Testimonials
“Adriaan was
instrumental in significantly reducing our time to market with a partner
bank. He guided us through the process end to end, inclusive of termsheet
and contract negotiation, and helped us build a robust compliance management
system. Adriaan's prior bank experience gave us clarity on what is
'market' in the industry, what points can and should be negotiated, and
provided solutions on how to make things work for both sides.”
"If it weren’t for Adriaan, Continental Bank wouldn’t be in the BaaS/Laas/sponsorship business. We engaged him at the inception of our idea, and he has guided, advised and worked alongside us for the last 18 months through nearly every facet of our business buildout. His applied experience, conscientiousness and responsiveness makes him invaluable. Adriaan is one of the most experienced people in the industry, providing independent and objective advice. Over the last 18 months he’s helped us:
• create the regulatory and oversight framework to run Lending-as-a-Service and Banking-as-a-Service strategic partnerships, as well as card sponsorships
• model projected economics
• write internal and customer facing documentation
• source, evaluate, and negotiate the right fintech partner opportunities
• find, interview and hire experienced talent"
"Adriaan was an invaluable resource to us on the launch of our products. His experience and knowledge of the bank partnership landscape helped us move much faster and he was tremendously effective at translating our innovative product vision to our partners. Thanks to Adriaan we had a successful on-time launch."
“We had a great experience working with Adriaan in launching our lending platform with a bank partner. He is one of the most experienced people in the industry, providing independent and objective advice. If you are a fintech, looking for a new strategic bank partnership or a backup bank, I highly recommend you leverage his unique industry insight to help you secure the best deal and structure, saving time and money."
“Having Adriaan as a consultant is one of the best business decisions we made. Adriaan not only possesses the most complete knowledge of the Bank/Fintech space of anyone I have ever met but he also brings with him access to his vast network of contacts that are invaluable to building any partnership program. It is highly unlikely that anyone else has been part of more successful fintech/bank partnerships than Adriaan. I highly recommend his services as a true business partner throughout the entire process, he definitely saved us time and money with his timely and accurate advice. The services he provided to us included finding the right bank partner, helping us in navigating the compliance process, guiding us through acquiring partnership and capital contracts, and most importantly with the complex economic negotiations required to ensure that the business is profitable for all parties, and as a bonus he provided us with excellent technology/vendor/capital recommendations that have allowed our business to grow and succeed.
"Adriaan has been instrumental and crucial in ViaBill getting a bank partnership. He helped us find the right partner, provided tons of free documents to establish our CMS (Compliance Management System), and helped us throughout the due diligence process - even stepped in as Compliance Manager, while we recruited a new one. His knowledge in the industry is second to none and he even advises us on the European side of the business as well. Adriaan has gone above and beyond for our company, and I can't really recommend him enough. By far the best consultant I have ever worked with - and I mean that. Very fair on the cost-side as well."
"We had a great experience working with Adriaan in securing an additional bank strategic partner. If you are a FinTech, Marketplace Lender or Alt-Lender looking for a strategic bank partnership, I highly recommend you leverage his unique industry insight to help you secure the best deal and structure."
“Leveraging the expertise at Fintech2Bank, we were able to accelerate meeting the compliance and governance requirements of our bank partner”.
“We were in the unique situation of having to introduce a first of kind lending product to a partner bank, and launch within a very tight time frame. Adriaan's extensive fintech/bank partnership experience was instrumental in helping us navigate the process and create a strong platform to launch our student financing product.”
