YouTrip admitted into the 2025 Design Power Index

DBCS and Consulus are pleased to announce that YouTrip is admitted into the Design Power Index (DPI) 2025.

The Design Power Index is an economic premise and framework based on three key questions:
1. Does design generate economic value?
2. If yes, what is the value?
3. Is the nominated organisation great at harnessing the power of design to generate economic value and shape societal impact?

This inaugural index is launched by the Design Business Chamber Singapore (DBCS) in partnership with its global knowledge partner Consulus, a global impact investment and creative change firm, as part of DBCS’s 40th anniversary.

Companies and organisations are first shortlisted from a wide range of industries and then nominated. By accepting the nomination, honorees affirm that design shapes economic value through their business model, products, and services. Acceptance also means they agree to participate in an assessment the following year for the Design Power Index 2026, ensuring a deepening study on the value of design for economic growth. Acceptance of nomination, use of the logo, and participation in next year’s survey are without fee.

As of now, the estimated total market value of the private and listed companies who have accepted the nomination has reached SGD 20 billion. For the non-profit organisations included, their work impacts the lives of Singaporeans.

YouTrip – Designing the Future of Travel Finance

YouTrip is a highly successful company that has achieved extraordinary growth by masterfully integrating design and technology to redefine how people spend overseas. Its success lies in its ability to humanize technology to make the complex, often frustrating process of foreign currency exchange and payments intuitive, transparent, and accessible to empower the everyday traveler. The economic value it generates is a direct result of its masterful, user-centric design of a new service ecosystem.

YouTrip’s core strength is its relentless focus on optimizing user experience (UX/UI). The design of its mobile app and its signature multi-currency card is an exercise in invisible design, simplifying sophisticated financial technology into an effortless journey. The ability to lock in favorable exchange rates and spend seamlessly in over 150 currencies, all managed via a clear, intuitive interface, transformed what was once a painful travel chore into a convenient, affordable and accessible payment experience. This excellence in design is a key competitive advantage that has made YouTrip a leader in the multi-currency digital wallet fintech space.

This design-led approach has been instrumental in driving adoption and securing market dominance among global travelers. By making financial technology not just functional but easy to use, YouTrip has fostered rapid user adoption and fundamentally altered consumption patterns for travel finance. Its work has proven that the strategic integration of design and technology can create a powerful, user-centric service ecosystem that simplifies international payments and inspires borderless travel.

About the Design Power Index (DPI)

The Design Power Index (DPI) is the world’s first longitudinal economics index designed to measure and track the economic value generated by companies through the strategic use of design and the creation of design intellectual property (IP). Showcasing 40 companies and 20 organisations recognised for their business growth, market creation, technological innovation, and social impact through design, the inaugural DPI 2025 provides a holistic lens of design’s contribution to the economy.

Developed by the Design Business Chamber Singapore (DBCS) in partnership with Consulus, the DPI analyses design’s impact across four dimensions:

• Business of Design — Companies who have achieved revenue and growth through creating unique intellectual property by design
• Market of Design — Companies who have harnessed design to create a new business category
• Technology of Design — Companies who have used design to innovate and shape use-behaviour
• Social Impact of Design — Companies/organisations who use design to shape societal change or impact