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Kudzu

Kudzu is a low-fee online banking app with flexible accounts, overdraft protection, smart budgeting tools, and more! Kudzu is a financial technology company, not a bank. Banking services provided by The Bancorp Bank, N.A., Member FDIC. Take control of your money with tools like: - Track your money and set budgets with Kudzu’s digital-first Spending Account. - Enjoy automatic savings, unlimited transfers, and an interest-earning Savings Account.† - Get fee-free overdraft protection with Covered by Kudzu™1. - Stay on top of spending with SpendSense Alerts2. - Get paid through Direct Deposit. - Deposit checks with Mobile Check Load.* - Learn through bite-sized financial literacy lessons (and earn rewards!) with PayPerks®3. - Savings Habits helps you schedule transfers and build savings automatically. Together with SpendSense Alerts2 and Covered by Kudzu™1, it completes the Kudzu toolkit. Start spending instantly with Kudzu Visa® Debit Card. Activate it in the app or add it to your mobile wallet. Tap to pay, shop online, get Direct Deposit, deposit checks, or access cash at 55,000+ fee-free Allpoint® ATMs. The Kudzu Visa® Debit Card includes security features to help protect your money. Lock or unlock your debit card and receive real-time fraud alerts2. Upgrade to Kudzu+4, our optional premium membership, for: - Free expedited debit card replacement - Advanced overdraft protection5 - Multiple savings goals Download Kudzu today to manage your money, build your savings, budget with confidence, and make smarter financial decisions. Download and sign up today! *Other fees and limits apply. See the Deposit Account Agreement for details. † The Annual Percentage Yield ("APY") for the Kudzu Savings Account is variable and may change at any time. The disclosed APY rate is effective as of November 17th, 2025. No minimum balance required. Must have $0.01 in savings to earn interest. The marketed Kudzu+ APY is available only while you maintain Kudzu+ membership, otherwise the standard non-Kudzu+ APY will apply. See full details. 1 Covered by Kudzu™ is an optional overdraft protection feature that uses funds in your savings account to cover debit card transactions that would otherwise bring your account negative, up to 10 times per month. You must maintain at least $50.00 in savings to be eligible for Covered by Kudzu. If the combined balance in your spending and savings accounts is less than the transaction amount, the transaction will be declined. For full terms and conditions, please visit kudzumoney.com/policies/#covered-by-kudzu-terms-and-conditions. 2 Message and data rates may apply. 3 The Bancorp Bank, N.A., is issuer of the Kudzu Visa® Debit Card only and does not endorse or sponsor the associated products, services or offers from PayPerks®. 4 Kudzu+ is an optional spending account that gives you access to additional features and benefits. A $4.95 monthly membership fee applies and will be automatically deducted from your Kudzu+ spending account. 5 Covered by Kudzu+™ is an optional overdraft protection feature that covers up to $100 in debit card purchase transactions that bring your spending account negative. If you have also enrolled in Covered by Kudzu™, we will first transfer available funds from your savings account to cover a debit card purchase that brings your spending account negative, before using Covered by Kudzu+. To be eligible to enroll in Covered by Kudzu+, you must have an active spending account open for at least 30 days and one qualifying deposit of $100 within that 30-day period. To maintain access to Covered by Kudzu+ once enrolled, you must receive at least one qualifying deposit of $100 or more in your spending account each 30-day period. For full terms and conditions, please visit kudzumoney.com/policies/#covered-by-kudzu-plus-terms-and-conditions. The Kudzu Visa® Debit Card is issued by The Bancorp Bank, N.A., pursuant to a license from Visa U.S.A., Inc. and may be used everywhere Visa debit cards are accepted.

Domain
Fintech
Role
React Native / React Developer
Scale
1K+ downloads

On the store

Google Play1K+ downloads

Kudzu is a low-fee online banking application providing flexible accounts, overdraft protection, budgeting tools and financial education.

About the product

Kudzu is a digital banking platform focused on helping users manage spending, savings and everyday finances through flexible accounts, budgeting tools and debit-card features.

Who uses it

Everyday consumers looking for low-fee banking, budgeting help and simple savings tools.

What I worked on

Mobile

  • Spending account experiences
  • Savings and automatic savings features
  • Budgeting and spending insights
  • Overdraft-related workflows
  • Debit card management
  • Account alerts
  • Financial education content
  • Mobile check deposit
  • Financial dashboards

Web

  • Built the customer-facing React web application
  • Implemented responsive interfaces
  • Feature parity with core mobile functionality
  • Redux state management
  • TanStack Query API integration

Key features

  • Spending and savings accounts
  • Budgeting and automatic savings
  • Overdraft protection and SpendSense alerts
  • Direct deposit and mobile check load
  • Kudzu Visa debit card, mobile wallet and tap to pay
  • Card activation, lock/unlock and fraud alerts
  • ATM access
  • Financial literacy lessons and savings habits
  • Kudzu+ membership with multiple savings goals

Engineering highlights

  • Built fintech product features across React Native and React from a shared design language.
  • Implemented responsive web experiences alongside the mobile application.
  • Used centralized state management and a typed API layer across both clients.

Technology

  • React Native
  • React.js
  • TypeScript
  • Redux
  • TanStack Query
  • Axios

Screenshots

Public store screenshots. No confidential company material is included.

Spending and savings overview
Spending and savings overview
Smart budgeting tools
Smart budgeting tools
Savings account and activity
Savings account and activity
Debit card services
Debit card services
Fee-free ATM finder
Fee-free ATM finder
Financial literacy lessons
Financial literacy lessons
Kudzu+ feature comparison
Kudzu+ feature comparison
Kudzu+ transfers
Kudzu+ transfers
Kudzu web experience
Kudzu web experience