Hurain Technologies
Fintech Application · Medellín, Colombia

Fintech Application in Medellín

Medellín is the city in Colombia, home to around 2.0 million people. For Medellín businesses investing in fintech application, the details matter: fintech products fail on trust, not features. Balances must reconcile to the cent, every state change must be auditable, and onboarding has to satisfy compliance without losing half your applicants. We start with the ledger, the audit trail and the compliance workflow, then build the experience on top.

Quick answer

Who provides Fintech Application services in Medellín?

Hurain Technologies provides fintech application for companies in Medellín, Colombia: 24/7 support in Medellín time, milestone-based delivery with sign-off at every stage, and builds that support PSE and Nequi, VAT and Law 1581 of 2012 (Habeas Data).

Medellín, Colombia
Medellín, ColombiaPhoto: Wikimedia Commons

Overview

Fintech Application for Medellín businesses

Fintech products serving Colombia typically engage with Superintendencia Financiera. We build the ledger, KYC/AML and audit controls that licensing reviews expect, integrate local rails such as PSE, Nequi, Daviplata and Bre-B instant payments, and process personal data under Law 1581 of 2012 (Habeas Data). Your legal counsel sets the licence model; we engineer to it.

Our engineering team works remotely from India for Medellín clients — india (ist) is 10h 30m ahead — with one project manager as your single point of contact, fortnightly demos and full source-code ownership from day one.

We have built payment gateways, wallets, crypto rails and banking integrations for regulated businesses, and we engineer the technical controls licensing reviews expect — segregation of duties, maker-checker approvals, immutable logs and data-residency options.

We are engineers, not lawyers: we build to the requirements your compliance counsel sets and help translate them into systems your auditors can verify.

Why fintech application matters in Medellín

  • Medellín businesses compete for customers who compare them against the best digital experiences in Colombia and abroad.
  • Customers in Medellín pay with PSE, Nequi and Daviplata, so local payment integration is not optional.
  • A metro market of 2.0 million people gives enough scale to justify a custom product rather than generic tools.

What we build

Fintech Application features we deliver in Medellín

Fintech products fail on trust, not features. Balances must reconcile to the cent, every state change must be auditable, and onboarding has to satisfy compliance without losing half your applicants. We start with the ledger, the audit trail and the compliance workflow, then build the experience on top.

Double-entry ledger

Immutable, reconcilable ledger for balances, fees, holds and reversals.

KYC / KYB / AML

Document and liveness checks, sanctions/PEP screening and ongoing transaction monitoring.

Payments & transfers

Card issuing, local instant-payment rails, payouts and cross-border transfers.

Lending engine

Applications, credit scoring, disbursement, repayment schedules and collections.

Fraud & risk controls

Velocity rules, device fingerprinting and ML risk scores with case management.

Regulatory reporting

Audit logs, maker-checker approvals and exports for regulators and auditors.

Common fintech application projects in Medellín

Digital wallets

Top-up, P2P transfers, bill payments and merchant QR payments.

Digital lending

BNPL, micro-loans and SME credit with automated decisioning.

Neobank & card programmes

Accounts, cards and spending controls on top of a banking-as-a-service partner.

Remittance

Cross-border transfers with FX quotes, corridor compliance and payout partners.

Localised for your market

What a fintech application project in Medellín must get right

Currency, tax, payments, data protection and language — built into the product from the first sprint.

24/7 support in Medellín

Medellín is on UTC−5 (America/Bogota). Our team works 24/7, so every Medellín business hour — and any out-of-hours incident — is covered.

Payments & currency

Pricing and settlement in COP with PSE, Nequi, Daviplata and Bre-B instant payments, reconciled automatically against your PSP and bank statements.

Tax & invoicing

Colombia applies VAT (IVA) 19%. Your product's receipts, invoices and reports are built to show it correctly.

Data protection

Customer data from Medellín is handled under Law 1581 of 2012 (Habeas Data): consent records, encryption, access logs and in-region hosting where required.

Cost & timeline

How much does fintech application cost in Medellín?

