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Fintech & Financial Services

Fintech software development services built on regulated rails.

Hoop Interactive builds payment platforms, lending portals, banking and money apps for fintech startups and financial businesses. We build on licensed partners for payments, banking and identity, so you launch faster, keep compliance scope small and spend your budget on the experience customers see.

Build vs Partner
Trusted by businesses worldwide
14–24 wksFor a partner-based fintech MVP
0Raw card numbers on your servers
$5,000Blueprint fee, credited on build
Day 1Ledger, idempotency and audit logs designed in
Why Fintech Is Different

In fintech, a small bug costs real money and trust.

A rounding error, a double charge or a missing audit trail is not a cosmetic issue when money moves. Fintech products also have to satisfy partners, auditors and regulators before customers ever see them.

  • 01

    Money maths done with floats

    Rounding errors that only show up at scale, in customer balances.

  • 02

    Retries that charge twice

    Network failures turn into duplicate payments without idempotency.

  • 03

    Compliance as an afterthought

    KYC, consent and audit logs bolted on just before a partner review.

  • 04

    Card data in the wrong place

    Storing what you don’t need expands PCI scope and risk.

  • 05

    Our approach

    Ledgers, idempotency, tokenisation and audit trails designed in from the first sprint.

What to build yourself, and what to rent from licensed partners.

The fastest fintechs don’t rebuild regulated infrastructure. They differentiate on top of it.

Rent from partners

Regulated infrastructure

Licensed, audited and expensive to replicate. Partners carry much of the regulatory load.

Card processing and payoutsBank accounts and cards (BaaS)Identity verification and sanctions screeningBank account linking and dataMoney movement and settlement
Build with Hoop

Your product and advantage

Where customers feel the difference and your business model lives.

Onboarding and user experienceYour ledger, pricing and product rulesUnderwriting workflows and decisions you ownDashboards, reports and back officeIntegrations, automation and AI

The foundations every fintech product needs. Engineered for money.

Built in from the first sprint, because retrofitting them later is costly. We build to the requirements your legal and compliance advisers set; we don’t provide legal, regulatory or investment advice.

Ledger

Every cent accounted for. Double-entry records with amounts in integer minor units, so balances always reconcile.

Double-entryMinor unitsReconciliation
Payments safety

Never charge twice. Idempotency keys, webhook verification and retry handling for every money movement.

IdempotencyWebhooksRetries
Card data

Keep it out. Hosted fields and tokenisation so raw card numbers never touch your servers.

TokenisationPCI DSS
Identity & risk

Know your customer. KYC and KYB checks, sanctions screening, risk rules and manual review queues.

KYC / KYBAML screeningCase review
Security controls

Audit-ready. MFA, role-based access, encryption, secrets management, monitoring and penetration testing.

MFAEncryptionSOC 2 controls
Audit & reporting

Prove what happened. Immutable audit logs, consent records and exports for partners, auditors and regulators.

Audit logsConsent recordsReports
Related Work

Payments and financial services work we’ve delivered.

InstantAlfred follows up insurance leads, runs five qualification checks and hands qualified buyers to licensed agents, with consent and handoff built in. For LetsPut we built Stripe subscriptions and private access enforced at the database layer: the same discipline fintech products require.

  • Development
  • AI / ML
  • Voice AI
  • InsurTech
Client
Insurance Platform (UAE)
Industry
InsurTech / Voice AI
Location
United Arab Emirates
Timeline
1 Month, Feb 2025

8

Data Points Captured Per Conversation

A streamlined, Python-powered voice communication platform that leverages OpenAI’s GPT-4 Realtime API to deliver intelligent, context-aware phone interactions. Built as a bridge between Twilio’s telephony infrastructure and OpenAI’s conversational AI, it was purpose-built for a leading UAE insurance platform’s automated lead follow-up and qualification.

5

Qualification Checks

2

Twilio & OpenAI

1 Month

Build Delivered

AI Sales Call Agent product banner: voice lead qualification dashboard with live call queue, lead qualification score, an active call screen and a WhatsApp quote handoff

How we differ from a typical fintech software development company.

Many fintech pages lead with blockchain, IoT and “top company” lists they wrote themselves. Here’s our approach.

What mattersTypical fintech vendorHoop Interactive
Starting pointBuild a core banking platform.Launch on regulated partners, build what differentiates you.
Money handlingNot explained.Double-entry ledger, minor units and idempotent payments.
Compliance“Fully compliant” claims.Controls built to your advisers’ requirements, honestly scoped.
BuzzwordsBlockchain and IoT in every solution.Payments, onboarding and reporting that work.
Client sizeBanks and enterprises.Fintech startups and growing financial businesses.
GrowthSoftware only.Compliant marketing and lead generation in-house.

