AccessFintech

What AccessFintech does

AccessFintech is a financial technology company that operates the Synergy Network, a cloud-native, API-first post-trade data and workflow collaboration platform connecting more than 250 financial institutions — including asset managers, hedge funds, broker-dealers, prime brokers, custodians, and market infrastructure providers — across securities, derivatives, alternatives, and payments. The platform is built on a microservices architecture organized into three pillars: a Data Vault for ingesting and normalizing structured financial data (JSON, XML, CSV) from multiple formats, a Controlled Bridge that enforces entitlements and cross-institution data governance, and Synchronized Data Networks that deliver asset-class-specific workflows with embedded AI via the AccessIQ layer. The AccessIQ component applies agentic workflows, anomaly detection, and machine-learning models trained on historical counterparty behavior to forecast settlement fails, generate netting candidates in real time, and automate exception resolution.

The platform processes over 2.5 billion events per day across 75+ normalized datasets, with S&P Global stating that more than 75% of global market trade volume flows through the network. AccessFintech generates revenue primarily through enterprise subscription access to the Synergy Network combined with usage-based fees for data ingestion, normalization, and API services; pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed. The company sells directly to large financial institutions and indirectly through strategic distribution partnerships, most notably an integration with BlackRock's Aladdin platform that connects the global buy-side Aladdin community to the Synergy Network. Its strategic investor base includes WestCap, Goldman Sachs, BNY Mellon, Bank of America, J.P. Morgan, Citi, and BlackRock, several of which are simultaneously anchor customers and co-development partners for asset-class-specific solutions including Settlement Netting for the EMEA repo market, Swaps Lifecycle Management, and Private Credit Lifecycle Management. Headquartered in New York with offices in London, Tel Aviv, and Glasgow, AccessFintech is led by CEO Sarah Shenton, who was appointed in July 2025.

Name

AccessFintech

Legal name

Access FinTech Ltd.

Website

https://www.accessfintech.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

AccessFintech operates the Synergy Network, a cloud-native, API-first post-trade collaboration platform connecting 250+ financial institutions across securities, derivatives, and alternatives. It uses AI-driven normalization and workflow automation to reduce settlement fails and exception handling across counterparty ecosystems.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Post-trade collaboration platform

NAICS

Financial Transactions Processing, Reserve, and Clearinghouse Activities (522320), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (5415), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518210)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370), Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Client Reporting Gateways & Connectivity Providers (Submission/Message Translation) (FSAFAJAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Best Execution & TCA Compliance (FSAFAOAL), Cross-Border Settlement, Reconciliation & Disputes (FSAGAKAN), Managed Container Platforms (Kubernetes & Container PaaS) (HDABAAAB)

Keywords

• Post-trade collaboration
• Data collaboration network
• Settlement netting
• Swaps lifecycle management
• Securities processing platform

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Platform Subscription and Network Access: AccessFintech generates revenue through subscription-based access to the Synergy Network platform, providing financial institutions connectivity to the data collaboration network, workflow automation, and analytics capabilities. Revenue model likely enterprise licensing with tiered access based on network participation level and data volume.
2. Data Services and API Usage: Revenue derived from data ingestion, normalization, and distribution services through API-first platform architecture. Institutions pay based on data volume and transaction processing through the platform.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

AccessFintech operates the Synergy Network, a cloud-native, API-first post-trade data and workflow collaboration platform that connects over 250 financial institutions (asset managers, hedge funds, broker-dealers, prime brokers, custodians, and market infrastructure providers) across securities, derivatives, alternatives, and payments. The platform normalizes counterparty data, automates exception resolution and reconciliation, and applies AI-driven predictive analytics to reduce settlement fails. Specialized offerings include Swaps Lifecycle Management and Settlement Netting for repo markets, delivered to enterprise clients via enterprise licensing and network subscriptions.

Product overview

AccessFintech is a fintech company offering a unified, cloud-native post-trade collaboration platform anchored by the Synergy Network, which connects over 250 financial institutions (asset managers, hedge funds, broker-dealers, custodians, and market infrastructure providers) across securities, derivatives, alternatives, and payments. The Synergy Network is supported by the AccessFintech Platform's three core pillars: the Data Vault (data ingestion, normalization, and secure cloud infrastructure), the Controlled Bridge (entitlements management and standardized data schemas), and Synchronized Data Networks (asset class-specific workflows with embedded AccessIQ intelligence). The platform also includes specialized network solutions — Securities Network, Derivatives Network, Alternatives Network — as well as add-on capabilities such as Swaps Lifecycle Management and Settlement Netting, all delivered via an API-first architecture enabling real-time, multi-party data collaboration without compromising institutional control.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Synergy Network: A cloud-based, API-first data and workflow collaboration network for post-trade operations connecting over 250 financial institutions across securities, derivatives, alternatives, and payments asset classes.

