The Landscape
Gulf fintechs operate across ADGM, DIFC, and CBUAE licensing regimes — sometimes needing multiple authorizations to serve clients across the region. The Saudi SAMA regulatory sandbox and the UAE Central Bank's open finance framework are expanding the fintech opportunity while adding compliance surface area. Engineering teams need regulatory architecture that can serve multiple licensing regimes without duplicating infrastructure.
Compliance bolted on after the fact costs 3x what compliance built in from the start costs. By the time the audit firm finds the gap, the architecture is already locked.
Our Approach
Compliance Coverage
Every system we deploy for Fintech in UAE & Gulf is SOC 2-compliant from architecture through deployment. SOC 2- and -PCI-DSS compliance is enforced automatically at every commit — not assessed after the fact.
Engagement Scope
Duration: 8–16 weeks
A focused team of 10–30 engineers deployed against a single Fintech platform in UAE & Gulf. SOC 2 + PCI-DSS-compliant architecture from day one. Fixed price, fixed output, no discovery phase.
Duration: 3–9 months
40–100 engineers running parallel workstreams across a Fintech transformation in UAE & Gulf. Multi-system compliance governance, integrated delivery management, and SOC 2 + PCI-DSS certification maintained across the entire program.
Duration: 6–18 months
100–250+ engineers owning the complete technology infrastructure for a Financial Services organization in UAE & Gulf. Full SOC 2 + PCI-DSS compliance across every system, every integration, every deployment — from the first commit to the final sign-off.