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Orbital

A cross-border payments brand with the confidence of a bank and the reach of a blockchain.

Client
Orbital
Category
Fintech · Web3 payments · Cross-border treasury
Scope
Brand refresh, website redesign, UI systems, motion and 3D
Delivery
12 sprints
Live site
getorbital.com

01 · Challenge

Orbital joins traditional banking rails with enterprise blockchain settlement. Its brand had to earn the confidence of corporate finance teams, with no trace of crypto speculation.

02 · Approach

We built an architectural identity in deep emerald with luminous accents, redesigned the website, and drew precise diagrams that show how currencies and accounts orbit one platform.

03 · Outcome

A brand and website, delivered in 12 sprints, that position Orbital as a trusted bridge between fiat and stablecoins for global corporate finance.

01The challenge

Treasury teams don't buy a cryptocurrency story. They buy confidence.

Fiat and digital currency, side by side

Orbital is a cross-border payments platform that helps multinational enterprises manage currencies, accounts and digital assets together. It unites traditional rails (SWIFT, SEPA, ACH) with enterprise blockchain settlement for instant liquidity worldwide.

As Orbital moved into new enterprise verticals, its brand and website had to explain a hybrid fiat and stablecoin workflow to a sceptical audience, with regulatory confidence and technical authority, and without any of the speculation tropes that crypto brands rely on.

02Strategy

What crypto payments often look like

  • Neon tokens and speculation tropes
  • Hype instead of how it works
  • Little sign of regulation or controls

What Orbital does instead

  • Architectural, deep-emerald identity
  • Diagrams that show how the money moves
  • A calm, bank-grade tone
Brand idea

Move money smarter.

The audience is a CFO or treasurer who has to defend the decision internally. Every screen had to give them something they could forward.

03Identity

Deep emerald, a luminous edge and an orbit

The refreshed identity uses deep emerald tones, a lavender glow and the orbit as its organising shape: accounts and currencies circling one platform. A clean wordmark and app mark keep it legible at every size, and the dark, architectural palette reads as serious infrastructure, not a token launch.

The Orbital brand guideline: 'Move Money Smarter' on pages with a bank icon
The Orbital wordmark on a construction grid
The Orbital app mark on a white tile beside a social profile reading 'Clear.Bank'
A set of line icons beside an orbit diagram with Orbital at the centre
A bus shelter with Orbital posters: 'Move Money Smarter' and large coin glyphs
A glass wall with the Orbital poster: 'Unifying Stablecoin Speed & Traditional Money'
A person carrying an Orbital tote beside the 'Move Money Smarter' poster
A figure walking before a wide screen reading 'Stablecoins are transforming customer payments'

04Website

A site that explains the platform in plain steps

The redesigned site leads with the promise, then shows the platform: on/off-ramps, real-time FX rates, OTC support and global accounts. Insights and numbers give finance teams the proof they look for, and the navigation is built so each kind of buyer finds their route in a click or two.

The footer: 'Join us as we redefine global payments' above the sitemap
A hand lifting a laptop that shows the Orbital homepage and globe
A tablet showing 'Robust stablecoin, blockchain & global currency options'
A laptop showing 'Latest insights' articles
Platform features: on/off-ramps, real-time FX rates, expert OTC support and global accounts
'Curated Insights into Stablecoin Payments' with a chart and a phone showing payments data
A phone showing 'The new era of global payment solutions' with currency glyphs
A hand holding a phone: 'Faster stablecoin pay-ins'

05Before and after

From a dense dark page to a calm, clear one

The same content, before and after the redesign: clearer hierarchy, real people and diagrams that do the explaining, so a complicated product stops looking complicated.

Before and after: the Orbital homepage hero
Before and after: the 'Let's connect' event section
Before and after: 'Orbital in numbers'
Before and after: 'Worldwide pay-ins, simplified'
Before and after: 'The new era of global business payments'

06Diagrams and motion

Showing how the money moves

The hardest idea to sell is the hybrid one, so we drew it: currencies, stablecoins and blockchains orbiting a single platform, and the connections between them. Motion shows the flow, so a visitor sees how money moves before reading a word about it.

A page overview of the Stablecoin Retail Payments Index with charts
The orbit diagram with stablecoins, exotic currencies and traditional currencies around Orbital

07Impact & proof

100M+
Monthly stablecoin payments processed
12 sprints
End-to-end brand & platform design delivery
99.99%
Platform uptime across enterprise gateway nodes

Metrics published by Orbital as of 2025 across active payment gateway deployments.

A project timeline across Branding, Design and Development, completed in 12 sprints

Brand

  • Identity refresh
  • Wordmark and app mark
  • Brand guideline

Website

  • Sitemap and navigation
  • Homepage and platform pages
  • Insights and team pages

Systems

  • UI components
  • Diagrams and icon set

Motion

  • 3D and animated visuals
  • Out-of-home and event applications
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