Services
Services — system testing, build & AI
Sixty discrete services across testing, payments, build, platform and AI — delivered by named UK engineers.
UAT testing for UK banks, fintechs and regulated firms
User acceptance testing executed by independent testers against documented business scenarios. You need it before any release that touches a regulated customer journey or a fee/interest flow. Scripted scenarios, defect log, sign-off pack and traceability matrix mapped back to requirements.
SIT testing for UK banks, fintechs and regulated firms
System integration testing across boundaries: APIs, queues, batch jobs and third-party callbacks. You need it after unit and component tests pass, before uat, on every release that changes an integration contract. Integration test packs, contract assertions, dependency map and end-to-end run logs.
Regression testing for UK banks, fintechs and regulated firms
Regression suites that catch breakages in shipped behaviour as the codebase changes. You need it continuously, on every pr and on every release candidate. Automated regression suite, gating thresholds, flake report and a sustainable maintenance pattern.
Performance testing for UK banks, fintechs and regulated firms
Performance and capacity testing against modelled and live production-shaped workloads. You need it before launch, before campaigns, and after any change that touches the hot path. Workload model, k6 / Gatling scripts, baseline + regression report and a capacity plan.
Load testing for UK banks, fintechs and regulated firms
Sustained-load testing that proves the system holds under realistic peak traffic. You need it ahead of marketing launches, regulatory cut-overs or seasonal peaks. Load profile, run telemetry, bottleneck analysis and a remediation backlog.
Soak testing for UK banks, fintechs and regulated firms
Long-duration testing that exposes memory leaks, connection pool exhaustion and slow degradation. You need it before any release to a service that runs 24/7 or holds open connections. 24-72 hour soak runs, resource trend graphs and a root-cause report on every drift.
Smoke testing for UK banks, fintechs and regulated firms
Fast, low-cost checks that prove the build is fit to test further. You need it on every deploy, before any deeper test suite runs. A 5-minute smoke pack wired into CI with clear pass/fail telemetry.
End-to-end testing for UK banks, fintechs and regulated firms
User-journey testing that exercises real flows across UI, API and downstream systems. You need it on the journeys that move money, change risk or trigger regulatory reporting. Playwright / Cypress suites, data fixtures, environment recipes and a defect intake process.
API testing for UK banks, fintechs and regulated firms
Contract and behavioural testing for the APIs your platform exposes and consumes. You need it on every change to a public, partner or internal api contract. Postman / Karate / Schemathesis suites, contract tests and a published API change log.
Contract testing for UK banks, fintechs and regulated firms
Consumer-driven contract tests that catch breaking API changes before deploy. You need it anywhere two teams or two systems share an api contract. Pact (or equivalent) broker, CI gates and a deprecation workflow.
Mobile app testing for UK banks, fintechs and regulated firms
Native and hybrid mobile testing across iOS and Android devices and OS versions. You need it before every app store / play store submission and after every sdk upgrade. Device matrix, Appium / Detox suites, accessibility checks and release notes.
Accessibility testing for UK banks, fintechs and regulated firms
WCAG 2.2 AA accessibility testing across web, mobile and email surfaces. You need it before public launch, after major ui changes and on a quarterly cadence. Axe + manual audit, severity-ranked findings and a fix roadmap.
Security testing for UK banks, fintechs and regulated firms
OWASP-aligned security testing — SAST, DAST, dependency and configuration review. You need it on every release candidate and ahead of pen-test windows. SAST/DAST reports, prioritised CVE list and remediation guidance.
Penetration testing coordination for UK banks, fintechs and regulated firms
We coordinate, scope and remediate pen tests run by accredited third parties. You need it annually, after major architecture changes and as a control for iso 27001 / soc 2. Scope brief, vendor selection, finding triage and tracked remediation.
Chaos testing for UK banks, fintechs and regulated firms
Controlled failure injection to prove resilience claims in your runbooks. You need it quarterly for tier-one services; before any major peak event. Game-day plan, blast-radius controls, post-incident review and action backlog.
Test automation for UK banks, fintechs and regulated firms
Maintainable test automation across unit, integration, E2E and performance. You need it when manual regression cycles are blocking release cadence. Framework, suite, CI integration, flake budget and an internal hand-over.
Test data management for UK banks, fintechs and regulated firms
Production-shaped, GDPR-safe test data on demand for every environment. You need it when 'we can't reproduce that bug' is the most common phrase in your standup. Masked data pipelines, on-demand provisioning and lineage tracking.
Test environment management for UK banks, fintechs and regulated firms
Stable, ephemeral test environments wired to real third-party sandboxes. You need it when release cycles are blocked by environment contention. IaC-managed environments, sandbox configs and a self-service provisioning flow.
