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Payments and fintech digital transformation

Launch compliant payment experiences faster while lowering unit costs, reducing fraud losses, and bringing revenue forward with lean, senior engineering teams.
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From authorization rates to operating margin, every payment engagement is tied to clear, measurable outcomes

“Lumenalta was instrumental in developing the technology that transformed our operations and set us apart in the market. Without their expertise and collaborative approach, we couldn't have built this innovative system that revolutionized our work and scale.”
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Steven Kalin
former Co-leveraged Credit Head, Man Group
“Lumenalta was instrumental in developing the technology that transformed our operations and set us apart in the market. Without their expertise and collaborative approach, we couldn't have built this innovative system that revolutionized our work and scale.”
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Steven Kalin
former Co-leveraged Credit Head, Man Group

Accelerate growth across payments and fintech

Payment, risk, and product leaders live with thin margins, strict regulation, and constant fraud pressure. You carry targets for revenue, loss ratios, and operating costs, yet teams are slowed by fragmented systems, manual work, and long delivery cycles. Every delayed launch or failed integration shows up in your P&L.
As instant payment rails, account-to-account schemes, and new wallet experiences roll out, the gap between idea and live product will decide who grows and who stalls. Interchange compression, rising fraud, and ongoing regulatory scrutiny turn every change into a material risk. You need digital solutions for payments that protect the business while still giving product teams room to experiment and ship.
Digital solutions for payments and fintech must lift authorization rates, reduce false positives, shorten time to market, and create clean data that supports faster, better decisions for the board and regulators. Our senior product teams focus on business outcomes first and architecture second, working as an extension of your squads and shipping weekly so each release will show a clear impact on unit cost per transaction, fraud losses, dispute cycle times, and customer satisfaction.

Why choose Lumenalta for payments and fintech digital transformation

Our teams link payments strategy, product design, and execution so you see faster time to value, lower cost to serve, and less risk across your portfolio.
Card issuing

Grow approval revenue

Redesign issuer platforms, risk rules, and customer journeys so you lift approval rates, reduce declines that hurt revenue, and still respect risk policies.
Acquiring & PSP

Reduce cost to serve

Simplify merchant onboarding, routing, and settlement so you cut support effort, improve reliability for high-volume merchants, and protect margin per transaction.
Digital wallets

Increase active users

Build secure wallet experiences that increase adoption, lift usage frequency, and create data that supports targeted offers and cross-sell.
Open banking

Monetize account data

Use open banking APIs to power account-to-account payments and richer credit views so you can open new revenue streams with clear governance.
B2B payments

Shorten cash cycles

Digitize payables and receivables so treasury, finance, and product teams reduce manual work, speed settlement, and gain real-time visibility into cash.
BNPL & lending

Protect unit economics

Design underwriting, servicing, and collections workflows that will lower loss rates, improve recovery, and keep experience aligned with regulatory expectations.
Fraud & risk

Cut fraud losses

Combine machine learning, rules, and explainable analytics so fraud teams reduce false positives, stop more attacks in real time, and share clear metrics with executives.
Digital assets

Scale safely and fast

Build compliant digital asset wallets, on-ramps, and reporting that will help you manage risk, satisfy regulators, and keep operational costs under control.
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Solve high-impact use cases in payments and fintech.

