How Fintech Can Learn From Crypto: Tokenization, Gamification, and DeFi for Better User Engagement

The world of finance is changing fast, especially with recent integrations of digital assets such as cryptocurrencies, promising new ways for businesses to connect with customers.

As a seasoned expert in fintech, Dmitrii Egorenkov insists that traditional fintech platforms can learn something from crypto projects to make user experiences more engaging and enhance their reach.

Historically, fintech companies have made financial services more available, secure, and convenient. As the digital landscape continues to change, there’s new potential to apply models from the world of cryptocurrency to upgrade users’ interactions with financial platforms. Following are some of the ways fintech companies can adopt such innovative strategies:

Using Tokenization to Upgrade Loyalty Programs

Tokenization is a feature in many cryptocurrency projects where the reward comes in the form of digital tokens. Unlike traditional points that stuck to one service, tokenized rewards can be traded, used, or invested across multiple platforms, giving users more choice and value. According to Egorenkov, this is what fintech companies could learn from creating their digital tokens for rewarding users in exchange for user loyalty. In such a case, rewards may be more meaningful, attract more users, and keep them longer.

Bringing Decentralized Finance (DeFi) To Fintech

DeFi, or Decentralized Finance, cuts out the middlemen and provides financial services directly through smart contracts. Already today, in the crypto world, that is very popular due to its complete transparency and low cost of transactions. Fintech companies can use these ideas to offer better savings accounts or more flexible loan options that give users a lot of control. Egorenkov underlined that elements of DeFi will help fintech companies provide clearer, more user-friendly services that build trust.

Using Gamification to Boost User Activity

Gamification, or the process of inserting game-like mechanics has seen quite a bit of success in the crypto space regarding user engagement. For example, some crypto applications utilise models like “play-to-earn,” wherein users generate value on a platform and are in turn rewarded. This makes using financial applications more fun and interactive, hence helping with user retention.

Encouraging Good Behavior with Reward Models

Crypto projects have also popularised reward models, such as “Walk-to-Earn,” where users are rewarded with tokens for activities such as walking or doing exercises. The idea can be applied to fintech platforms to encourage good financial habits among people. For instance, it could be used to reward a user for reaching his or her savings goals or checking accounts regularly. Such kinds of incentives might help users be more consistent with using the application and develop healthier financial behavior.

The Bottom Line

Egorenkov sees fintech’s future where more and more mainstream players will be able to adopt models from cryptocurrencies. Perhaps not fully passing into the world of virtual currencies, at least tokenization, gamification, and principles of DeFi to smoothen the user experience. He thinks that combined together, such innovation will bring more engagement and user orientation to traditional fintech, which could contribute to more significant growth and loyalty.

Dmitrii Egorenkov says that with his extensive hands-on experience in fintech and AI, he is convinced that the best of fintech combined with crypto is what will bring real value to end-users. Moving forward, as new innovative engagement models get accepted by fintech companies, they can attract even more users and offer a far more personalised and rewarding experience to their users. Probably this could also lead to a different era in financial services where technology and user engagement come together to provide better value.

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