Products and services

• Synergy Network Cloud-native, API-first post-trade data and workflow collaboration network connecting over 250 financial institutions (asset managers, hedge funds, broker-dealers, custodians, and market infrastructure providers) across securities, derivatives, alternatives, and payments. Provides real-time data orchestration, normalization, exception resolution, and workflow automation across counterparty ecosystems.
• Swaps Lifecycle Management Service within Synergy's derivatives suite managing the full lifecycle of swap contracts, enabling hedge funds, asset managers, prime brokers, broker-dealers, outsourced middle offices, and fund administrators to reduce manual processes and improve post-trade efficiency across swap transactions.
• Settlement Netting Service on the Synergy network that centrally matches transaction details across trading counterparties, replaces manual spreadsheet-based netting calculations, and reduces fail rates, asset movements, and transaction costs for fixed income settlements. Leverages AI to generate netting candidates in real time.
• Vertical Innovation Data management solution enabling partner firms to enrich the shared data layer through deep vertical integration per lifecycle layer, from confirmation to settlement to reconciliation to reporting.
• Technology Enablement Data management offering allowing firms to improve their in-house data operations or integrate a pipeline of trusted data into their own products and services using the AccessFintech platform.

Quantifiable outcome

• 5M+ daily transactions processed on the network
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration6 records

AI capability6 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and strategic.

• BlackRockcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 24 November 2025Strategic partnership integrating AccessFintech's Synergy Network with BlackRock's Aladdin platform. The integration enables bilateral connectivity and real-time post-trade collaboration between the global buy-side Aladdin community and 250+ capital markets institutions on the Synergy Network. BlackRock also made a strategic capital investment in AccessFintech. Benefits include real-time visibility into trade lifecycle events, AI-driven predictive analytics, and accelerated exception remediation for securities, private markets, and derivatives.
• Nuvo PrimestrategicTechnology or Integration · 26 June 2025Partnership to deliver integrated solution for prime swaps providers, connecting Nuvo Prime's unified prime finance platform with the Synergy network. Collaboration aims to bring greater operational and capital efficiency through automated processes and real-time alignment of accruals and cash flows for equity swaps trading.
• J.P. MorganstrategicTechnology or Integration · 28 April 2025J.P. Morgan was instrumental in establishing the Settlement Netting service, contributing use case development, operational workflow tools, and refinement for the solution serving the €15 trillion EMEA repo market.
• CitistrategicTechnology or Integration · 28 April 2025Citi provided valuable input and refinement for the Settlement Netting solution serving the €15 trillion EMEA repo market, focused on creating solutions that enhance client investment performance and success.
• S&P Global Market IntelligencestrategicTechnology or Integration · 24 February 2025Integration of Synergy with S&P Global Market Intelligence's Securities Processing platform enhances automation and standardization of securities processing across trade lifecycle. Delivers fail-reduction, trade compression, penalty management, and streamlined Standard Settlement Instructions (SSI) processes.
• Wilmington TruststrategicTechnology or Integration · 12 February 2025Wilmington Trust, as third-party agent and part of M&T Bank family, collaborates with AccessFintech to enable real-time sharing of contract level data via Synergy network for private credit market. Enables agents, lenders, CLO trustees, and administrators to connect and work on shared workflows in a central environment.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Broadridge Financial Solutions: Large incumbent provider of post-trade processing, securities processing, and middle-office workflow solutions for financial institutions. Directly overlaps with AccessFintech's Synergy Network functionality across reconciliation, exception management, and operational data normalization for broker-dealers, custodians, and asset managers.
• DTCC (Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation): Central post-trade infrastructure operator for US securities markets, providing trade reporting, settlement, and data services. Comparable to AccessFintech in serving the same post-trade workflow for the same institutional clients, but as a regulated market utility rather than a private commercial platform.

Direct peers

• S&P Global Market Intelligence (Securities Processing / IHS Markit): S&P Global's Securities Processing platform is an explicit integration partner of AccessFintech, providing trade processing, confirmations, and post-trade workflow tools. Directly competes in the securities post-trade data space and offers a comparable institutional client base to AccessFintech's buy-side and sell-side customers.
• Trax (a Mastercard company): Provides post-trade processing, trade reporting, and regulatory reporting services for capital markets. Closely aligned with AccessFintech in target customers (asset managers, broker-dealers) and use cases (trade reporting, reconciliation, data normalization), and is a logical peer given Mastercard's distribution scale.
• AcadiaSoft: Specializes in collateral management, margin messaging, and post-trade workflow automation for derivatives counterparties. Comparable to AccessFintech's Derivatives Network and Settlement Netting products in serving hedge funds, prime brokers, and asset managers with cross-institution workflow collaboration.
• Duco (Nasdaq): Cloud-native data reconciliation platform for financial services, serving asset managers, banks, and custodians with automated exception management. Directly competes with AccessFintech's reconciliation, anomaly detection, and exception resolution capabilities; acquired by Nasdaq, providing incumbent distribution.

Emerging players

• Appian (Process Mining / Post-trade workflow): Low-code workflow automation platform with deployments in financial services for post-trade operations and exception handling. Comparable in offering cross-institution workflow automation, though not specialized to capital markets post-trade the way AccessFintech is.
• Regnology: Provides regulatory reporting, data, and supervisory technology solutions for banks and regulators. Partially comparable to AccessFintech's trade reporting and connectivity infrastructure capabilities, particularly in regulated data submission and reporting workflows.
• Quartet FS: Provides middle- and back-office data management, reconciliation, and post-trade workflow solutions to asset managers and service providers. Comparable to AccessFintech's customer segment and workflow automation focus, though smaller in scale and narrower in asset-class coverage.
• Vermilion Software: Client reporting and data management platform for investment managers, banks, and asset servicers. Comparable to AccessFintech's data normalization and reporting workflow capabilities for institutional clients, particularly in cross-institution data collaboration.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds4 records

Investors12 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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