Best for: Fintech, crypto, and financial services companies that need product design and UX built around trust and adoption — particularly exchanges, wallets, DeFi platforms, and banking apps where interface clarity directly affects how users engage with money.
DHNN has spent 15+ years building deep fluency in financial and crypto product design — their work for Mercado Pago, Itaú, and a growing roster of DeFi platforms shows a studio that understands how UX decisions directly affect user trust and adoption. The honest caveat is that their native strength is product experience over brand differentiation — companies looking for a distinctly original visual identity will likely need to supplement with a brand-led studio.
Reviewed by Chelsea Greene
The Full Read
DHNN was founded in Buenos Aires in 2007 by Lucas Davison with a simple conviction: design has no name — it’s the underlying force behind every product that earns trust. Eighteen years and five office locations later, the studio has built one of the most substantial financial and crypto UX practices in Latin America, with a client list that extends well into North America and Europe and 100+ awards across the German Design Award, Webby Awards, W3, and Clutch.
What sets DHNN apart from most agencies on this list is category depth. Banking, finance, and crypto isn’t a line item in their services menu — it’s where the majority of their portfolio lives. The Mercado Pago and Itaú work in particular shows a studio that understands the specific design constraints of financial products: trust signals, friction reduction, onboarding flows that don’t lose users at the moment of commitment. For crypto platforms trying to convert curious users into active participants, that kind of fluency is genuinely hard to find.
The tradeoff is creative range. DHNN’s work is consistently well-executed and commercially grounded, but the portfolio skews toward clarity and usability over visual distinctiveness. If your brief is to make a complex DeFi platform feel approachable, they’re a strong match. If you want a brand that looks like nothing else in the crypto space, the visual ambition may not match the ask.
What DHNN Does
Five practice areas, with banking, finance, and crypto running through all of them.
Product Discovery
Research-led innovation labs and digital product discovery to frame the brief before design begins.
Innovation Labs · Design Thinking · User Research · Product Strategy · MVP Definition
Branding & Strategy
Brand identity and positioning for digital-first financial and technology companies
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Brand Strategy · Brand Identity · Visual Identity · Brand Positioning · Messaging
Product Design & Development
End-to-end UX/UI design and development for apps, web platforms, and digital tools.
UX Design · UI Design · App Design · Web Design · Front-end Development · Back-end Development
Blockchain Innovation LAB
A dedicated practice for Web3, DeFi, and crypto product design — from wallets to exchanges to protocol interfaces.
Web3 UX · DeFi Product Design · Crypto Interface Design · Blockchain Product Strategy
Data Viz & Data Storytelling
Turning complex data into visual systems that communicate clearly to users and stakeholders.
Data Visualisation · Graphic Systems · Dashboard Design · Data Narrative
Selected Work
A snapshot of recent named projects. Full case studies on the agency’s site.
Mercado Pago
Product Design & Development · Banking, Finance & Crypto
A redesigned digital experience for Latin America’s leading payments platform, optimising usability across app and web.
Itaú
Product Design & Development · Banking, Finance & Crypto
A full redesign of Itaú’s web and mobile platforms delivering modern, intuitive banking tools.
Arriba
Brand Identity · UX Design · DeFi
Visual identity and user experience for a DeFi app built to stand out in a competitive decentralised finance market.
Ank
Brand System · Product Design · Banking, Finance & Crypto
An expanded brand system and new design language to position Ank as a regional leader in financial services.
Hire DHNN If You Need…
- Deep UX and product design expertise in financial services, crypto, and DeFi
- A studio with genuine blockchain fluency — a dedicated practice, not a side service
- Multi-office coverage across Latin America, Europe, and the US
- Process-driven delivery with transparent communication and reliable timelines
- Data visualisation and dashboard design alongside product and brand work
Skip DHNN If…
- Your primary need is brand differentiation and visual distinctiveness — the portfolio favours clarity over creative risk
- Your project is primarily above-the-line brand strategy or verbal identity
- You need a studio with a deep consumer brand portfolio outside of financial services
Independent Verification
Awards: German Design Award — Excellent Communications Design (2024) · Webby Awards — Best Mobile User Experience (2024) · W3 Award — Web Applications, Professional Services & Best UX (2023)
Clutch
4.8
28 verified reviews
Clients highlight timely delivery, proactive communication, adaptability, and strong value across project types.
DesignRush
Consistent positive feedback on UX/UI and digital product work across financial and technology sectors.
What clients consistently mention across verified Clutch reviews: timely delivery, proactive communication, adaptable, professional, strong value, collaborative, deep understanding of financial products.
If DHNN Isn’t the Right Fit
Clay Global
The benchmark for brand + product + web for fintech and SaaS. Deeper brand thinking and senior-led model throughout, at a higher budget floor.
Bürocratik
Award-tier European studio with strong fintech and crypto credentials and a more visually distinctive output. Better fit if brand differentiation is as important as product clarity.
Brightscout
Austin-based B2B studio covering brand, web, and app in one engagement. More generalist scope, stronger for companies outside the financial services vertical.
Frequently Asked Questions
Banking, finance, and crypto are their strongest categories, followed by media and OTT, insurance, energy, retail, and information technology. Most of the portfolio’s depth and award recognition sits in financial services and digital product design.
Yes — their Blockchain Innovation LAB is a standalone practice covering Web3 product design, DeFi UX, crypto interface design, and blockchain product strategy. It’s one of the few agencies on this list with a named practice specifically for this space.
Founded in Buenos Aires, with offices now in Miami, Madrid, London, and Lisbon. The client list spans Latin America, North America, and Europe. Time zone coverage is a genuine operational advantage across regions.
The minimum engagement is in the $10,000–$25,000 range, with most projects between $25,000 and well above depending on scope. Their hourly rate of $100–$149 sits at a mid-tier level that makes them accessible compared to top-tier US or UK studios.
Lucas Davison, Founder and Managing Director, started the studio in Buenos Aires in 2007. The name stands for “Design Has No Name” — a reflection of the studio’s belief that design is a universal driving force rather than a style or category.
Ready to see if DHNN fits your project?
Visit the agency’s site to view their full portfolio, or compare them against the rest of our top picks.