The document outlines 10 UX design principles for accelerating innovation in financial technology (FinTech) companies. It discusses challenges in the industry like changing customer expectations, increased competition from non-banks, shifting regulations, and the need for more agility. The principles focus on practices like forming cross-functional teams, conducting lean projects, auditing the existing technology landscape, embedding designers throughout the organization, mapping customer experiences, designing solutions openly and iteratively, prioritizing patterns over screens, frequent prototyping and testing, gathering lean insights, and sharing work through film.