Finanz Informatik

What Finanz Informatik does

Finanz Informatik Technologie Service GmbH & Co. KG (trading as FI-TS) is a German IT services provider specialized in regulated financial-sector workloads for banks and insurance companies. Founded in 1994 as IZB (Informatik Zentrum Bayern) by BayernLB and the Sparkassenverband Bayern, the company is structured as a GmbH & Co. KG under the strategic parent Finanz Informatik (FI), the IT arm of the German Sparkassen sector, and operates from its headquarters in Haar bei München with approximately 501-1,000 employees and five physical sites including twin data centers in Nürnberg.

The product portfolio is built around the FI-TS Finance Cloud platform and consists of three core layers (FI-TS Core Infrastructure, FI-TS Finance Cloud Infrastructure, and FI-TS Finance Cloud Native / Enterprise) plus modular add-ons (FI-TS Enhanced Services, FI-TS Mobile Device Secure Management, FI-TS Co-Browsing, Exasol-based analytics, and SAP hosting). The company holds PCI-DSS certification and is recognized by SAP as an Excellent Hosting Partner. Underlying technology combines mainframe and server operations with hybrid cloud and cloud-native architectures, including a public-cloud integration with Google Cloud launched in 2020.

FI-TS generates revenue primarily through long-term managed-services and subscription/recurring cloud contracts with large German financial institutions, distributed across enterprise IT outsourcing, cloud services and application services (including SAP and trading platforms). Go-to-market is exclusively direct enterprise sales to CIO/CTO buyers in German banking and insurance, supported by an annual Management-Forum (~500 attendees), Innovation Days, BankingLounge/InsuranceLounge partner events, content marketing, and a media presence in financial-industry outlets. The named customer base includes 6 of 14 German systemically important banks (dwpbank, BayernLB, DekaBank, DKB, LBBW, Helaba, NordLB and others) plus insurance clients such as Provinzial NordWest and ÖEV, with dwpbank alone processing over 53 million securities transactions per year on FI-TS infrastructure.

Name

Finanz Informatik

Legal name

Finanz Informatik Technologie Service GmbH & Co. KG

Website

https://f-i-ts.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

FI-TS is a German IT services provider specializing in regulated cloud, mainframe and infrastructure outsourcing for banks and insurers, serving six of Germany's fourteen systemically important banks plus major Landesbanks and insurance carriers through long-term managed-services and cloud contracts.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Financial Services IT Infrastructure & Cloud

NAICS

Computer Facilities Management Services (541513), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (5182)

SIC

Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373), Services-Computer Programming Services (7371)

akta.pro primary industry

Interconnection-Focused Colocation (IX / Meet-Me-Room Ecosystems) (HDABACAF)

Keywords

• Financial IT services
• Cloud infrastructure banking
• Managed IT outsourcing
• Data center colocation
• Regulatory compliance IT

Headquarters

HQ city

Haar

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. IT Infrastructure Outsourcing: Managed IT services including data center operations, mainframe services, and infrastructure management for banks and insurance companies under long-term contractual relationships
2. Cloud Services: Finance Cloud Infrastructure and Finance Cloud Native platforms offered to financial institutions requiring compliant cloud environments
3. Application Services: Technical application management including SAP services, trading systems, database/Middleware operations, and custom application hosting

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

FI-TS provides managed IT infrastructure and cloud services to banks, insurance companies, and other financial service providers in Germany, including mainframe operations, data center hosting, application management (SAP and trading systems), and the proprietary FI-TS Finance Cloud platform (Infrastructure, Native, Enterprise tiers). All services are designed around German regulatory requirements (BaFin, ECB, VAIT) and operate from five high-security data centers in Haar, Hannover, Nürnberg, Offenbach, and Fellbach.

Product overview

FI-TS offers a modular IT services portfolio centered on the FI-TS Finance Cloud platform for banks and insurance companies. The core offerings include FI-TS Core Infrastructure (foundational IT services), FI-TS Finance Cloud Infrastructure (cloud platform foundation), FI-TS Finance Cloud Native (cloud-native architecture for high-availability securities processing), and FI-TS Finance Cloud Enterprise (enterprise-grade cloud). These are supplemented by FI-TS Enhanced Services and specialized modules including Mobile Device Secure Management (MDSM), Co-Browsing, SAP Services, and Exasol analytics. The company operates its own data centers in Germany with five locations and provides services to systemically important banks and insurance companies, combining latest cloud technologies with regulatory compliance for the financial sector.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• FI-TS Core Infrastructure: Core IT infrastructure services for banks and insurance companies
• FI-TS Finance Cloud Infrastructure
• FI-TS Finance Cloud Native
• FI-TS Finance Cloud Enterprise
• FI-TS Enhanced Services