From idea to a partner-approved launch.

Partner and compliance work starts on day one, because it often sets the timeline.

01

Blueprint

Business model, money flows, partner options and regulatory questions for your advisers.

2–3 weeks · Partner and compliance map
02

Partner onboarding

Sandbox access and partner due diligence, started early in parallel.

In parallel · Partner sandboxes
03

Design

Onboarding, money movement and disclosures designed with compliance input.

3–4 weeks · Approved prototype
04

Build

Ledger, integrations, apps and back office built and tested in sandboxes.

10–16 weeks · Working product in sandbox
05

Security & review

Penetration testing, partner reviews and compliance sign-off before launch.

2–4 weeks · Launch readiness pack
06

Launch & operate

Controlled rollout, monitoring, reconciliation and ongoing improvements.

Ongoing · Live product and reports
Our Stack

Fintech infrastructure we build on.

Regulated partners for the hard parts, our stack for the rest. Partners are chosen per project and region.

Payments & Money
StripeStripe ConnectBanking-as-a-service partnersPayout providers
Identity & Data
KYC / KYB providersSanctions screeningPlaidOpen banking providers
Build & Security
Next.jsFlutterFastAPINode.jsPostgreSQLEncryption & KMSAudit logging

What fintech software development costs with Hoop.

Prices are in USD. Partner, processing, verification, penetration testing and audit fees are billed to your own accounts.

Fintech BlueprintBest for: planning safely
Investment
from $5,000
Timeline
2–3 weeks
Design
Money flow and ledger design
Included
Partner comparison and compliance question list
Output
Architecture and estimate
Fee
Credited on build
Fintech MVPMost chosen · for a first fintech product
Investment
from $30,000
Timeline
14–24 weeks
Build
Payments, lending or money app
Included
KYC onboarding, ledger and reconciliation
Back office
Admin and compliance views
Security
Security testing support
Fintech PlatformBest for: scaling platforms
Investment
from $60,000
Timeline
Phased
Scope
Multiple products and partners
Integrations
Open banking
Included
Advanced risk and review tools, SOC 2 control support
Support
Ongoing operations

Financial businesses we build for.

From pre-launch fintechs to established finance teams.

Fintech startups

MVPs on regulated partners, ready for investors.

Lenders & brokers

Application portals and decision workflows.

Financial advisers

Client portals and reporting, without automated advice.

Insurance

AI follow-up, quoting and policyholder apps.

SaaS with payments

Embedded payments, billing and payouts.

Finance teams

Reconciliation, approvals and financial dashboards.

FAQ

Fintech software questions

About our fintech software development services. Ask us anything else.

A fintech blueprint with a partner and compliance map starts from $5,000. A focused fintech MVP, such as a payments, lending or money management app built on regulated partners, starts from $30,000, and multi-product platforms from $60,000. Partner fees, security testing and audits are billed separately.

Often not at the start. Many fintechs launch on regulated partners such as payment processors, banking-as-a-service providers and licensed lenders, which hold the licences while you build the customer experience. Whether you need your own licence depends on your model and countries, so we plan the architecture with your legal and compliance advisers.

We keep raw card data out of your systems by using hosted payment fields and tokenisation from PCI-compliant processors such as Stripe. That usually reduces the scope of your PCI DSS assessment significantly, though you still complete the assessment that applies to you.

Yes. We integrate identity verification, sanctions screening and document checks from specialist KYC providers into your onboarding, with risk rules, case review screens and audit trails for your compliance team.

Yes, through open banking and account aggregation providers such as Plaid in the US or regulated open banking providers in the UK and EU, with user consent and only the data your product needs.

SOC 2 reports are issued to your company by an independent auditor. We build the controls auditors look for, such as access management, audit logs, encryption, change management and monitoring, and support you through readiness, but we don’t issue certifications.

We use a double-entry ledger, store money in integer minor units rather than floating-point numbers, make payment operations idempotent so retries never charge twice, and reconcile daily against processor and bank records.

A partner-based fintech MVP usually takes 14 to 24 weeks, including partner onboarding, security testing and compliance review. Partner approval timelines often set the pace, so we start those conversations in the blueprint.

No. We build the software and design for the requirements your advisers identify. Licensing, regulatory and investment questions should be answered by qualified legal and compliance professionals.

Other industries we build for.

Industry-specific software and marketing, with proof from each sector.