FinTech Software Development Services
Wealth management is evolving. Is your technology keeping up?
At CHI Software, we help wealth and asset management firms modernize legacy platforms, launch innovative financial products, and scale with confidence – without disrupting critical operations.
As a fintech software development company with over 20 years of experience in financial engineering, we oversee every stage of the product lifecycle, including consulting, architecture, custom development, integration, cloud and DevOps services, data engineering, and AI. We also provide long-term support.
What does it mean?
That means predictable technology investment and a platform that scales as the business grows. On the other hand, it means reliable, resilient systems and modernization that does not disrupt the operations already running on the current stack..
Our fintech software development services are based precisely on this balance. You gain a single technical partner who can handle the development of a new product, the modernization of an existing system, or a targeted integration. And secure implementation methods are built into the process from the very first sprint, rather than being added at the last stage before an audit.
FinTech Software Development Services
CHI Software covers the engineering functions a financial product needs, from the first discovery workshop to production support. Teams that want end-to-end fintech solutions software development services get the whole range from one partner. Each capability below maps to a real priority for the people who own the budget, the architecture, and the risk.
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Most failed projects fail on planning, not on technology. We start with software product discovery services that map your current architecture, the dependencies between systems, existing integrations, technical constraints, and the risk and cost of the changes you are considering, before a line of code is written.
This transforms the development process into a justifiable solution: a clearly defined business case and a projected budget. In addition, it allows you to determine what is technically feasible and the order in which it should be implemented.
At the conclusion of the analysis phase, you will receive a validated action plan, an architectural roadmap, a dependency and integration map, a prioritized risk register, and a phased cost estimate – everything you need to build a business case you can defend.
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We develop custom financial software for the web and mobile platforms, tailored to the behavior of your users and the regulated financial products you offer. Whether you are launching a new digital banking experience or extending an existing platform, our engineers work in short, measurable increments so that you can see a functioning product early on and maintain control over scope and cost. As a fintech solution development company, we consider performance, security, and maintainability to be integral to our definition of “done” rather than as an additional cleanup step.
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Create targeted digital journeys that combine compliance with clarity, designed for both general users and corporate clients.
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The modern financial sector relies on various integration mechanisms, such as payment channels, banking APIs, KYC/AML tools, CRM systems, accounting systems, and analytics platforms. With an API-first approach and clear documentation, we build and combine these, so adding a new provider later does not require reopening the core. When an older interface becomes a bottleneck, our API modernization services update it to current standards without disrupting the systems that depend on it.
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Financial platforms require high availability and reliable deployment processes. We build cloud infrastructure with CI/CD, infrastructure as code, automated testing, monitoring and controlled deployments with rollback. This ensures that releases remain frequent and reversible.
For wealth and asset management teams, this extends to cloud migration and infrastructure modernization: moving off legacy environments without losing the reliability and scalability the platform runs on.
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Legacy banking infrastructure is the quiet tax on most financial roadmaps. It blocks new features, raises maintenance costs, and often cannot connect to modern AI or data tools at all. Our legacy software modernization services cover a wide range of work to get a platform off the ground. This includes splitting a monolith into services, upgrading runtimes from end-of-support versions (such as .NET Framework to .NET 10 LTS or Java 8 to 17 or 21), replacing external financial providers (such as custody, registry, or market data), migrating without an outage window, and modernizing CI/CD to ensure frequent and reversible releases.
We apply the Strangler pattern where it fits to replace old components piece by piece while the platform continues to run. We sequence the work so that there is no big-bang cutover and no frozen roadmap.
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The success of a financial platform depends largely on structured and consistent data. Typical examples include fraud risk assessment, credit scoring, and transaction monitoring. In the field of capital and asset management, this same foundation underpins portfolio performance and risk analysis, market data flows, and investment reporting – all of which can be reproduced during an audit using the exact same figures.