Cost depends on licence model (own licence vs partner bank), kYC/AML vendor choice and checks per user and number of payment rails and partners. Medellín companies working with our India-based team typically pay considerably less than local agency rates for the same seniority. Share your requirements and we return a fixed-scope estimate within 5 business days.

What drives the price

  • Licence model (own licence vs partner bank)
  • KYC/AML vendor choice and checks per user
  • Number of payment rails and partners
  • Ledger complexity (multi-currency, holds, fees)
  • Security certifications (PCI DSS, ISO 27001, SOC 2)
  • Data-residency requirements

How long does it take?

Delivery time is agreed around your scope — after discovery you get a milestone plan tailored to your requirements, integrations and how quickly decisions are made on your side. Discovery can begin within 5 business days of a signed proposal.

Our delivery process

  1. 1

    Regulatory & product discovery

    Licence model, partner banks, compliance requirements and core flows.

  2. 2

    Architecture & security design

    Ledger design, threat model, data residency and integration plan.

  3. 3

    Core build

    Onboarding, ledger, payments and admin controls built and tested.

  4. 4

    Security & compliance testing

    Penetration test, reconciliation tests and audit-trail review.

  5. 5

    Controlled launch

    Limited user rollout, monitoring and regulator-ready reporting.

Delivery

Working with Hurain Technologies from Medellín

24/7 availability & communication

Our team works 24/7, so stand-ups, demos and urgent fixes happen during your Medellín business day (UTC−5), and work keeps progressing while you are offline. Everyday collaboration runs on Slack or Microsoft Teams, Jira and GitHub, with a demo of working software every two weeks.

Kick-off & delivery timeline

Discovery can start within 5 business days of a signed proposal. Milestones and delivery time are then agreed around your requirements, and every milestone ends with your written sign-off.

Response times after launch

Response times are written into a support SLA before launch: our team is available 24/7, critical production issues get immediate attention from an on-call engineer, and routine tickets are handled around the clock.

Meetings & site visits

Most engagements run fully remote over video. Workshops and go-live visits to Medellín can be arranged for larger programmes.

Technology we use

Core

  • Java / Kotlin
  • Go
  • Node.js
  • PostgreSQL

Security

  • HSM / KMS
  • Vault
  • mTLS
  • WAF

Integrations

  • Open Banking APIs
  • Card issuing (BaaS)
  • KYC vendors
  • Instant-payment rails

Apps

  • Flutter
  • React Native
  • Next.js back-office

Standards we build to

  • AML/CFT and sanctions screening
  • PCI DSS for card data
  • Data-protection and data-residency rules
  • Regulator audit and reporting expectations

How we work

How we deliver Fintech Application in Medellín, Colombia

Every fintech application engagement in Medellín, Colombia follows the same staged, quality-gated process — shaped around your requirements and Medellín's market. You see progress every day, review it every week, and give written sign-off at every milestone before any payment is due.

  1. 01

    Discover

    Quality gate
    • Payment-flow workshops
    • PSP & rail selection
    • Compliance scoping (PCI DSS)
    • Signed scope
  2. 02

    Design

    Quality gate
    • Orchestration architecture
    • Ledger & reconciliation model
    • Tokenisation design
    • Fraud-rule design
  3. 03

    Build

    Quality gate
    • PSP adapter sprints
    • Idempotent payment APIs
    • Settlement & refunds
    • Demo every sprint
  4. 04

    Secure & Test

    Quality gate
    • PCI DSS scope review
    • Reconciliation tests
    • Failover & retry tests
    • UAT with real flows
  5. 05

    Deploy

    Quality gate
    • Staged traffic routing
    • Live PSP credentials
    • Monitoring & alerts
    • Go-live checklist
  6. 06

    Handover

    Quality gate
    • Role-based sessions
    • Recorded walkthroughs
    • Admin & ops runbooks
    • Documentation handover
  7. 07

    Support

    Quality gate
    • Dedicated engineer
    • SLA helpdesk
    • Patches & upgrades
    • Quarterly reviews

Client sign-off at every milestone — you approve the working result before you pay.

