What does Grant & Graham do for the FinTech, banking and payments sector?
We provide senior consultancy and interim management for FinTechs, banks, payment institutions and digital finance businesses. Work covers payments and acquiring, fraud prevention, financial advisory and risk, technology integration, and senior leadership — including interim placements at C-suite, product and commercial director level.
What is FinTech?
Financial technology — better known as FinTech — is the technology used to improve and automate the delivery and use of financial services. It spans payments, lending, savings, investments, banking infrastructure, fraud prevention, identity, regulatory technology and crypto. Read our full primer.
Who do you typically work with in FinTech?
Clients range from category-defining scale-ups (Series A through enterprise) to established banks and payment institutions. Sub-sectors include payments and acquiring, issuing and cards, digital banking, neobanks, open banking, RegTech, WealthTech, InsurTech, LendTech, fraud and AML, KYC, crypto and digital assets, embedded finance, and capital markets tech.
How quickly can a senior interim leader be deployed in FinTech?
Interim placements typically deploy within days, not months. Traditional recruitment for a senior FinTech leader can take 3 to 6 months — our model puts a proven operator into the seat and delivering from week one, with practitioner experience in payments, fraud, banking technology or commercial leadership matched to the engagement.
Do your consultants understand financial regulation?
Yes. Our network includes consultants with deep regulatory experience across UK FCA, EU (PSD2, PSD3, EMD2, MiCA), US (federal and state) and other relevant jurisdictions. We do not provide legal advice, but we work alongside legal counsel and provide commercial and operational interpretation that turns regulatory change into delivery plans.
What payments-specific experience does Grant & Graham bring?
Our team has direct operating experience across payments processing, BIN-level routing optimisation, acquiring, switching, real-time payments and cross-border. Recent engagements include Worldline, MyPay and GG Payments — covering acceptance rate optimisation, international market expansion, and end-to-end payments operations.
Where are your FinTech consultants based?
Our network spans the UK, Europe, the United States and the Middle East, with permanent offices in London, Amsterdam, San Diego and the Gulf. Consultants are placed on the ground in the client's market.
How do I start a conversation?
Get in touch via our contact page or email uk@grant-graham.co.uk. We will arrange a 25-minute confidential discovery call — no pitch, no commitment — and tell you honestly whether we can help.