Do you use an app on your phone or tablet to check your bank balances?You’re not alone. New research by the british Nationwide Building Society highlighted that people were more likely to check their account balance (44%) than their work email (34%) whilst on the move.

The Bank of America also reveals in their “Trends in Consumer Mobility Report 2014” that the most commonly accessed function at mobile banking apps is checking account balances and statements (81%).

So people like to check their balance on the move and probably analyze their transaction history.

But how come that the currently available banking apps have such a poor user experience for that task?

Wouldn’t it be interesting to extend this approach of analyzing your account and to offer new insights into your financial data? Could it even be possible to visualize your account in another method to help you save more money?

With all that in mind, I asked myself how I would approach the User Interface for a simple banking app that focuses around automatically tracked, personal expenses.

I challenged myself with a quick design exercise and started a side project over two weekends.