You always know what was done today — and what happens next

Our day in India ends as Medellín's begins or winds down, so each morning you find a written update waiting — and calls are booked in your business hours.

01Daily update

Every working day, around 8:30 AM Medellín time

  • What was completed today
  • What is planned for tomorrow
  • Blockers and decisions needed from you
  • Links to builds you can try
02Weekly work overview

Every Friday, with a live call in your business hours

  • Features completed and demo recordings
  • Progress against the current milestone
  • Risks, open questions and change requests
  • Plan and priorities for next week
03Sprint demo & milestone review

End of every sprint and milestone

  • Working software demonstrated live
  • Your feedback captured in the backlog
  • Quality-gate checklist shared
  • Written sign-off before any payment

What we build in for Medellín

Local requirements are part of the scope from the Discover stage — not retrofitted before launch.

Local payments

PSE, Nequi, Daviplata, Bre-B instant payments — integrated and tested as part of the build.

Data protection

Data handling, consent and retention designed for Law 1581 of 2012 (Habeas Data).

Regulator

Controls, reports and audit trails prepared with Superintendencia Financiera expectations in mind, alongside your local counsel.

Language & currency

Spanish interfaces and content, COP pricing, invoices and number formats.

Time zone

Medellín is on UTC−5; India (IST) is 10h 30m ahead. Calls, demos and sign-offs are scheduled in your business hours.

Payment plan

Pay only for work you have accepted

Milestones are customised to your requirements — six or more is typical, and delivery time is agreed around your scope. Every payment after the advance is released only after you have seen the working result and given written sign-off. Here is an example plan:

PaymentMilestone & acceptanceShare
Advance

Contract signing

Signed contract; payment-flow workshops and PCI DSS scoping.

10%
Milestone 1

Architecture approved

Orchestration, ledger and reconciliation design signed off.

15%
Milestone 2

First rail live in sandbox

Payment APIs, ledger and first PSP connector working.

15%
Milestone 3

All rails connected

Remaining PSPs, refunds and settlement working in staging.

15%
Milestone 4

Certification & tests

PCI DSS scope review, failover and reconciliation tests passed.

15%
Milestone 5

UAT sign-off

Real payment flows accepted by your team.

15%
Milestone 6

Live traffic & handover

Staged production routing, monitoring and ops handover.

15%
Total100%
90% of your payment is released only after you accept working modules
0%20%40%60%80%100%StartM1M2M3M4M5M6
Cumulative payment Work delivered & accepted
  • Number of milestones and splits set around your scope
  • Every milestone is a working, demonstrated result
  • No payment is due until you sign off

Warranty & annual support

Protected after launch — warranty and annual support for your Fintech Application project in Medellín, Colombia

Go-live is where your fintech application product starts earning — so we stay accountable for it. Every project includes a free 90-day defect warranty. After that, the same team that built it keeps it secure, updated and running in Medellín business hours on a fixed annual fee agreed up front — no open-ended hourly billing, no surprise invoices.

Included free

90-day warranty

Any defect found in the first 90 days after go-live is fixed free of charge.

  • Every delivered feature covered
  • Fixes tested and deployed to production
  • Same engineers who built it

Fixed-cost annual package

30% of project cost

per year for Annual Support & Maintenance, with a dedicated developer assigned to your fintech application platform. A fixed price, known in advance.

ServiceIncluded in the annual package
Dedicated developerOne named developer assigned to your product for fixes, enhancements and optimisation.
Bug fixes & security patchesCritical issues resolved within 24 hours; standard issues within 5 business days.
Upgrades & new releasesFramework, library and platform updates plus new versions of what we built, at no additional cost.
HelpdeskEmail and phone support for your team and administrators; 4-hour response for critical issues.
Backup monitoringDaily backup checks and a quarterly restore test.
Security reviewPeriodic audit-trail review and security configuration check.
PSP & scheme changesProvider API versions, card-scheme and 3-D Secure changes applied before their deadlines.
Reconciliation checksSettlement and reconciliation exceptions reviewed and resolved every day.
Medellín business-hours coverageHelpdesk, calls and planned maintenance scheduled around Medellín business hours (UTC−5); critical issues escalated immediately.
Local compliance updatesChanges to Law 1581 of 2012 (Habeas Data) and Superintendencia Financiera guidance tracked and reflected in the product.

