A fintech site that clears investor and regulator scrutiny
Trust-forward marketing site with disclosures, funding proof, and a clean compliance footprint. Built by the engineer who shipped GigEasy and bolttech payment infrastructure.
Who this is for
Fintech founder or marketing lead at a seed or Series A fintech, compliance-aware, fundraising or preparing to raise.
The pain today
- Current site looks like a crypto meme and scares institutional investors
- No audit trail of content changes for compliance reviews
- Funding logos, disclosures, and jurisdiction statements are missing or hidden
- SOC 2 and security posture not reflected anywhere on the marketing site
- Marketing and legal cannot edit without a developer touching code
The outcome you get
- Trust-forward fintech site shipped from $2,000 in three to four weeks
- Clean disclosure and jurisdiction footprint that passes legal review
- Funding logos, team bios, and founder story above the fold
- Content-edit audit trail through a compliant CMS
- Cookie consent, privacy, and accessibility wired in from day one
Why fintechs lose deals on their website
Institutional buyers and investors qualify fintechs in the first 30 seconds on your site. If the domain, the disclosures, or the team page look off, the meeting never happens. I have seen Series A rounds delayed because a legal team could not find a jurisdiction statement. I have also seen partnership deals stalled because the product page did not name a single compliance framework. The fix is not a redesign — it is a discipline. Every trust signal in its place, every disclosure where legal expects it, every funding logo and customer name placed to reduce perceived risk.
Trust signals that actually move fintech buyers
SOC 2 badge or 'in progress' note, not hidden in the footer. Funding logos and investor names (Barclays, Bain, Tokio Marine-tier brands lift conversion measurably). Named founders with real LinkedIn links, not stock-photo bios. Jurisdiction and entity statements in the legal footer. Security page that lists your stack in plain language. Customer logos where you are allowed to name them. Testimonials with role and full company name — no anonymous quotes. These are not nice-to-haves. For regulated buyers they are the gate between 'worth a meeting' and 'not today.'
My fintech site checklist
Accessibility (WCAG 2.1 AA, keyboard-navigable, screen-reader tested). Privacy (GDPR, CCPA, cookie consent, data processor list). GTM scoped so marketing tags do not touch protected pages. A separate 'trust center' that aggregates security, compliance, and data posture in one place. Content-edit audit trail through a CMS that logs every change with user and timestamp. Hosting on a reputable provider (Vercel, AWS, Cloudflare) with a straight answer when a customer asks where data lives. Every one of these is a two-hour setup and saves weeks in your next compliance review.
Pricing and timeline
Starter fintech site from $2,000 — up to eight pages, your copy, my layout, CMS-ready. Business tier from $5,000 — custom copy, a full trust center, disclosure pages, legal review support, integrations. Corporate tier from $10,000 — multi-jurisdiction, regional content, custom integrations, investor microsite. Three to four weeks start to launch. 14-day money-back guarantee. 1-year bug warranty. 100 percent code ownership under Work Made for Hire. NDA standard. Invoicing through a US LLC — IRS and IR35 safe for cross-border clients. Quote in 60 seconds and we start the week you sign.
Case: GigEasy and bolttech — investor-grade fintech work
At GigEasy I shipped a Barclays and Bain Capital-backed MVP from scratch in 3 weeks, against a typical ten-week cycle. Investor demo on schedule, zero post-launch fires. At bolttech, the $1B+ unicorn backed by Tokio Marine and MetLife, I led the Payment Service that integrated 40+ payment providers across Asia and Europe with 99.9 percent uptime and zero post-launch critical bugs. The pattern on both: obsessive preparation, a stack simple enough to audit, and a bias for shipping smaller slices to keep compliance reviews moving. The same rigor applies to a fintech marketing site.
When a dedicated fintech brand shop is the right choice
If you are a $50M+ ARR fintech running a full rebrand with custom photography, video production, and a multi-agency launch campaign, you probably want a specialist brand shop with art direction and in-house production. I am not that. I am the engineer-MBA you hire when the site needs to ship fast, clear investor scrutiny, and run fast forever. Most fintechs under Series B hit that bracket. If you are bigger and need a campaign, I can still build the site, but the creative direction should come from a shop that lives in brand full-time.
Recent proof
A comparable engagement, delivered and documented.
Built and shipped an investor-ready MVP from scratch
Built the entire technological base and delivered MVP in just 3 weeks, enabling a successful rapid launch and investor demo.
Frequently asked questions
The questions prospects ask before they book.
- Can you handle a legal or compliance review of the site?
- I build the site so your legal and compliance team can review it quickly. Every disclosure, jurisdiction statement, and regulated claim lives in a versioned CMS with an edit audit trail. I do not replace your legal counsel — I am an engineer, not a lawyer — but I have shipped for GigEasy (Barclays and Bain-backed) and bolttech (a $1B+ unicorn) and I know what a clean review looks like. Budget one to two extra weeks if your legal team needs to sign off on copy.
- Where does the site get hosted, and can you explain it to a customer?
- Default hosting is Vercel (US regions) for the marketing site. If a customer asks where data lives, you get a plain-language trust page that names the host, regions, backup posture, and data processors. For clients who need AWS or a specific region, I set that up — my deployment work includes Pulumi and Docker, used on the GigEasy infrastructure. You own the hosting account and keys after launch. No lock-in.
- Do I own the code, design, and content after launch?
- Yes, completely. Every project is Work Made for Hire. Once you pay, 100 percent of code, design assets, and content copy is yours, with no ongoing license fees. You get the Git repository, the Figma files, and the CMS access. If you want to move the project to another developer or agency in year two, everything is already set up for a clean handoff. NDAs are standard and I sign them before I see sensitive material.
- Can the site work across the US, UK, and EU?
- Yes. I have shipped multi-jurisdiction fintech work including bolttech, which operates across Asia and Europe. The Corporate tier ($10,000+) covers multi-language and multi-jurisdiction content out of the box. Cookie consent matches the strictest market you operate in (EU or California by default). GDPR and CCPA-ready. If you are filing in specific states or countries, disclosures get templated and placed where your legal team needs them.
- How do you handle PCI scope on the site?
- Marketing sites should not touch cardholder data directly. If you need payment forms, I wire them through a PCI-compliant provider (Stripe, Braintree) using their embedded elements so the card data never hits your server — keeping you out of scope. At bolttech I integrated 40+ payment providers in production, so I know the tradeoffs. If your setup has to be in-scope for a specific product reason, we scope that separately and it is usually an Applications subscription, not a marketing site.
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