The 8-Year-Old (day) Trader

Product designers are often encouraged to remove friction, increase engagement and make actions feel rewarding.

But what happens when more engagement is not necessarily better for the user?

While designing financial products for children at Revolut, we have had to question many familiar product-design principles.

Should a child be rewarded for making a profitable trade?

Could a streak encourage them to trade too frequently?

How do you make risk understandable without making it frightening?

And how do you create an engaging experience without making real money feel like a game?

This talk explores how designing for children exposes some of the hardest questions in responsible product design, and what those lessons can teach us about the products we build for everyone.