Source code & IP ownership

100% of the source code and IP is owned by you

For every custom fintech application project in Medellín, Colombia, upon full and final payment the complete source code and intellectual property are transferred to you — so you can host, maintain and enhance the system with any developer.

  • Payment orchestration, ledger and admin source code
  • PSP merchant accounts and credentials in your name
  • Reconciliation rules and ops runbooks
  • Complete Git repository with full commit history
  • Database schemas, migrations and seed data
  • Configuration, CI/CD and deployment scripts
  • API documentation and a deployment guide

No lock-in

No forced upgrades

No subscription trap

Your code lives in your own repository from the first commit.

Continuous enhancement

Launch is just the beginning — keep shipping with your own dedicated team

Your fintech application platform should get better every month, not stand still after go-live. Start with one dedicated developer working on your priorities across apps, dashboards and backend — and grow to a full team of developers and support members whenever your roadmap demands it.

Dedicated team, your way

From one developer to a full team

Pricing is based on the team members you need — tell us your requirements and we will quote your team.

  • Start any time after launch
  • Hire developers as you need them
  • Scale up, scale down or pause

What your team can take on after launch

  • New wallets, BNPL and local payment methods
  • Checkout conversion improvements
  • Merchant dashboards and settlement reports
  • New PSPs, payment methods and currencies
  • Smarter routing and fraud rules
  • New reports, payouts and reconciliation automation

Need more hands? Add developers and support members as your requirements grow

Start with one person and add only the roles your fintech application roadmap needs — each is quoted to your requirements.

Development team

  • Payments backend developer

    Adds payment methods, routing rules and ledger features.

  • Integration engineer

    Connects new PSPs, banks, acquirers and third-party APIs.

  • Frontend developer

    Builds and refines the web screens and dashboards your users see.

  • QA engineer

    Writes and runs manual and automated tests before every release.

  • DevOps engineer

    Keeps pipelines, environments and deployments fast and reliable.

Support team

  • L1 helpdesk support executive

    First contact for your users and staff — logs, triages and resolves common issues.

  • L2 technical support engineer

    Investigates bugs, data issues and integrations, and escalates to developers with full context.

  • Merchant support executive

    Helps merchants with onboarding, payments and settlements.

  • Payment operations support

    Resolves failed payments, refunds and payout issues.

  • Reconciliation & disputes support

    Handles settlement breaks, chargebacks and disputes.

Our Approach

Our approach to development methodologies

Our approach to custom software engineering draws on a range of methodologies, each selected to match the needs of your fintech application project and your team in Medellín, Colombia.

Agile Scrum

Best for: Evolving products

Two-week sprints with a working demo at the end of each, so fintech application priorities can change as you learn from users.

Kanban

Best for: Continuous delivery & support

A visual flow of small tasks with work-in-progress limits — ideal for maintenance, integrations and post-launch improvements.

Fixed-scope (Waterfall-style)

Best for: Well-specified builds

Requirements signed off up front with a fixed timeline and price — best when scope is clear and change is unlikely.

Lean MVP

Best for: New ventures

Build the smallest fintech application release that proves demand, measure it with real users, then invest where the data points.

DevOps & CI/CD

Best for: Every project

Automated tests, infrastructure-as-code and push-button deployments so releases are frequent, reversible and boring.

Security-by-design (DevSecOps)

Best for: Regulated & high-value systems

Threat modelling, dependency scanning and code review built into each sprint rather than a pen test at the end.

Why we're different

What sets Hurain Technologies apart for Colombia businesses

Plenty of agencies can build fintech application. Here is what sets us apart for clients in Medellín, Colombia.

01

Engineering depth, not a reseller

Your fintech application project is designed and built by our own in-house engineers — no hidden subcontracting chain between you and the people writing code.

