56 fintechs shipped. Why teams choose Humbleteam over Blackfish
Blackfish is a Czech studio that designs and builds brands, websites, and apps for consumer, fintech, and real estate clients. We are a 49-person product design company with 56 fintechs and 30+ major banks behind us, and a tested prototype in days.
Facts about Blackfish from their own site and LinkedIn · October 7, 2026
How each company describes itself
Blackfish
Blackfish’s home page says “We build functional 360º products with clear positioning, premium design, strategy and scalable infrastructure.” Its services are brand, web design and development, app development for Android and iOS, and product strategy. Industries listed include consumer brands, fintech, health and fitness, real estate, and defense.
The services page names a founder, a design lead, a tech lead, and UX/UI designers, and lists a Czech phone number for sales. LinkedIn lists 11–50 employees. Featured work includes Confirmo, Purple Group, Na dávkách, and HangarGyms.
Humbleteam
Our portfolio counts 56 fintechs and 30+ major banks, and 5 YC-backed fintechs keep our designers inside their in-house teams. The screens we draw for them carry KYC checks, limits, card states, and disputes.
The pace matches the depth. An ING banking MVP went from zero to a tested product in 5 days, and an ING small-business prototype was user-tested in 23 days. We have worked since 2017 from Prague and Dubai, with 200+ projects and a 4.9 Clutch rating across 35 reviews.
Why fintech teams pick us over Blackfish
Three things to compare before a money product goes to users.
A tested banking product in days
ING Amsterdam’s B2B banking MVP went from a blank page to a tested product in 5 days. ING’s small-business banking prototype took 23 days from design to user testing. The average brief reaches a clickable prototype in 2 weeks, and we answer new enquiries within 24 hours.
56 fintechs and 30+ banks
Regulated money products are our deepest specialty. We have designed onboarding, KYC failures, limits, card states, and dispute flows for 56 fintechs and 30+ major banks. 5 YC-backed fintechs have our design team as part of their in-house team. Blackfish lists fintech as one of seven industries on its site.
Reviewed and awarded since 2017
Our 35 Clutch reviews average 4.9, and speed, flexibility, and structure come up again and again. We hold 80+ design awards, including 14 Awwwards wins and Red Dot and Webby awards. Our seniors average 9 years of experience, and 70% of clients return for another project.
Humbleteam vs Blackfish, side by side
Every Blackfish fact here is from their own site or LinkedIn page. Where they publish nothing, the row says so.
| Compared on | Humbleteam | Blackfish |
|---|---|---|
| Fintech and regulated depth | 56 fintechs, 30+ major banks, and designers embedded at 5 YC-backed fintechs | Fintech listed among seven industries; Confirmo and Purple Group shown |
| Time to a tested prototype | 5 days to a tested B2B banking MVP with ING | Not published on their site |
| Brief to first clickable prototype | 2 weeks on average | Not published on their site |
| How fast you can start | Answer within 24 hours; kickoff next week | Not published on their site |
| Projects shipped since 2017 | 200+ projects, 18 published case studies | No total published on their site |
| Independent proof (Clutch, awards) | Clutch 4.9 from 35 reviews; 80+ design awards, 14 from Awwwards | Not published on the pages we read |
| Best known for | Regulated product design: banking, payments, health, and AI | 360º delivery: brand, web, and app design together with development |
When Blackfish is the better call
Two cases where their setup fits better.
Design and code from one vendor
Blackfish lists a tech lead and a developer on its team and offers Node.js, Framer, and Webflow builds, native or cross-platform apps, and store deployment. If one contract must cover design and production code, their scope covers both.
A website for a defense holding
Defense is one of the industries on Blackfish’s home page, and its clients page describes a full web build and asset kit for an industrial and defense holding. For that narrow brief, they have done it before.
Fintech proof in three numbers
All from our own delivery record.
56
fintechs designed for
plus 30+ major banks
5
YC-backed fintechs
with our designers in their in-house team
23 days
to a user-tested prototype
small-business banking for ING
Fintech work you can check
Three money products, from a bank to crypto payments.
Put us on the shortlist.
Send your product and the decision you are trying to make. We reply with the cases closest to it, a timeline and an estimate — and we will say so if the other option is the better fit.
Questions?
Is Humbleteam a good alternative to Blackfish?
For a fintech or banking product, yes. We have designed for 56 fintechs and 30+ major banks and took an ING banking MVP to a tested product in 5 days. Blackfish’s site describes a 360º studio for brand, web, and app design and development across seven industries, fintech among them. If you need regulated product depth, ours is the longer record.
Humbleteam or Blackfish: who delivers faster?
Our delivery times are public; blackfish.co does not list project durations. Ours: 5 days to a tested B2B banking MVP, 23 days to a user-tested ING prototype, and 4 weeks to put Logitech’s booking app, website, and design system into production. Our briefs hit a first clickable prototype in 2 weeks on average.
We are launching a payments or banking app. Who knows the regulated screens?
We do. KYC failures, card freezes, limits, and dispute flows are screens we have designed for 56 fintechs and 30+ major banks, and 5 YC-backed fintechs keep our designers in-house. Blackfish shows fintech work for Confirmo and Purple Group. On a first call, ask each team to walk through a failed identity check they designed.
How big is each team, and who does the work?
Our 49 people work in Prague and Dubai; the seniors you meet on the first call, averaging 9 years of experience, run the design. LinkedIn lists Blackfish at 11–50 employees, and its services page names a founder, a CPO, a design lead, a tech lead, four UX/UI designers, a developer, and a product manager.
How much does each cost, and how soon can we start?
We don’t publish a price list; the work runs as a fixed-price audit, a scoped implementation, or a monthly retainer, and the estimate arrives on the first call. Expect our answer within 24 hours and a possible start next week. Blackfish’s site describes a tailored proposal after product strategy work and does not publish prices.
Other comparisons
Same structure, same sourcing rules, one page per shortlist we keep meeting.
What we checked, and when
Everything stated about Blackfish on this page comes from their own public pages, read onOctober 7, 2026. We describe what they are strong at, not what they are bad at. If something here is out of date or wrong, write to hi@humbleteam.com and we will fix the page.
- blackfish.co — home, services, clients, and contact · read October 7, 2026
- LinkedIn — Blackfish company page · read October 7, 2026
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