Case study

A service-led website for Life Credit Union

A financial-services website designed around the member. Clear routes into loans, savings and everyday banking, with the tasks people actually come to do surfaced up front.

ClientLife Credit Union
SectorFinancial services
Services usedWeb design, UX & content structure
Live sitelifecu.ie
01 The project

Banking made easy to reach.

The challenge

A lot of services, one homepage

A credit union does a great deal for its members: personal loans, savings, mortgages, current accounts, online banking and community support. The difficulty is presenting all of that without overwhelming the person who has arrived to do one specific thing, whether that is applying for a loan, checking a balance or joining as a new member.

Life Credit Union needed a website that felt approachable and human, matched the trust people expect from their local credit union, and still made every service quick to find.

What we built

A journey organised around the member

We designed the site around the reasons members actually visit, then built the layout to match. The homepage leads with a warm, reassuring message and puts the most common actions within immediate reach, so nobody has to hunt through menus to get started.

  • Prominent shortcuts to the everyday tasks, including online loan applications, the loan calculator, mortgages and current accounts.
  • Clear top-level navigation grouping personal loans, savings, mortgages and other services so members can self-select fast.
  • Direct access to member essentials such as online banking, becoming a member and support, always visible at the top of the page.
  • A clean, mobile-first layout that reads well on a phone, where a growing share of members now manage their money.
  • Considered accessibility, in keeping with the standards a member-owned financial institution is held to.
The outcome

A clearer path from arrival to action

The result is a website that gives members a direct route from the homepage to the products they need, with the everyday banking tasks surfaced first rather than buried. The look stays true to the Life Credit Union brand: friendly, trustworthy and unmistakably local.

It is the kind of considered, service-led design we bring to every web design project, structure and clarity working together so a visitor always knows what to do next.

02 The finished site
lifecu.ie
Life Credit Union homepage designed by Brandstart, with quick links to loan applications, the loan calculator, mortgages and current accounts
The Life Credit Union homepage, leading with the everyday actions members come to do.
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