We build the governed data layer these depend on, on platforms such as Databricks, Snowflake, or Microsoft Fabric, with the integrations and architecture that keep data consistent across sources. On top of it we develop models and AI where they earn their place: forecasting and signals, backtesting, document extraction for KYC, onboarding, and statements, and private assistants for advisors and internal teams.
The point is less manual reconciliation, faster and more accurate reporting, and solutions that hold up in production, not just in a demo.
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A financial product is not considered complete once it is launched. We ensure its support through monitoring, incident resolution, performance optimization, security updates, controlled releases, and the ongoing development of new features so that the platform continues to meet user needs and regulatory requirements.
For banking, payment, and investment platforms, operational reliability is of paramount importance: systems must remain available, accurate, and compliant in day-to-day operations.
Legacy banking and investment platforms weren't built for instant payments, embedded finance, or AI-driven risk scoring, and every new market entrant makes those limits more expensive.
A short, fixed-price architecture review shows which constraints to remove first and what that will cost.
FinTech Software Solutions We Build
We do not sell a ready-made platform. We design, develop, modernize, or integrate the financial products below, and we connect each one to the outcomes that justify the spend: faster product evolution, secure integrations, operational efficiency, scalability, and a path off legacy systems.
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Digital Banking & Neobanking Platforms
We offer account management, onboarding, cards, and payments in one coherent product. We develop digital banking and neobank experiences on a scalable architecture that can handle real transaction volume. We also modernize the underlying banking infrastructure when the current core cannot keep up.
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Payments, Digital Wallets & Money Transfer Solutions
CHI Software team offers payment processing, digital wallets, card issuing, and cross-border money transfers. Our services are built for real-time processing and high availability. We integrate with payment networks and providers and design transaction processing to remain accurate and traceable under peak load.
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Lending & BNPL Platforms
Credit application processing, creditworthiness assessment, loan servicing, and debt collection for credit platforms and “buy now, pay later” (BNPL) products. We integrate creditworthiness assessment models and third-party data sources, and we create control mechanisms that ensure decisions can be audited – this becomes particularly important when a regulatory authority or investor begins to ask questions.
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Wealth Management & Trading Platforms
Asset management, investment, and trading platforms, as well as brokerage platforms, that perform core functions: portfolio construction and monitoring, performance and risk analysis, backtesting, workflows for order execution and approval, reporting to investors, and portals for advisors and investors. We integrate providers of asset custody, registry, and market data services, and we restructure the data layer to ensure consistency across sources.
The goal is a platform that takes on more clients and products without adding the manual work that eats into margins: clean architecture, consistent data, and integrations that stay stable as volume grows.
For latency-sensitive products, such as trading and execution, we design for low latency from the architecture up. However, for reporting and portfolio platforms, data accuracy and consistency are more important than raw speed. Therefore, we optimize for the right target rather than treating every system the same.
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Open Banking & Embedded Finance Solutions
Open banking and embedded finance let non-bank products offer financial services through banking APIs and Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) models. We build these integrations with security and schema validation up front, so a new partner connection does not become a new attack surface.
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RegTech, KYC & AML Solutions
CHI Software offers identity verification, KYC/AML checks and transaction monitoring that seamlessly integrate into your workflows rather than being added as separate components. We integrate specialized service providers and create audit trails, turning regulatory compliance into a systematic reporting process.
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Fraud Detection & Risk Management
We offer real-time fraud detection and risk management that reads and analyzes behavioral patterns, flags anomalies, and scores exposure as transactions occur. For instant payments, decisions must be made in milliseconds, so we build the necessary data and model infrastructure.
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Financial Management & Intelligent Automation Solutions
Finance and back-office operations are full of manual, error-prone work: reconciliation, fee and billing workflows, client and investor reporting, and KYC and onboarding document handling. We automate these processes, extracting data from documents such as KYC files, onboarding forms, and statements into structured records, and running reconciliation and reporting with fewer manual steps.
For financial teams, that means fewer reconciliation breaks to chase, reporting that comes together faster, and less routine back-office work tying up people who are needed elsewhere.
