Partner Ecosystem

Our Technology Partner Ecosystem

We work vendor-neutrally but maintain deep expertise across the leading payment technology platforms. Our consultants hold hands-on production experience with the HSMs, fraud engines, testing labs, and gateways that power global payment infrastructure.

Our Approach

Vendor-Neutral Advisory Built on Deep Platform Knowledge

No referral fees. No reseller agreements. No preferred vendor obligations. Our expertise is earned in production — configuring payShield HSMs, integrating CyberSource REST APIs, and running certification sessions on Fime lab equipment.

When we recommend a platform, it's driven entirely by your requirements: transaction volume, existing infrastructure, scheme mandate, and budget.

What This Means For You

Advice You Can Trust — Without the Sales Agenda

Many payment consultancies earn undisclosed revenue from technology vendors through referral arrangements. At FinPay, our only commercial relationship is with our clients. We disclose this policy in every engagement letter, and we encourage clients to verify our platform recommendations independently.

Our Commitment: Every technology recommendation FinPay makes is grounded in technical merit, your specific programme requirements, and total cost of ownership — never in vendor commercial arrangements.
Platform Expertise

Technologies Our Consultants Know in Production

The platforms below represent FinPay's active advisory competencies — systems our consultants have configured, integrated, tested, and certified against in live payment environments.

HSM & Key Management

Thales payShield

HSM / Key Management

payShield 9000 and 10000 series hardware security modules. LMK management and key injection, PIN translation and verification, CVV/PVK generation, ZPK/ZMK key exchange, and PCI PIN security compliance.

Utimaco

HSM

SecurityServer CSe hardware security modules. PKCS#11 cryptographic interface integration, PCI HSM compliance assessment, key ceremony management, and FIPS 140-2 Level 3 validated deployments.

Nets / Entrust

HSM

nShield hardware security modules for payment and code-signing workloads. Key ceremony design and execution, nShield Connect network HSM integration, and enterprise PKI key hierarchy management.

Payment Gateways

CyberSource

Payment Gateway

REST API v2 integration and Simple Order API migration, Decision Manager rule design and shadow-mode validation, Token Management Service (TMS), Payer Authentication 3DS 2.x, and Visa Secure configuration.

MPGS

Payment Gateway

Mastercard Payment Gateway Services — Hosted Checkout and Direct API integration, MDES network tokenization via MPGS, 3DS 2.x configuration, and recurring billing credential management.

Testing & Certification Labs

Fime

Testing & Certification

EMVCo Level 1, Level 2, and Level 3 accredited test laboratory. MTIP test platform operation, Visa payWave and Mastercard contactless certification, and terminal acceptance testing across multiple schemes.

UL (Collis)

Testing

Terminal testing and scheme compliance validation using UL's Card Acceptance Device Testing (CADT) framework. TTA lab integration, Mastercard and Visa terminal type approval programme support.

Visa VTC

Testing Portal

Visa Test Center portal management, ADVT (Acquirer Device Validation Toolkit) test script execution, payWave test script configuration, and Visa scheme certification workflow management.

Mastercard MIP

Testing

MTIP simulator configuration and test case management, IPM clearing test environment integration, Mastercard Interface Processor compliance testing, and BASE II file format validation.

Fraud & Risk Platforms

Featurespace ARIC

Fraud

Adaptive Behavioural Analytics engine for real-time payment fraud detection. ML model tuning, feature engineering for card-not-present and card-present channels, and risk score calibration against portfolio-specific fraud patterns.

FICO Falcon

Fraud

Industry-standard neural network fraud scoring system. Rule engine configuration, Falcon strategy design, case management workflow optimisation, and fraud analyst training on score interpretation and strategy management.

Host Simulation

Paragon

Host Simulation

BASE24 host simulator for acquirer and issuer integration testing. Transaction routing simulation, authorisation response generation, decline code scenario testing, and end-to-end switch certification preparation.

Trademark & Partnership Disclaimer: Technology partnership logos and names referenced on this page are trademarks of their respective owners. FinPay Consultants is not an authorised reseller, official channel partner, or certified representative of any vendor listed above. All product names are used for identification purposes only. FinPay provides independent advisory services and maintains no commercial referral arrangements with any technology vendor.

Work With Platform-Agnostic Experts

Whether you are integrating a new HSM, migrating a payment gateway, standing up a fraud platform, or preparing for scheme certification — FinPay's consultants bring hands-on platform expertise without the vendor agenda. Tell us what you are building and we will tell you how we can help.