Sandbox testing for UK banks, fintechs and regulated firms
Testing against bank, scheme and partner sandboxes including Open Banking and Pay.UK. You need it throughout development, before conformance and during partner onboarding. Sandbox harness, replayable transactions and a clear gap analysis vs production.
Defect triage for UK banks, fintechs and regulated firms
A working triage process: severity, ownership, SLA and a defect that actually closes. You need it when your defect backlog grows faster than it shrinks. Triage cadence, severity model, dashboards and a clear close-out criterion.
QA strategy for UK banks, fintechs and regulated firms
A pragmatic QA strategy: where to invest, what to automate, what to skip. You need it when qa effort and production quality are decoupled. Strategy doc, RACI, target metrics and a 90-day rollout plan.
Exploratory testing for UK banks, fintechs and regulated firms
Charter-led exploratory testing that finds the bugs scripts never will. You need it on new features, edge-case journeys and any change that affects money or trust. Charters, session notes, defect log and risk-ranked report.
CI/CD test pipelines for UK banks, fintechs and regulated firms
Test pipelines wired into CI/CD that gate releases on real quality signals. You need it when 'we ran the tests' isn't the same as 'the tests gated the release'. GitHub Actions / Buildkite / Jenkins pipelines with quality gates and evidence.
Faster Payments testing for UK banks, fintechs and regulated firms
End-to-end testing of Faster Payments outbound, inbound, status and recall flows. You need it before pay.uk readiness, after any sponsor or aggregator change, and on every release that touches fps. Golden message library, FPS sandbox harness and reconciliation evidence.
BACS testing for UK banks, fintechs and regulated firms
Testing for Bacs Direct Debit and Direct Credit including ADDACS, AUDDIS, ARUDD. You need it before sun onboarding and after any change to the bacs file structure or schedule. Bacs submission and response handling tests, reconciliation and exception runbooks.
CHAPS testing for UK banks, fintechs and regulated firms
CHAPS message testing aligned with the Bank of England's ISO 20022 schemas. You need it before chaps direct-participant onboarding and on every chaps schema release. Message validation, settlement testing and BoE readiness evidence.
Cards scheme testing for UK banks, fintechs and regulated firms
Visa, Mastercard and Amex scheme testing including issuer, acquirer and 3DS flows. You need it before scheme certification and after every bin, processor or 3ds upgrade. Scheme test cards, MTI flow coverage, 3DS journey evidence and certification artefacts.
SWIFT testing for UK banks, fintechs and regulated firms
SWIFT MT and MX message testing including the CBPR+ ISO 20022 migration. You need it during cbpr+ migration, after any saa / alliance upgrade and before scheme cutover. MT/MX translation evidence, sanctions screening tests and SWIFT compliance reports.
ISO 20022 testing for UK banks, fintechs and regulated firms
ISO 20022 message testing across pacs, pain and camt flows. You need it on any migration to iso 20022 or any change to enrichment, mapping or storage. Schema validation, business validation, enrichment tests and structured data assurance.
Confirmation of Payee testing for UK banks, fintechs and regulated firms
CoP testing for outbound and inbound responders including SRD v3.2 scenarios. You need it before cop go-live, on every responder upgrade and after every pay.uk schema update. Full CoP scenario coverage, latency tests, exception flows and Pay.UK evidence.
PSD2 testing for UK banks, fintechs and regulated firms
PSD2 RTS testing including SCA, consent and dedicated-interface fallback. You need it before psd2 audits, after every consent journey change and during tpp onboarding. SCA flow tests, fallback evidence and an FCA-ready report.
KYC and AML testing for UK banks, fintechs and regulated firms
Testing of KYC, KYB, sanctions and PEP screening flows including vendor integration. You need it on every change to the onboarding journey, vendor or risk model. Test personas, vendor response simulation and end-to-end onboarding coverage.
Fraud detection testing for UK banks, fintechs and regulated firms
Testing of fraud rules, model outputs, holds and customer comms. You need it on every rule change and after every model retrain. Replayable fraud personas, rule-coverage matrix and customer-journey evidence.
Core banking migration testing for UK banks, fintechs and regulated firms
Migration testing across ledger, GL, statements, payments and reporting. You need it throughout every core migration — from build to dress rehearsal to go-live. Parallel-run scripts, reconciliation framework, cutover plan and dress-rehearsal evidence.
Third-party vendor testing for UK banks, fintechs and regulated firms
Independent assurance of vendor behaviour, SLAs and error handling. You need it before contract signature and on every meaningful vendor upgrade. Vendor test pack, SLA evidence and contract-ready findings.
Regulatory UAT for UK banks, fintechs and regulated firms
UAT scenarios written and signed off against specific FCA, PRA and DORA controls. You need it before any release that affects a regulated outcome. Control-linked scenarios, evidence pack and second-line sign-off material.