Custody, registry, payment, and open banking integrations built on top of a legacy monolith carry risk that surfaces under audit and peak load, not in staging.
Mapping your integrations first shows where that risk sits before you change anything.
Security and Compliance in FinTech Development
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We protect sensitive financial data with encryption in transit and at rest, strict access control, role-based permissions, and environment segregation. The principle is least privilege everywhere, so a single compromised account cannot reach data it never needed.
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For anything involving cardholder data, we build to PCI DSS v4.0.1: tokenization, network segmentation, and secure handling across the payment flow. We design for its newer requirements from the start, including the controls for web payment pages and authentication paths that today’s attacks target.
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In the EU, the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) applies to banks, payment institutions, investment firms, and fund managers alike. It requires ICT resilience testing, incident reporting, a register of ICT providers, and control over third-party risk, so your technology partners become part of your compliance picture. PSD2 and GDPR add further layers.
We create technical mechanisms that help you comply with these requirements: audit trails, approval workflows, financial reports that can be reproduced during an audit using the same data, access controls for financial data, log-keeping, and documentation generated during operations — ensuring that evidence is ready even before anyone asks for it. The responsibility for regulatory decisions and compliance remains with you; we work within your environment and in accordance with your processes.
For specific legal requirements we rely on current official EU documents and PCI Security Standards Council guidance rather than secondary summaries.
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Security is a process, not a standalone feature. We follow a secure software development life cycle (SDLC) that includes code reviews, dependency and vulnerability scans, and continuous testing at all stages of development. This approach, known as “shift-left,” allows us to identify issues early on, when fixing them is cost-effective, and ensures the stability of releases as the codebase expands.
Meeting PCI DSS 4.0 and EU DORA requirements starts with secure engineering from the ground up. We embed compliance into every stage, so when audits come, you’re ready.
Annual testing and fast incident response are already part of your process, not a scramble at the finish line.
Financial Organizations We Work With
Requirements shift from one kind of financial organization to the next, but the priorities rhyme: secure integrations, service availability, scalability, modernization, and predictable technology investment. Wealth and asset managers, investment firms, and brokerages often run platforms that grew around a single client or product and are now hard to replace, while fees shrink and compliance work grows. Modernizing in stages is how the same team serves more clients: we keep portfolio and reporting data consistent, automate back-office routine, and rebuild advisor and investor portals and reporting while the platform stays online.
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Banks & Credit Unions
Established banks and credit unions have decades-old code into which new digital services must be integrated. We are gradually modernizing the core banking infrastructure and creating intermediary layers that allow modern channels to interact with systems that were never designed for them.
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Payment Service Providers
Payment service providers live and die on uptime and transaction processing accuracy. We build high-load systems with high availability, real-time processing, and the monitoring needed to spot issues before customers do.
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Lending & BNPL Companies
Companies that offer loans and BNPL services need verifiable solutions and reliable integrations with credit-scoring systems and data providers. CHI Software team builds platforms for loan origination and servicing that are equipped with control mechanisms that withstand both regulatory scrutiny and comprehensive due diligence by investors.
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Wealth & Investment Firms
Wealth and asset managers, as well as investment firms and brokerages, rely on platforms that often evolved from a single client or product and are now difficult to replace. They face familiar business pressures: fees are shrinking, compliance work is growing, and they have to do more with the same team.
We help on both sides of that. For the business, modernizing the platform means it can scale, support new products, and cost less to run per client, with back-office automation taking routine work off the team. For engineering, it means cleaner architecture, consistent data behind portfolio management and reporting, solid provider integrations, and a system that stays stable while it changes.
That covers investment platforms and advisor and investor portals, operational and regulatory reporting, and the staged modernization of systems that cannot be taken offline to fix.
Related Case Studies
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Case StudyInvesting-as-a-Service Platform
Problem. An Australian fintech ran an investment product platform under strict regulatory frameworks (AFS, AML, CTF, APRA) and needed to move to a new registry provider without disrupting live financial operations. Solution. CHI Software re-engineered the platform’s financial business logic on a microservices architecture and migrated it to the new registry provider, with security and audit records built in. Result. The registry migration took 5 months with the platform live throughout, and performance, speed, and security all improved. The core architecture has held up for years without a redesign.
