Marina Makeewa
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B2B deposits

From zero to 2nd place in Markswebb. Deposit calculator —

Role
Lead Product Designer
Period
2020 — 2023
Company
VTB

TODAY 2026

Today I'd do it this way

The deposit calculator went from research to release in 4 months. Today the `user-flow-from-interviews` skill takes 8–12 interviews and returns a user story map with MVP, P2, P3 prioritization. It doesn't replace design critique on the USM, but it removes 80% of the mechanical work of clustering insights.

Then4 months
Now3 weeks
Skill I'm writing for this

user-flow-from-interviews

Coming soon

USM with MVP prioritization from 8+ interview transcripts.

Capabilities
  • Parses transcripts and extracts jobs-to-be-done
  • Auto-clusters insights by frequency
  • Backlog tagged 'MVP / P2 / P3 / cut'

ARCHIVE 2021

How it was done then

Summary

Full version available in Russian. Read in Russian →

The bank was running an IT transformation for business clients. Deposits — one of the core products — could only be opened in a branch or via a manager. I ran the full research cycle: 12 interviews, personas, service blueprint with architects and engineers, user story map (two years of backlog), MVP prioritization with the team.

Research surfaced a sharper problem: customers didn't know how to pick the most profitable deposit. So the first feature shipped was a deposit calculator — which Markswebb later ranked #1 among Russian banks.

A year later we did a major rework around deposit management (early close, top-up, partial withdrawal). The product reached 2nd place in Markswebb and VTB's service was named best for cash management. Omnichannel from day one: iOS, Android, manager-facing service, web with seamless handoff into online banking.