Case studies · representative scenarios

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These fictional scenarios reflect common fintech delivery challenges. Names and outcomes are illustrative; they do not describe real clients or imply endorsements.

Cross-border payments

Northstar payout orchestration

Illustrative timeline · 14 weeks

Challenge

Partner onboarding varied by corridor, payout status arrived in different formats, and operations teams manually followed up when a transfer moved between providers.

Approach

Mapped partner readiness and payout states, established a versioned orchestration boundary, and designed consistent exception handling with clear operational ownership.

Systems connected

Customer onboarding, internal payment service, two payout providers, ledger events, sanctions-screening workflow and operations CRM.

Delivery scope

  • Partner integration adapter patterns
  • Idempotent payout and status flows
  • Operational queue and release checks

Outcome

Fewer manual handoffs during onboarding and a clearer audit trail from payout instruction to exception resolution. No regulatory approval or settlement result was promised.

Timeline

Weeks 1–3: discovery and contract design. Weeks 4–10: adapters and workflow delivery. Weeks 11–14: partner testing, operational rehearsal and handover.

Regional lending

Harbourline lending journey

Illustrative timeline · 18 weeks

Challenge

Application data was re-entered across origination and servicing tools. Identity checks, decision information and manual review queues did not share a reliable case status.

Approach

Defined a common application lifecycle and separated evidence collection from credit decisions. Introduced explicit handoffs so operations could see what was complete and what needed review.

Systems connected

Digital application channel, identity verification provider, origination platform, decisioning service, document store and servicing CRM.

Delivery scope

  • Application and review state model
  • Identity and document integrations
  • Case visibility and servicing handover

Outcome

Reduced duplicate handling in the pilot workflow and gave staff a clearer view of outstanding evidence. Credit decisions and policy remained under the lender’s control.

Timeline

Weeks 1–4: workflow and data mapping. Weeks 5–13: integration and staff-facing status views. Weeks 14–18: scenario testing, training and staged rollout planning.

Treasury operations

Meridian reconciliation controls

Illustrative timeline · 12 weeks

Challenge

A treasury operations team assembled cash positions and settlement reports from spreadsheets, email attachments and separate banking portals. Exception ownership was difficult to trace.

Approach

Agreed a controlled daily data cut, normalised account and transaction references, and built a review queue that distinguished unresolved differences from confirmed matches.

Systems connected

Bank statement feeds, treasury management system, internal ledger extracts, secure file exchange and reporting workspace.

Delivery scope

  • Source inventory and data mappings
  • Reconciliation rules and exception categories
  • Daily control dashboard and runbook

Outcome

Shorter reconciliation cycles in the agreed scope, fewer spreadsheet handoffs and a more legible record of who reviewed each open difference.

Timeline

Weeks 1–2: source profiling. Weeks 3–8: feed integration and controls. Weeks 9–12: parallel-run validation, operational training and ownership transfer.

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