Form3

Overview

Form3 is a cloud-native payment technology platform provider based in London, UK. Founded in 2016, the company specializes in enterprise-grade payment processing solutions for financial institutions and processes over £4 billion in yearly transaction volume, serving major banks including Mastercard, Nationwide, Lloyds, and Barclays.

The core platform is a fully managed Payments-as-a-Service solution built on microservices architecture and a multi-cloud setup, supporting zero-downtime and real-time transaction handling. Financial institutions gain a single API integration for access to multiple payment schemes and services. Additional capabilities include payment orchestration, regulatory compliance, and fraud prevention, enabling clients to focus on their core operations. The platform is scalable and resilient, supporting both large enterprise banks and digital challengers in the US, UK, and EU.

Basic Information

Contact Details

• Phone: +44 20 3861 6489
• Website: form3.tech
• LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/form3-financial-cloud

Key Focus Areas & Initiatives

• Payments-as-a-Service (PaaS) for financial institutions
• Microservices-based, cloud-native payment infrastructure
• Real-time and instant payments enablement
• Fraud prevention and regulatory compliance management
• Multi-cloud payment deployment and resilience
• API integrations for payment connectivity
• Payment scheme compliance and modernization
• Scalable, zero-downtime transaction processing
• Supporting digital challenger banks and enterprise banks

Technologies Used

• .NET
• AI
• AWS Direct Connect
• AWS SDK for JavaScript
• AWS Transit Gateway
• AWS Trusted Advisor
• Amazon AWS
• Amazon CloudFront
• Amazon Web Services (AWS)
• Ansible
• Apache CloudStack
• Azure Firewall
• Azure Linux Virtual Machines
• BlueTie Vault
• Check Point CloudGuard CNAPP
• Cilium
• Cisco VPN
• Cisco vEdge Cloud Router
• CockroachDB
• Connect
• CoreDNS
• CyberArk Enterprise Password Vault
• Elasticsearch
• Equinix
• Express
• Flux
• Git
• GitHub
• Google Analytics
• Google Cloud Platform
• Google Kubernetes Engine
• Google Tag Manager
• Greenhouse.io
• HELM
• Hashicorp Packer
• IBM ILOG CPLEX Optimization Studio
• Impact Radius
• Junip
• KVM
• Kubernetes
• Linkedin Marketing Solutions
• Microsoft Azure
• Microsoft Azure Monitor
• Mobile Friendly
• NATS
• Outlook
• Pardot
• Pipedrive
• Prometheus
• Remote
• Route 53
• Salesforce
• Siemens SIMATIC S7
• Splunk SOAR
• Terraform
• Vimeo
• VueJS
• YouTube
• Zelle
• Zoomdata
• go+

Buyer Teams to Target

Engineering & Platform

• VP Engineering
• Lead Platform Architect
• Site Reliability Engineer
• DevOps Manager
• Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
• Head of Technology Operations

Product & Payment Innovation

• Chief Product Officer
• Head of Payments
• Product Manager, Payment Services
• Payments Product Owner
• Product Strategy Lead
• Director of Payment Schemes

Compliance & Risk Management

• Chief Compliance Officer
• Head of Risk
• Fraud Prevention Lead
• Regulatory Affairs Director
• Senior Compliance Analyst
• Risk & Controls Manager

Operations & Client Services

• Chief Operating Officer
• Head of Client Services
• Operations Manager, Payments
• Service Delivery Lead
• Client Implementation Manager
• Technical Support Lead

What They Buy

• Cloud infrastructure and managed hosting platforms
• Payment scheme connectivity tools and gateways
• Fraud prevention and transaction monitoring solutions
• API management and developer platform tools
• Regulatory compliance software
• Real-time transaction processing systems
• Identity verification & KYC/KYB services

Signals to Watch

• 📢 New payment scheme integrations announced
• 💰 Recent funding or strategic investment
• 👩‍💻 Senior engineering or product hires
• 🛡️ Compliance or regulatory changes in target markets
• 🚀 Launch of new payment services or platforms
• 🤝 Partnerships with major banks or fintechs