our mission
To become an international excellence center for fintech design & engineering
our vision
To become an international excellence center for fintech design & engineering
WE PROMISE
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TO SOLVE
TECH PROBLEMS FOR BANKS, FINTECHS & EMBEDDED FINANCE ECOSYSTEM
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TO OFFER
BEST VALUE 4 MONEY
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TO CONTINUOUSLY
ENFORCE OUR PEOPLE
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TO DELIVER
ON-SPEC, IN-TIME
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TO KEEP
ENRICHING OUR OFFER WITH NEW TECH
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TO SOLVE
TECH PROBLEMS FOR BANKS, FINTECHS & EMBEDDED FINANCE ECOSYSTEM
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TO CONTINUOUSLY
ENFORCE OUR PEOPLE
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TO OFFER
BEST VALUE 4 MONEY
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TO DELIVER
ON-SPEC, IN-TIME
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TO KEEP
ENRICHING OUR OFFER WITH NEW TECH
A strategic alliance key for our future:
Access in > 3.500 engineers all around the globe, through own database
Fintech experience and current projects
A large international network of advisors
Team Augmentation
F4A just adds
engineers to client team, for a specific time frame and admins them. Best used from large corporates in fin services sector.
Product Development
Client requests
a deliverable and F4A builds a project team, manages it and delivers in time, on specs. Better for fintech startups and banks which wants specific add ons
Build - Operate -Transfer
Client requests
a deliverable on a project that is not its core. F4A builds a team, manages it, runs the project until tech matures and delivers to client. Best of banks and large corporations which do not want to disturb their resources
New Product Strategy
Client is
a non financial institution and wants to enter fintech. F4A proposed bu models, tech, deliverable and builds a team to make it happen. Utilities, retail, telcos, marketplaces are ideal users
how we do it
We provide great tech
We provide great tech
ENGAGEMENT MODELS
TEAM AUGMENTATION
6-12
months min contracts
F4A
Admin
Cost +
admin margin (5-10%), depending on team volume
PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
One-off
delivery teams
Usually for
short to mid-term gap closure support
Fixed
Payment on deliverable
BUILD – OPERATE - TRANSFER
Long term
support with a dedicated team to cover all functionalities
For financial
institutions and relevant companies
Retainer fee
+ deliverable fee + Yearly maintenance & support
NEW PRODUCT STRATEGY
Longer term
support with a dedicated team to cover all functionalities
For non-financial
institutions (embedded)
Advisory fee
+ Retainer fee + deliverable fee + Yearly maintenance & support
The two directors
founder and CEO of F4A
Socratis Ploussas
Socratis is the founder and CEO of F4A and is also working as a fintech advisor. He spent 19 of the 32 years in the market in large corporates (Coca-Cola, Samsung) and since 2009 he is self-employed. This is his 2nd start-up after and equity crowdfunding platform that he developed in 2013. He holds an MBA from Henley-Brunel in business administration.
founder and CEO of F4A
Socratis Ploussas
Socratis is the founder and CEO of F4A and is also working as a fintech advisor. He spent 19 of the 32 years in the market in large corporates (Coca-Cola, Samsung) and since 2009 he is self-employed. This is his 2nd start-up after and equity crowdfunding platform that he developed in 2013. He holds an MBA from Henley-Brunel in business administration.
co-founder and CEO of Sylipsis corporation
Konstantinos Michanetzis
Konstantinos is the co-founder and CEO of Sylipsis corporation and in this 31 years in the market, had the chance to invest 10 of them in the Hellenic navy and the rest in business directly related with IT and computing. Except Sylipsis, he now runs SEEDΕRS a co-working space, a digital media house and he is BoD member in MIT Enterprise forum. He holds MSC and an engineering degree from MIT.
co-founder and CEO of Sylipsis corporation
Konstantinos Michanetzis
Konstantinos is the co-founder and CEO of Sylipsis corporation and in this 31 years in the market, had the chance to invest 10 of them in the Hellenic navy and the rest in business directly related with IT and computing. Except Sylipsis, he now runs SEEDΕRS a co-working space, a digital media house and he is BoD member in MIT Enterprise forum. He holds MSC and an engineering degree from MIT.
why us
We support our clients to solve engineering
or design problems, to focus on their skillset and use ours to develop new products, faster and in a more flexible way, so they can go to market sooner and more efficiently. All SLA based, reported as variable expense.
why us
We support our clients to solve engineering
or design problems, to focus on their skillset and use ours to develop new products, faster and in a more flexible way, so they can go to market sooner and more efficiently. All SLA based, reported as variable expense.