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Case StudyCollaborative Investment and Trading Management Platform
Problem. A global alternative investment manager was held back by a slow, hard-to-scale internal investment and trading platform, where loading, task execution, and deployment were all too slow. Solution. CHI Software moved the platform to microservices on AWS, decoupled the backend services, upgraded to .NET 8 and EF Core, and set up CI/CD with Jenkins and Terraform plus infrastructure as code. Result. Faster deployments and better scalability, with order allocation, approval workflows (TCL), and real-time data synchronization running across the platform.
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Case StudyAll-in-One Financial Management & Investment Platform
Problem. A San Francisco fintech ran investment tracking, accounting and CRM across disconnected tools, with manual data entry causing inconsistencies and slow decisions. Solution. CHI Software built a single investment management platform that integrated the accounting and CRM systems through event-driven automation, with portfolio tracking, reporting, and role-based access. Result. Operational efficiency up 35%, manual errors down 50%, manual intervention down 60%, and 99.9% uptime.
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Our FinTech Software Development Process
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Discovery & Requirements
We analyze your goals, the market, your users and your existing systems in order to determine the scope and identify the relevant requirements, including any compliance constraints.
You get:
- Assessment of your existing systems and architecture
- Dependency and integration map
- Scope definition with compliance constraints identified
- A vision brief, technical recommendations, and a high-level roadmap
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Architecture & Solution Design
We define the architecture, from data model to backend logic, and choose a technology stack that fits your growth plans and security needs.
You get:
- A blueprint of the architecture, from the data model to the backend logic
- Integration plan for payment, banking, custody and KYC/AML connections
- Technology stack documentation
- Security and access control approach
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Development & Implementation
We work in short sprints, constantly rolling out new features and discussing the progress with you at every stage. This ensures stability and predictability in the development process, and it also means you won’t have to wait until the very end to find out whether the product meets your expectations.
You get:
- Working product increments every sprint.
- Automated test coverage.
- Continuous integration of new features.
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Testing & Validation
Quality is validated throughout, not at the finish line. We run functional, performance, and security testing, plus integration checks across payment, banking, and KYC/AML connections, so issues surface in testing rather than in production.
You get:
- Functional, performance and security testing
- Integration checks across payment, banking, custody, KYC/AML connections
- Validation of critical financial workflows and data consistency
- Documentation and logs compiled as evidence for audits
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Deployment & Product Evolution
We handle deployment, monitoring, and scaling, and then continue to refine the product as it evolves. During the modernization process, we implement a phased transition with pre-agreed rollback plans, ensuring that existing payment processing and transaction reporting processes continue to function even as changes take place around them.
You get:
- Live product with a support plan
- Monitoring and scaling in production
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Why Choose CHI Software as Your FinTech Development Company
Experience With Complex Financial Software
We have spent close to twenty years building and maintaining financial software, from payment and wallet products to investment, trading, and planning platforms, where complex integrations, high-load systems, and real-time processing are familiar ground, not a learning curve on your budget.The aim is modern, scalable architecture and faster feature delivery, not modernization for its own sake. In wealth and asset management that shows up as concrete work: building an investing-as-a-service platform under strict regulatory frameworks, modernizing a legacy trading system onto microservices, replacing a registry provider in 5 months with the platform live throughout, and the financial data engineering behind portfolio analytics and reporting.
Modernization Expertise for Complex Financial Systems
Legacy modernization is where a lot of financial roadmaps stall. We rebuild legacy financial systems in stages, keeping the business running throughout: microservices migration, registry and financial provider replacement, runtime upgrades, and CI/CD improvements. On one investment platform we replaced the registry provider in 5 months with the system live the whole time, and on a trading platform we moved to microservices on AWS with faster deployments. The aim is modern, scalable architecture and faster feature delivery, with lower maintenance cost where the work allows it, not modernization for its own sake.
