Fintech — IBU

Industry

Fintech

Engineering the next generation of financial products

IBU partners with challenger banks, payment providers, wealthtech firms, lendtech platforms and B2B fintech companies to build scalable financial products, navigate FCA authorisation, and integrate with banking and payments infrastructure at speed.

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Overview

The Sector Challenge

Fintech companies must move fast, build for scale, and satisfy regulators — simultaneously. IBU brings engineering depth and financial services regulatory knowledge to help fintechs launch products faster, achieve FCA authorisation, integrate with open banking and payment rails, and scale infrastructure without accumulating technical debt. From MVP to Series C and beyond, IBU is the technology partner that understands both the code and the compliance.

Key Challenges

What We Solve

  • FCA authorisation and regulatory sandbox navigation
  • Core product engineering and MVP development
  • Open banking and payment rail integration
  • PCI DSS compliance and card programme management
  • Scalable cloud infrastructure for high-volume transactions
  • AML, KYC and fraud prevention at scale
  • Embedded finance and BaaS platform development
  • Data engineering and real-time analytics
  • Series A–C technology due diligence readiness
  • Legacy bank API integration and data normalisation
What We Do

Our Capabilities in Fintech

01Fintech Product Engineering & MVP Development
02FCA Authorisation & Regulatory Compliance
03Open Banking & Payment Rail Integration
04PCI DSS & Card Programme Management
05Cloud-Native Scalable Infrastructure
06AML, KYC & Fraud Prevention Platforms
07Embedded Finance & BaaS Development
08Real-Time Data Engineering & Analytics
09API Gateway & Developer Portal Development
10Mobile Banking & Wallet Applications
11Lending & Credit Decision Platforms
12Wealthtech & Robo-Advisory Platforms
Value Delivered

Business Outcomes

Speed to Market

Agile engineering squads and reusable fintech accelerators cut MVP development time by up to 40%.

Regulatory Confidence

In-house FCA compliance expertise reduces authorisation timelines and regulatory remediation risk.

Scalable Architecture

Cloud-native microservices architectures handle transaction volume spikes without performance degradation.

Investor Readiness

Clean, well-documented codebases and robust security postures pass technical due diligence with confidence.

Ecosystem Integration

Pre-built connectors to major open banking, payment and BaaS providers accelerate partner integrations.

Fraud Resilience

Real-time fraud scoring and adaptive AML models protect revenue and maintain FCA compliance as volumes grow.

Case Studies

Client Impact

01

Challenger Bank Launch

Engineered the full technology stack for a UK challenger bank from FCA application through to public launch, onboarding 50,000 customers in the first month.

02

Embedded Finance Platform

Built a BaaS platform enabling a B2B SaaS company to offer business accounts and cards to its SME customer base, generating a new revenue stream within 6 months.

03

Real-Time Lending Engine

Developed an AI-powered credit decisioning engine for a lendtech firm, reducing loan approval time from 48 hours to under 3 minutes.

04

Open Banking Integration

Integrated 40 UK and European bank APIs for a personal finance management app, normalising data across providers and powering real-time cashflow insights.

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