Nelson takes to the stage at Bits and Pretzels

Nelson recently joined Matthias Notz on stage in Munich at Bits & Pretzels, a three-day conference for founders and enthusiasts from the start-up scene. It was great to talk about the challenges and excitement of the start up journey but possibly the highlight for Nelson may have been the close encounter with Nico Rosberg who

Powering payment services for SMEs and individuals

The Client The Payment Firm Ltd (The PayFirm) is an Electronic Money Institution, authorised in the UK. They offer services on an eMoney Distribution basis (rather than the now frowned upon Agency model). They specialise in providing cutting-edge digital financial services, providing an API to power their clients’ products. Their mission is to empower their

Cloud-native is not just old tech moved to the cloud

It is interesting to see just how many core banking platforms claim to be cloud-native when really they are simply old technologies repurposed for cloud. This means that they do not leverage all the benefits of the cloud. Genuine, cloud-native core banking strips away all the technologies that were traditionally used for banking. By turning

Savings Accounts Build and Migration

The Client Allica is a no-nonsense business bank, built especially for established businesses with between 5 and 250 employees. Their mission is to give businesses the banking they deserve. Allica was recently named as Britain’s fastest-growing private company in 2024’s The Sunday Times 100, and are also the fastest-growing fintech company in the 26-year history

Making it easier to manage interest rate changes

When building our product configuration engine, an important deliverable was ease of changes such as interest rates. The ease (or not) of making interest rates changes became incredibly important when interest rates started to change for the first time in many years. Indeed there were even circumstances where the process of changing interest rates were

Delivering flexibility

Cost and flexibility are key considerations when choosing the right core banking technology.  It is important to select a core banking platform that can support long term innovation, unlocking different ideas and new markets as the business grows. So we did away with the traditional modular product approach and instead created a Unified Product Hub