Fintech & Payments Consulting
Connecting payments expertise, commercial strategy and technology delivery.
FortisCo provides specialist consulting and project leadership across financial technology, payment systems and digital financial services.
Our experience spans payment modernisation, clearing and settlement environments, banking technology, commercial payment products, strategic partnerships and complex technology delivery programmes.
We work alongside financial institutions, technology providers and fintech businesses to translate commercial and technical requirements into practical plans, coordinated delivery and measurable business outcomes.
Payments & Financial Technology Advisory
Independent advisory and coordination across payment ecosystems, financial technology propositions and the systems that support them.
- Payment systems and ecosystem consulting
- Payment infrastructure modernisation
- Account-to-account payments and real-time payment systems
- Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) and ACH environments
- Real-Time Clearing (RTC)
- PayShap and modern payment services
- ISO 20022 migration and payment messaging advisory
- DebiCheck and debit order payment environments
- Account verification services
- Commercial cards and B2B payment solutions
- Payment middleware and clearing platforms
- Digital banking and embedded finance propositions
- Payment product strategy and commercialisation
- Payment processing integration and system interface coordination
- Banking technology vendor assessments and partner engagement
- Regulatory and industry alignment support alongside relevant compliance specialists
From Complex Requirements to Structured Delivery
FortisCo bridges business stakeholders, technical delivery teams, suppliers and decision-makers to maintain alignment from initiation through operational handover.
- End-to-end programme and project management
- Client-side technology project leadership
- Project initiation, scope definition and delivery planning
- Programme governance and PMO establishment
- Stakeholder identification and management
- Business requirements gathering and validation
- Business requirements specification coordination
- Technical and solution architecture liaison
- Systems integration and API delivery coordination
- Software development lifecycle oversight
- Vendor and systems integrator management
- Agile and traditional delivery governance
- Resource planning and budget management
- Risk, assumption, issue and dependency management
- Payment platform migration coordination
- Testing, UAT and implementation readiness
- Deployment, cutover and go-live coordination
- Operational handover and post-implementation review
- Executive steering committee reporting
Commercialising Technology. Developing Markets. Creating Opportunities.
Commercial strategy and business development to position financial technology products, build partnerships and develop sustainable routes to market.
- Fintech business development
- Commercial payment product strategy
- Financial services market-entry planning
- Product positioning and value proposition development
- Strategic partnerships and ecosystem development
- Banking and fintech client engagement
- Enterprise B2B sales strategy
- Key account and strategic relationship management
- Sales pipeline and opportunity development
- Channel and distribution strategy
- Commercial proposal and bid development
- Contract negotiation support
- Go-to-market planning
- Market and competitor analysis
- Product launch and adoption programmes
- Revenue development and commercial performance frameworks
Hands-on project and sales management.
Banking and fintech clients and projects include Absa, FNB, Citibank, Capitec, HSBC, Nedbank, Bank of Namibia, Old Mutual, Bank of Athens, Ubank, Post Bank and Standard Chartered Bank.
Enterprise software experience includes Realyst, a digital transaction and contract management platform.
These names describe Rohan’s professional experience and product work; they do not imply that every organisation was a direct FortisCo client or that FortisCo operated the associated payment services.
Built around the payments ecosystem.
Engagements are tailored to organisations building, modernising, implementing or commercialising financial technology.
Flexible support for defined outcomes.
- —Embedded client-side programme or project manager
- —Independent payments and technology adviser
- —Vendor and implementation coordination partner
- —Commercial growth and strategic business development consultant
- —Defined-scope delivery or transformation consultant
Planning a payments initiative or technology transformation?
Let’s discuss how FortisCo can support your strategy, stakeholders and delivery.
Discuss Your Fintech ProjectFortisCo provides consulting, advisory, commercial and delivery management services. It does not operate regulated payment infrastructure, hold banking licences or perform services requiring regulatory authorisation. Regulated and compliance scopes remain with appropriately authorised specialists.