Resources
Finlane exists because comparing infrastructure providers is genuinely hard. These are the frameworks, definitions and question sets we use — free, no account, no gate.
Long-form, practical walkthroughs of the decisions that bind you — licence models, safeguarding, selection frameworks.
OpenShorter pieces on what actually happens in infrastructure procurement, written from the buyer's side of the table.
OpenPlain definitions of the vocabulary providers use, with the questions each term should prompt you to ask.
OpenThe questions to put to every provider in a category — copy them into your own process or run them through ours.
OpenA practical framework for selecting a banking-as-a-service provider in the EU and UK: licence models, safeguarding, scheme access, integration reality and the questions that actually separate vendors.
Read the guideRejection from a banking-as-a-service provider is usually a risk decision made early and rarely explained. Here are the seven reasons it happens — and what to change before you apply again.
ReadSeller payouts across corridors: what breaks, which provider categories are involved, and the questions that separate a payout provider that works from one that looks like it does.
ReadWhat a vertical SaaS platform needs to offer its customers a branded business account: the licence question, the stack, the onboarding reality and the sequence to procure in.
ReadA practical framework for selecting a banking-as-a-service provider in the EU and UK: licence models, safeguarding, scheme access, integration reality and the questions that actually separate vendors.
ReadPaying sellers in hard-currency stablecoins can solve corridors that correspondent banking handles badly — and introduces a compliance stack most marketplaces have not built.
ReadPlatforms holding customer balances are increasingly asked to pay yield on them. The mechanics — and the regulatory questions — are less obvious than the pitch.
ReadAnswer five questions and we'll name the provider categories your build touches. No account, nothing sent to anyone.