High-value payments and fintech initiatives succeed when they directly improve revenue, losses, and cost to serve. We focus on use cases that move those numbers first, then build the data, AI, and cloud foundations that keep scaling practical. Each use case connects clear financial outcomes for leaders with focused delivery for product, data, and engineering teams.
Payment orchestration built for margin
Payment service providers and large merchants often run several gateways and acquirers, but routing logic and monitoring are patched together. We design orchestration platforms that select the best route based on issuer behavior, costs, risk, and user context. The goal is higher authorization rates, lower network and processing fees, and clean observability across every transaction. Leaders see direct impact in revenue per transaction, chargeback ratios, and time spent on incidents, while data teams get one consistent feed for reporting.
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Real-time fraud analytics for cards and A2A
Fraud teams sit between revenue targets and risk appetite and feel the pain when rule changes slow down releases. We build fraud platforms that combine machine learning, rules, and case management in one stack so analysts act in real time instead of waiting on batch jobs. This approach will reduce fraud losses, cut false positives, and shrink manual review queues. Executives gain clear risk metrics that connect to P&L, and regulators see a transparent control framework.
Agentic AI
Digital wallet and super app build-out
Product leaders want wallet experiences that feel simple for customers and still tie cleanly into ledgers, loyalty, and risk systems. We design wallets that span cards, bank accounts, rewards, and alternative methods inside a single experience. The focus is on higher activation, more funded accounts, and greater transaction volume per customer. Analytics are set up from day one so your team can test pricing, promos, and flows without long engineering cycles.
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Instant payouts for platforms and marketplaces
Marketplaces, gig platforms, and fintechs use payouts as a lever for loyalty, yet legacy banking rails keep funds stuck for days. We build instant payout solutions that tap real-time networks, cards, and wallets with clear rules for fees, limits, and compliance. Operators see fewer support tickets, lower churn from sellers and workers, and tighter control of funding and float. Finance teams gain better forecasting because payout flows sit in a unified data model instead of scattered files.
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Issuer decision engine modernization
Issuing banks and fintechs often rely on static rule engines that are hard to change and harder to explain to regulators. We help you move to decision engines that blend models, rules, and customer context while keeping auditability front and center. Business teams gain the ability to adjust policies in days instead of quarters, and data leaders see how changes affect approval rates, losses, and portfolio yield. The bank gains new account growth and stronger risk-adjusted returns without losing control.
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Open banking and account-to-account payments
Account-to-account payments give you lower transaction costs and new data, but they only succeed if the experience matches card standards for simplicity and trust. We design API-based solutions that handle consent, authentication, and payment initiation with clear flows for edge cases and support. Merchants gain a new tender type with lower fees and predictable settlement, while banks and fintechs gain new data signals for credit and personalization. Executives see better margins and conversion on products that use these rails.
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Cross-border payments and FX revenue optimization
Cross-border payments still involve hidden fees, unclear delivery times, and fragmented tracking for customers and internal teams. We build solutions that standardize how you quote, route, and settle payments across corridors and partners. Customers see clearer pricing and faster delivery, and your organization sees more revenue captured from FX spreads and related services. Operations teams handle fewer complaints and calls because tracking and reconciliation are integrated end-to-end.
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Compliance and reporting automation for payments
Compliance leaders carry personal and corporate risk when reporting relies on spreadsheets and ad hoc scripts. We create reporting pipelines that pull from ledgers, payment processors, and fraud systems into a governed data layer with clear controls and lineage. This reduces manual effort, cuts reporting cycle time, and lowers the chance of errors in submissions. Regulators receive consistent data, and executives benefit from the same source of truth for steering decisions and ongoing cost optimization.
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How Lumenalta accelerates payments and fintech digital transformation

Our approach pairs tenured engineers and product leaders with your payments teams as one blended unit focused on outcomes, not billable hours. We ship value in short cycles, often weekly, so card, wallet, and banking partners see results in metrics such as time to launch, unit cost per transaction, and fraud loss rates. Full-stack capabilities across AI, data, cloud, and applications mean you get one accountable team that will own both strategy and delivery for high-stakes payments initiatives.
Domain mastery
With an average 12 years of experience, our senior engineers operate at the intersection of skill and value to drive outcomes your business cares about.
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Modernize
Digitizing dated processes, modernizing legacy systems, or rebuilding the broken and nonfunctional.
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Accelerate
Propel discrete priorities and work streams forward faster than the standard pace of business will commonly allow.
Deep focus
Your project gets full developer mindshare, ensuring undivided attention and innovation without distractions from other clients.


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End-to-end digital transformation delivered through a comprehensive suite of technical capabilities.
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