FintechOS Extends Longstanding Partnership with Fort for Global Cybersecurity Readiness

FintechOS, a leading AI-driven financial product management platform, has extended its longstanding partnership with cybersecurity services company Fort, to augment cybersecurity readiness as it ramps up its global presence in the United States, United Kingdom and Europe. 

Founded in 2017, UK-based FintechOS provides a platform built to help financial services firms accelerate digital transformation. Its low-code tech, which can be integrated with existing infrastructure, simplifies and accelerates the launching, servicing and expansion of financial products and services for banking, insurance and other financial services companies. In May 2024, FintechOS announced a $60m Series B fundraise to fuel its global expansion. 

FintechOS will rely on Fort’s cybersecurity capabilities to augment its defences as it continues to scale, to ensure compliance with cybersecurity and digital resilience requirements across global jurisdictions, in accordance with mandatory third-party risk assessment criteria set by global banks, insurance companies and financial institutions in their procurement processes. 

The new partnership extends the existing collaboration between the two companies, with FintechOS having relied on Fort for over 4 years for cybersecurity and cyberdefense services, as it scaled up from its startup roots in Romania to achieve global presence and worldwide prominence in fintech.  

Founded in 2015, Fort supports clients in Europe, UK, US and APAC, and is headquartered in Romania, a strong cybersecurity and IT hub, also chosen to host the EU Cybersecurity Competence Centre. Fort has a team of 40 cybersecurity professionals with multiple sector certifications, and provides a complete suite of services covering every aspect of cybersecurity, from risk assessments, penetration testing and compliance consulting, to incident response, SOC as a Service, advanced threat detection and robust remediation strategies. Fort’s range of services includes audit and compliance services centered around current cybersecurity and operational resilience requirements, DORA and various regulations such as PSD2/ PSD3, EBA guidelines, PCI DSS or ISO27001, or NIST, SOC2 and HIPAA in the US. Fort has delivered 140+ audit missions, 375+ penetration tests and 11,500+ man-days hands-on cyber services.

Fort has assisted FintechOS in securing its operations to achieve SOC2 and ISO 27001 certification in Europe and the US. In addition, Fort provides various cybersecurity services to FintechOS, such as SOC-as-a-Service or DevSecOps consultancy.  

FintechOS currently serves over 50 clients in the US, UK, Continental Europe, and APAC, with key customers including Admiral, Avant Money, Société Générale, Benenden Health, and Vibrant Credit Union. These global clients use the platform to modernise their core infrastructure, expand into new markets, or address new business models such as embedded finance, avoiding lengthy implementations or risky migrations of core systems. In 2024, FintechOS has received accolades from leading industry analysts, including recognition from Gartner and Celent as a representative vendor in core banking, lending, and insurance technology. Notably, FintechOS is the only vendor worldwide to achieve this distinction across different financial services verticals. 

“Our rapid growth and global prominence require and rely on strong cybersecurity and cyberdefence. Regulatory compliance, operational resilience and third-party supplier management are mission-critical for ourselves and for our financial services clients. We have worked with Fort’s team for several years and have leveraged their expertise to underpin our operations across Europe and North America. As we continue to scale and evolve in the world of AI, we’re happy to have a tried, tested and trusted ally in the cybersecurity arena”, says Teo Blidarus, Co-Founder and CEO of FintechOS.

“We have had the privilege of working with FintechOS for many years, and we’re very proud to have supported their growth globally. Both FintechOS and Fort have roots in Romania, a rising tech hub and centre of excellence in fintech and cybersecurity, and both have transcended initial borders and built world-leading expertise. Our team have tested – and proven! – their strength and skill against a hugely varied and sophisticated threat landscape, in the UK, the EU, the US and APAC, working with both enterprise and scaleup organisations in banking, insurance, fintech, government administration, software and healthcare”, said Andrei Resmerita, Chief Revenue Officer of Fort.