Cross-Functional Engineering Expertise
In addition to financial engineers, we bring together under one roof specialists in artificial intelligence and data analysis, cloud technology and DevOps engineers, quality control specialists, and designers. This combination is crucial when a single product requires a reliable architecture, high-quality data, and a user-friendly interface all at once. You only need to coordinate with a single partner, rather than coordinating the efforts of several.
Flexible Delivery Models & Scalable Teams
We work in whatever way your situation requires. You can utilize the services of a dedicated, specialized team for the full development cycle, bring in individual developers as part of a temporary staff expansion to address bottlenecks, or scale resources up or down as your roadmap evolves. Pilot projects with a fixed scope of work give cost-conscious clients the opportunity to get started in a predictable way before committing to a larger-scale partnership.
Technology Stack and FinTech Integrations
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Java, .NET, Node.js, Python, Go, React, Angular, and native and cross-platform mobile, chosen to fit the performance and maintenance profile your product needs.
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AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, with Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, and CI/CD tooling, plus data platforms including Databricks, Snowflake, and Microsoft Fabric for analytics and AI workloads.
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Payment gateways, card networks, acquiring and issuing providers, and core banking systems, connected through banking APIs and open banking standards.
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Custody, registry, and market-data providers, investment APIs, and trading and execution workflows, with provider replacement handled on live platforms.
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Specialist KYC/AML, identity verification, and transaction monitoring providers, integrated with the audit trails compliance teams need.
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Accounting, CRM, and analytics services, connected with an API-first design so the next integration does not mean reopening the core.
A scoping call produces the cost estimate and phased roadmap your CFO needs before approving a larger commitment, and the cutover risk map your engineering team needs before any architecture changes begin.
FAQs
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Yes, and it is one of the most common ways clients start with us. We often step in when a product hits a growth ceiling or needs modernization. We audit the existing code and infrastructure, migrate to scalable architecture, improve the UI and UX based on real user feedback, and add or rework features. It is how we help companies move from MVP to a full-scale product, including teams working with an external fintech development company for the first time.
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We have implemented integrations between legacy banking systems, payment networks, third-party KYC/AML tools, and accounting platforms. Our approach is based on the “API-first” principle to ensure compatibility, which involves clear documentation and testing in a test environment, support for data mapping and migration, as well as continuous testing to avoid outages after launch. If an outdated interface is a limiting factor, we modernize it rather than building unreliable workarounds on top of it.
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It depends on the scope of the project. Developing an MVP typically takes two to four months. Building a more complex platform with numerous integrations or regulatory compliance requirements can take six months or longer. We streamline this process wherever possible by conducting a needs analysis early on, clearly defining milestones, and working in sprints using the Agile methodology so that you can see progress and stay on top of deadlines.
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Security is an integral part of our workflow — not something added as an afterthought. This means encrypting data in transit and at rest, adhering to secure coding practices, enforcing strict access controls and environment isolation, and complying with data protection standards. As a FinTech software development firm, we offer on-premises or cloud-based solutions tailored to your risk profile and ensure transparency throughout the process so you always know how your data is being managed. For clients whose operations are subject to regulatory requirements, this is validated by our ISO 27001 certification and documented security measures.
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The cost depends on the scope of work, complexity, integrations, and regulatory compliance requirements, so there is no single figure. What we can offer you at an early stage is predictability. A preliminary analysis phase or a pilot project with a fixed scope of work allows us to determine the exact cost of the first phase and prepare an estimate for the remaining work, enabling you to manage your cash flow and present a clear business case to the board of directors before deciding to fully implement the project.
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Three main ones. A self-managed dedicated team for full builds, staff augmentation to add specific skills to your own team, and fixed-scope project work for well-defined deliverables. Many clients start with a pilot and move to a dedicated team once the working relationship is proven. As a fintech software agency and development provider, we match the model to your stage and your appetite for risk rather than pushing a single format.