financial services
Cloud foundations engineered to perform and keep regulators satisfied
AI workloads. Real-time market data. Heightened regulatory scrutiny. Your systems weren’t built for this. We transform them – translating legacy liability into a growth-accelerating competitive edge.
Our clients
Technology optimisation partner to leading banks, insurers, asset managers and fintechs
Scale your advantage
Modernise without instability
On-premise data centres and overburdened architecture slow innovation and compound risk. We replace them through phased, controlled cloud migration, reducing technical debt without destabilising critical systems.
Perform at peak load
Systems that fail under pressure are a liability. We engineer platforms to deliver consistent, predictable performance during IPO launches, rate decisions and major demand spikes.
Prevent outages. Nurture trust.
Vulnerabilities hidden within legacy technology can trigger outages and disrupt services. We engineer stability under pressure – ensuring clients transact without disruption, reducing downtime and SLA breaches and strengthening customer retention.
Release faster. Compete harder.
Slow release cycles dilute opportunities. We cut release cycles from weeks to minutes, freeing engineering teams to deploy products faster and react immediately to market changes.
Deliver regulatory confidence
Compliance failures are costly. We strengthen observability and performance so you can demonstrate platform integrity and satisfy FCA and PRA requirements.
Turn cloud spend into growth budget
Over-provisioned cloud environments drain capital. We align usage to real demand, unlocking millions in cloud savings that can be reinvested in growth.
HSBC
Global banking
We identified and remediated 28 capacity infrastructure improvements and delivered a roadmap to move their capability from reactive to predictive and business-driven. HSBC's technology team now has full visibility of infrastructure limits before they become a constraint.
Hargreaves Lansdown
Investment platform
Despite strong infrastructure capacity, platform performance was inconsistent during periods of peak demand. We identified the gaps, strengthened their performance engineering lifecycle and delivered a phased improvement plan. Their platforms now handle peak loads and volatile market events with consistent, predictable performance.
Blackhawk Network
Global fintech
We cut their AWS bill to a three-year low, saving £3m annually. And not by cutting capacity. They were absorbing 40% more workload. Lower costs, higher throughput and more stable systems, delivered without compromising performance.
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