ongoing monitoring.ur team prioritized monitoring and analyzing events with various tools for better reliability, performance, and security of the software system. 

Additionally, the team integrated the tool with messengers for alerts and notifications with the system’s current status and progress.

• Orchestration

Kubernetes and VMware Tanzu were implemented to host and orchestrate containerized applications on virtual machines and physical hosts. 
This helped the team achieve centralized management, high availability, and level of performance. Additionally, these tools provide independence from cloud platforms and secure backup and recovery.

• Infrastructure

Our experts applied hybrid cloud approaches for accessible and effective infrastructure solutions. 

VMware and Microsoft product stacks — for the private data center infrastructure to ensure the equipment’s fault tolerance
Microsoft Azure — for hosting Windows applications
Feedback channels from banking departments and end users — to improve product quality and implement immediate changes.

Results and business value

Our experts integrated DevOps strategies and helped to improve the customer’s development processes on different levels.

Effectiveness was considerably enhanced: the solution decreased the risk of flaws, enabled generation of logs, revert changes function, faster product delivery, and more effective planning, testing, and monitoring.

Benefits for client

Communication between stakeholders and IT departments was improved, management of digital solutions became efficient and predictable. The customer reached a faster time-to-market for their products.

The solution boosted the customer’s metrics for critical systems: availability increased from 96% to 99.7%, and the average recovery time was reduced from 5 hours to 30 minutes.

The team developed a document and data management mobile app on iOS and Android platforms for a large blockchain technology company.

Client*

A leading blockchain technology company that has offered innovative solutions for businesses of all sizes since 2017. While they were managing the back-end development, CoreLedger assigned front-end development to our team that had the necessary expertise. 

*We cannot provide any information about the client or specifics of the case study due to non-disclosure agreement (NDA) restrictions.

Challenge

The main objective is to launch a tool for reliable storage and verification of documents being stored within a blockchain system.

Solution & functionality

Our professionals enhanced the client’s in-house team from the front-end development side. Together we launched an efficient solution on iOS and Android platforms for secure document management.

Results and business value

The collaboration of client’s and our teams resulted in a convenient mobile app for managing documents and data through blockchain technology. The final product offers swift, user-friendly remote document sharing and effective data validation.

Benefits for client

The client side of the application developed by our team received exceptional feedback from both end users and the client, resulting in complete customer satisfaction. The application is available on Google Play and App Store. Users can get Premium access with all functionality with usual payment methods and cryptocurrency. 

We work closely with the client collaborating on various other projects. Furthermore, we are actively enhancing the mobile application’s functionality and updating the solution architecture to meet evolving requirements.

Our team upgraded identity mobile apps for iOS and Android and optimized their key verification and access management functions.

Client*

Our customer is a European software-as-a-service (SaaS) organization offering solutions for establishing and executing Know Your Customer (KYC), Know Your Business (KYB), and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) procedures in external services.

*We cannot provide any information about the client or specifics of the case study due to non-disclosure agreement (NDA) restrictions.

Challenge

The main objective is to optimize the KYC framework for iOS and Android. The application had a slow validation process, and the web widget had restricted functionality. Therefore, it was not fully optimized for iOS and Android platforms. Our team was assigned to upgrade the KYC library and enhance the critical authentication capabilities.

Solution & functionality

Our team collaborated closely with the customer to guarantee a smooth integration of SDKs into the new multi-platform application and native applications. We successfully improved the Nexus ID Check system, reorganized the library structure and framework for Android and iOS, and included a new library.

• Redesigned architecture and improved functionality

Our experts have optimized the Nexus ID Check capabilities on Android and iOS platforms. We updated the system by eliminating redundant screens and conducted UI refinements. The updates resulted in faster and more user-friendly verification processes.

Thanks to redesigning the mobile framework, we reduced the time for implementing new features by 30% and simplified code maintenance. Furthermore, we introduced guidelines for integrating React Native and Flutter, facilitating the use of this library in future cross-platform solutions.

• New FaceTec SDK for enhanced 3D biometrics

Before the update, our facial recognition software supported only regular recognition methods. Users had to capture multiple photos of their faces from different angles. The 2D images were sent to the Nexus ID Check server for further processing.

Our team seamlessly integrated an upgraded FaceTec SDK library to boost biometric processing. With FaceTec, the biometric data collection process has become more user-friendly and less time-consuming. The interface provides clear instructions for users, simplifying the scanning procedure and getting high-quality biometric data. When acquired, the data is processed and validated on the server’s side.

Besides optimizing the scanning and verification processes per se, our team enhanced the image quality, which led to more accurate user identification.

• Optimized document verification solution

Previously, users could only add supporting documents on mobile devices by taking a photo in real time using their phone camera. However, we have now implemented a new function that allows users to take pictures in any convenient screen orientation, add various documentation types, and upload documents directly from their phone gallery in multiple formats, including PDF. This enhancement simplifies the verification process for users as they no longer need to keep physical documents on hand to take photos each time they log in.

• Instant document verification and user identification

Before optimization, users were limited to adding supporting documents on mobile devices through real-time photo capture with their phone cameras. With the new feature, users are enabled to take photos in any suitable screen orientation and easily upload various document types directly from their phone gallery in multiple formats, including PDF. 

With biometric data and supporting documents, users had to upload them every time they logged into the application. An instant user identification system allows users to log in quickly using a simple face scan. The uploaded selfies are instantly verified against verified 3D biometrics and other data stored in the backend system. Users are free from the need to re-upload documents and biometric data each time they log in.

Results and business value

As a part of a global team, our talented engineers built iOS and Android mobile security apps for a prominent US telecom giant.

Client*

A worldwide cybersecurity software leader, delivering cloud endpoint security for major enterprises while safeguarding data and ensuring regulatory compliance.

*We cannot provide any information about the client or specifics of the case study due to non-disclosure agreement (NDA) restrictions.

Challenge

Our client teamed up with a US telecom giant to build high-quality mobile data security software. Timspark led the international development team, enhancing an existing app with new features, a fresh design, data analytics, and an in-app subscription system.

Solution & functionality

We played a key role in developing iOS and Android mobile security apps for a major US telecom and mobile services provider.

• Must-have mobile security app kit

The app assesses device vulnerabilities, monitors network threats, and offers expert security recommendations. It proactively defends against hackers, phishing, and phone number-related vulnerabilities.

The users stay informed with daily alerts and manage mobile traffic using a built-in VPN. All this with secure call recording and spam call blocking for a seamless mobile experience.

• Essential user roles

The mobile security application accommodates four distinct user roles, each offering varying features and levels of data protection.

• Users with an end-client SIM card enjoy access to the full array of application features.
• Users with SIM cards from another provider have restricted capabilities, such as call logging and phone number vulnerability monitoring.
• Paid subscription users benefit from comprehensive access to the app’s features.
• Users with no paid subscription are granted restricted access to the functionalities.

Results and business value

We successfully developed a feature-rich mobile data security software for both iOS and Android, serving users in the US.

The client reaps the rewards of robust data security for millions of users, a skilled development team, ongoing support, and the potential for cost-effective solutions, all geared toward delivering customer satisfaction and staying agile in dynamic cybersecurity and telecom sectors.