Products and services

• FI-TS Core Infrastructure Foundational IT infrastructure services for banks and insurance companies, providing the technology layer for core banking and insurance operations including mainframe, server, and network management.
• FI-TS Finance Cloud Infrastructure Cloud infrastructure platform specifically designed for banks and insurance companies, with regulatory compliance built in for BaFin/ECB/VAIT requirements.
• FI-TS Finance Cloud Native Cloud-native architecture platform delivering highly available, scalable cloud services designed for securities processing and financial transactions with regulatory compliance, supporting microservices and hybrid deployments.
• FI-TS Finance Cloud Enterprise Enterprise-grade cloud offering for financial institutions requiring comprehensive cloud services with high availability and built-in compliance.
• FI-TS Enhanced Services Value-added managed services extending core cloud and infrastructure offerings with specialized functionality including SAP services, DevOps, security operations, and consulting for financial institutions.
• FI-TS Mobile Device Secure Management (MDSM) Mobile device management solution specifically designed for the high security requirements of banking, insurance, and financial services sectors.
• FI-TS Co-Browsing Collaborative browsing solution enabling bank advisors to view and interact with customer browser windows in real time for live financial consultations, hosted in the FI-TS Finance Cloud.
• Exasol Analytics Big Data and real-time analytics solution for financial service providers, providing regulations-compliant data analysis and business intelligence.
• SAP Services SAP-certified application hosting, management, and cloud operations services for financial-sector SAP workloads.

Quantifiable outcome

• Serves 6 of 14 systemically relevant banks in Germany
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers14 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Google CloudcoreTechnology or Integration · 23 July 2020FI-TS and parent company Finanz Informatik (FI) announced partnership with Google Cloud in July 2020. The collaboration integrates Google Cloud solutions into FI-TS's service platform, enabling German financial service providers to use Public Cloud services while meeting strict regulatory requirements.
• IFCC (Institut für Cloud Computing)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 February 2013Partnership with IFCC announced in February 2013, focusing on cloud computing expertise and best practices for financial sector cloud implementations.
• BankingClubminorGTM or Marketing PartnerStrategic marketing partnership for joint events including BankingLounge and InsuranceLounge formats, enabling FI-TS to reach banking and insurance decision makers through industry events.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• IBM Consulting: IBM Consulting is a broad incumbent whose mainframe heritage, cloud (IBM Cloud, Red Hat OpenShift), and banking-industry practice put it in direct competition with FI-TS for German financial-sector infrastructure modernization and hybrid-cloud mandates.
• Atos: Atos is a global IT services incumbent with significant banking-sector exposure (including in Germany) and competes with FI-TS for large managed-services and cloud-migration mandates from European banks, though it operates across all verticals rather than focusing on financial services.
• Accenture: Accenture is a global consulting-and-IT-services incumbent with a substantial banking practice in Germany and Europe; it competes with FI-TS on large bank digital-transformation, core-modernization, and cloud programs.
• Capgemini: Capgemini is a global consulting-and-IT-services incumbent with a dedicated Banking & Capital Markets practice; it competes with FI-TS for German and European bank digital-transformation and cloud-modernization engagements at a larger scale.

Direct peers

• Datev: Datev is the cooperative IT services provider for the German tax-advisor and Mittelstand ecosystem and shares FI-TS's cooperative ownership DNA and Germany-only vertical focus, though it targets a different regulated professional segment; the model and customer-acquisition mechanism are highly comparable.
• T-Systems: T-Systems, Deutsche Telekom's enterprise IT arm, is the closest German counterpart to FI-TS — it provides managed data center, cloud, and SAP services to large German enterprises including financial institutions, competing head-to-head for regulated workloads at Landesbanken, Sparkassen-adjacent entities, and DAX corporates.
• Sopra Steria: Sopra Steria is a European IT services firm with a strong banking and public-sector vertical, including German financial clients — directly comparable to FI-TS in serving regulated European banks with managed infrastructure and application services.

Emerging players

• Adorsys: Adorsys is a Germany-based IT services firm with banking-sector exposure (e.g., open banking, Temenos implementation); partial overlap with FI-TS's banking-IT business but at a much smaller scale.

Regional players

• SVA System Vertrieb Alexander: SVA is a German IT services and data-center specialist serving mid-sized and large enterprise customers in Germany; while less banking-focused than FI-TS, it offers comparable managed-infrastructure and cloud services within the same German market.
• Hengartner & Partner: Hengartner & Partner is a Switzerland-based IT services firm focused on the Swiss financial sector; while geographically separate, it is a comparable specialist IT-services provider for regulated banks in a DACH neighbor, serving similar risk and compliance-driven workloads.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/FITechnologieService
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/finanz-informatik-technologie-service
• Xx.com/fi_ts

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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