02

Built for Colombia, not copied from elsewhere

Payments, tax, language and data-protection requirements for Colombia are part of the design from day one instead of retrofitted after launch.

03

Transparent, senior-led delivery

A named project lead, a shared backlog, fortnightly demos and direct Slack access to the engineers — you always know what is being built and why.

04

Cost advantage without cutting corners

Delivering from India gives clients in Medellín, Colombia senior engineering at a fraction of typical onshore agency rates, with the same code-review, testing and security standards.

05

You own everything

Source code lives in your repository from the first commit; IP, infrastructure accounts and documentation transfer to you in full.

06

We stay after launch

Monitoring, updates and a support SLA mean the team that built your product is the team that keeps it running.

Flexible engagement models

How we work with businesses in Medellín, Colombia

Ways to work together, depending on how your team and roadmap are set up.

Model 01

Dedicated Development Team

An extended team of fintech application engineers, QA and architects working exclusively on your product, managed day-to-day by you with our engineering leadership behind them.

Best for: Long-term products and evolving roadmaps

Model 02

Fixed-Cost Delivery

A clearly scoped fintech application build with a defined timeline and price — ideal for a well-specified MVP, integration or launch product.

Best for: MVPs and clearly defined projects

Model 03

Hybrid Engagement

Keep product and regulatory decisions close to your Colombia team while our specialists handle deep engineering remotely, with workshops or on-site visits at key milestones.

Best for: Enterprises and regulated businesses

Why businesses choose us

Why businesses choose Hurain Technologies

  • 16+ years of engineering depth

    Custom software engineering with in-house teams across web, mobile, cloud, AI, payments and blockchain.

  • Security-first by default

    Encryption, least-privilege access, audit logs — and MPC/HSM custody and audited smart contracts where money is on-chain — designed in, not retrofitted.

  • Regulatory-aware architecture

    Designed with Colombia's regulatory direction in mind and built alongside your licensed local legal counsel.

  • Direct access, no layers

    Direct Slack or Teams access to your development team during the build, and the same people for post-launch support.

Business benefits

What you gain in Colombia

Faster time to market

An experienced fintech application team with proven components means your first release ships in weeks, not quarters.

Security-first architecture

Secure from day one, rather than patched after an audit or incident.

Aligned compliance groundwork

Controls, logs and data handling built around Colombia's requirements so reviews go faster.

Lower total cost of ownership

Clean, documented, tested code that your own team can maintain — plus post-launch monitoring and support.

FAQ

Fintech Application in Medellín: frequently asked questions

Do you have developers available for Medellín projects?

Yes. Our team works remotely with Medellín clients and is available 24/7. You get a dedicated project manager, direct access to engineers and fortnightly demos.

How much does fintech application cost in Medellín?

Cost depends on licence model (own licence vs partner bank), kYC/AML vendor choice and checks per user and number of payment rails and partners. Medellín companies working with our India-based team typically pay considerably less than local agency rates for the same seniority. Share your requirements and we return a fixed-scope estimate within 5 business days.

How long does it take to build a fintech application solution for a Medellín business?

Delivery time is agreed around your scope — after discovery you get a milestone plan tailored to your requirements, integrations and how quickly decisions are made on your side. Discovery can begin within 5 business days of a signed proposal.

Can you meet us in Medellín?

Most work runs over video calls. For larger programmes we can arrange on-site workshops or go-live visits in Medellín.

Which payment methods will the product support in Medellín?

PSE, Nequi, Daviplata and Bre-B instant payments — plus cards and international wallets where your customers need them.

Do we need a licence to launch a fintech app?

It depends on what you do with customer money. Many startups launch through a licensed partner bank or EMI; others need their own licence. Your legal counsel decides the model — we build the technical controls it requires.

How do you keep balances accurate?

We use a double-entry ledger where every movement is an immutable pair of entries, with automated daily reconciliation against bank and PSP statements.

Planning a fintech application project in Medellín?

Tell us what you're building. You'll get a scoped plan, timeline and fixed estimate within 5 business days.