Disaster recovery testing for UK banks, fintechs and regulated firms
DR testing that proves your RTO and RPO claims under realistic failure modes. You need it annually at minimum; quarterly for tier-one services and dora-scoped firms. DR scenarios, run telemetry, post-test report and remediation backlog.
Bespoke software for UK banks, fintechs and regulated firms
Custom software built around your operational reality, not someone else's template. You need it when off-the-shelf forces three workarounds for every problem it solves. Production software, source, infrastructure, runbook and a continuation engagement.
Internal tools for UK banks, fintechs and regulated firms
Internal tooling that replaces the spreadsheet, the email chain and the WhatsApp group. You need it when ops time is being burned on copy-paste between systems. A working internal app, integrations to the systems of record and onboarding for the team.
API development for UK banks, fintechs and regulated firms
Well-versioned, well-documented APIs your partners can integrate against without a meeting. You need it when you're selling into platforms or onboarding partners at scale. API design, implementation, docs, SDK and an integration partner programme.
Microservices for UK banks, fintechs and regulated firms
Right-sized services with clear ownership, contracts and operational maturity. You need it when a monolith is slowing teams down — and only then. Service blueprint, platform setup, observability and team operating model.
Event-driven architecture for UK banks, fintechs and regulated firms
Event-driven systems built on Kafka, Kinesis or equivalent with schemas and replay. You need it when multiple systems need to react to the same business event reliably. Event catalogue, schema registry, replay tooling and observability.
Data pipelines for UK banks, fintechs and regulated firms
Data pipelines that move, model and serve operational and analytical data reliably. You need it when your dashboards lag, drift or contradict each other. Pipelines, lineage, contracts and a serving layer your analysts can trust.
ETL development for UK banks, fintechs and regulated firms
ETL and ELT pipelines built with dbt, Airflow, Dagster or native warehouse tooling. You need it when data is everywhere and nowhere at the same time. Pipelines, tests, docs and a workflow for new datasets.
Integration platform for UK banks, fintechs and regulated firms
An integration layer that turns N×M integrations into N+M. You need it when every new partner means another bespoke build. Adapter framework, partner onboarding workflow and operational tooling.
ERP integration for UK banks, fintechs and regulated firms
Integration to Sage, Xero, NetSuite, Dynamics and SAP without the consulting markup. You need it when erp data is the source of truth but nothing else can read it cleanly. Integration, sync rules, error handling and a reconciliation dashboard.
CRM integration for UK banks, fintechs and regulated firms
CRM integration for HubSpot, Salesforce and Pipedrive against your real customer model. You need it when marketing, sales and ops all hold a different version of the customer. Bi-directional sync, conflict resolution and a working customer 360.
SSO (SAML / OIDC) for UK banks, fintechs and regulated firms
SAML and OIDC SSO with Okta, Entra ID, Auth0 and ForgeRock. You need it before any enterprise sale and any sensible internal access review. SSO integration, group sync, JIT provisioning and audit logs.
Payments integration for UK banks, fintechs and regulated firms
Payments integration to Stripe, Adyen, ClearBank, Modulr, Mangopay and bank rails. You need it when you're moving money and need it to land first time, every time. Integration, idempotency, reconciliation, dispute flow and a payments dashboard.
AI agents for UK banks, fintechs and regulated firms
Production AI agents — not chatbots — wired into real tools and approval flows. You need it when repetitive cognitive work is taking hours per day across your team. Agent design, integrations, eval suite, escalation paths and operating model.
LLM integration for UK banks, fintechs and regulated firms
LLM integration with retrieval, evaluation, tracing and cost control. You need it when llms are moving from demo to production-grade workflow. Provider abstraction, eval harness, observability and a cost dashboard.
RAG systems for UK banks, fintechs and regulated firms
Retrieval-augmented generation grounded in your own documents and data. You need it when generic llms are wrong about your business in subtle, expensive ways. Ingestion, retrieval, eval, observability and a content workflow.
Dashboards and reporting for UK banks, fintechs and regulated firms
Operational and management dashboards built against trustworthy data. You need it when the business is run by emailing screenshots. Dashboard, metrics catalogue, drill-down design and refresh discipline.
Audit-ready software for UK banks, fintechs and regulated firms
Systems that produce control evidence as a by-product of normal operation. You need it before iso 27001, soc 2, icaap or a regulator visit. Immutable logging, access reviews, change evidence and exportable reports.
DevOps and SRE for UK banks, fintechs and regulated firms
DevOps and SRE practices delivered into existing engineering teams. You need it when release pain, on-call fatigue or environment drift are slowing you down. Pipelines, SLOs, runbooks, incident review process and team coaching.
Observability setup for UK banks, fintechs and regulated firms
Observability with Grafana, Prometheus, OpenTelemetry, Datadog or New Relic. You need it when 'is it down?' takes more than 30 seconds to answer. Logs, metrics, traces, dashboards, alerts and runbooks.
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