For BANKS
- Rapid prototyping and validation
- Problem solving & agile approach
- Does not disturb everyday operation
For NON-FINANCIAL
- Used case generation
- Rapid prototyping and validation
- Fast and flexible implementation without disturbing core
For SCALE-UPS
- Fast delivery as investors request
- Reduced time-to-market
- Access to resources efficiently
- Highly-skilled and trained devs
VERTICALS ACTIVATION
Big data analytics
Payments
Cloud computing
Embbeding finance in industry solutions
Proptech
Cyber security
Fintech
Wealth tech
Proptech
Cyber security
Fintech
Wealth tech
VERTICALS ACTIVATION
Big data analytics
Payments
Cloud computing
Embbeding finance in industry solutions
Proptech
Cyber security
Fintech
Wealth tech
What DO our clients SAY
“Could not imagine the quality of the engineers and their commitment”
“Fast delivery, easy communication, ready to adopt…what a bank needs”
“Fast delivery, easy communication, ready to adopt…what a bank needs”
Payments gateway and experience
Payments gateway and experience
We developed a platform for the banks clients to upload their plans and documents, so that the officers rate them
We developed a platform for the banks clients to upload their plans and documents, so that the officers rate them
Business plans platform
Business plans platform
We developed a platform for the banks clients to upload their plans and documents, so that the officers rate them
We developed a platform for the banks clients to upload their plans and documents, so that the officers rate them
Blog
Fintech startups need to move faster
Fintech was used the last few years to easy and fast VC money. In Europe alone, boosted by pandemic, 2021-22, more than $50bil were invested, with the largest chunk being in deals over $100mio.
Embedded finance: challenging common assumptions
Every company will be a fintech company”. This phrase was spoken 4 years ago, from Angela Strange, general partner at Andreesen Horowitz, a legendary Valley VC firm.
Fintech startups need to move faster
Fintech was used the last few years to easy and fast VC money. In Europe alone, boosted by pandemic, 2021-22, more than $50bil were invested, with the largest chunk being in deals over $100mio.
Embedded finance: challenging common assumptions
Every company will be a fintech company”. This phrase was spoken 4 years ago, from Angela Strange, general partner at Andreesen Horowitz, a legendary Valley VC firm.
Managing Scale is critical for startups as well as corporates.
Scaling-up a start-up is the vision of every founder and usually he /she does whatever it takes to secure the exponential growth. Same with large corporations or banks or even governments, which introduce digital transformation projects and need to scale them up so they become the new business norm.
Banks need to manage digital transformation in a more flexible way
The digital transformation of banks has been a demand for several years. The European Central Bank, through ECB Banking Supervision, carried out an extensive survey of 105 institutions and spoke with their managements and advisors and concluded that while steps have been taken mainly towards a customer-centric approach (1/3 of customers basically use a mobile phone, while half of loans completed digitally), we are still a long way off and the rat
When it comes to digital transformation, co-operation is more efficient than introversion
Digital transformation has an impact that was not expected in its magnitude. All those involved in economic activity, even the smaller local companies, must integrate the development of technological applications into their processes, budgets, daily life, as they must check new models, good practices, etc.
Embedded finance: Banking everywhere and always
An extremely popular opinion of recent years is that "Every company will be a fintech company". This phrase is attributed to Angela Strange , general partner of Andreesen Horowitz and was made about 4 years ago. Although Ms. Strange mainly referred to payments and how they can become part of every "digital customer's" experience, soon the idea began to cover lending, mortgages, insurance, almost anything to do with a banking product that will cou