Case 014 · Top-10 US Bank · Payments
An 18-month modernization, shipped in eleven weeks.
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11 weeks
Annualized lift
$42M
Team
4 consultants
Financial Services Consultancy · Est. 2003
People & Solutions
That Deliver.
The Best Consultants Work For GSG — We Work For You.
Delivering the talent and solutions you need to execute your projects and drive your business forward.
25+
Years of FS expertise
250+
Consultants deployed
4
Global offices
80+
Consultants on a single engagement
1998
Founded
— Global footprint
GSG offices.
Nine offices across North America, Europe, the Middle East, and India. Senior consultants embedded with clients across every major financial center — placed in 14 days, on the ground when it matters.
Los Angeles
Minneapolis
Toronto
Charlotte
London
Dubai
New Delhi
Hyderabad
Bangalore
- Los Angeles
- Minneapolis
- Toronto
- Charlotte
- London
- Dubai
- New Delhi
- Hyderabad
- Bangalore
— Sectors we serve
Six sectors.
One operating fluency.
Our consultants don't translate between domains — they've operated inside them. They've signed off on the audit, owned the P&L, and stood in front of the regulator.
№ 01
Banking
Commercial, retail, private, and investment banking — front-to-back operations and platform modernization.
№ 02
Wealth & Asset Management
Advisory platforms, portfolio operations, alternatives, and HNW client experience.
№ 03
Insurance
Underwriting modernization, claims automation, and reg-driven product redesign.
№ 04
Payments
Real-time rails, embedded finance, card processing, and cross-border infrastructure.
№ 05
Capital Markets
Front-to-back trade lifecycle, T+1, treasury, and post-trade transformation.
№ 06
FinTech & Digital Assets
Scale-ups going regulated. Custody, tokenization, stablecoins, and licensing.
— Practices
Twelve practices.
One discipline.
Each practice is led by an MD who's owned the seat. They bring named capabilities, not buzzwords — the specific work your team can hand off on day one.
01
Data & Analytics
- +Business Intelligence
- +AI & Machine Learning
- +Data Governance
- +Regulatory Reporting
02
Wealth Management & Investments
- +Digital Innovation
- +Trust Accounting Transitions
- +Trading Platforms
- +M&A Support
03
Regulatory & Compliance
- +BSA/AML Programs
- +KYC & CDD
- +Regulatory Remediation
- +CECL Implementation
04
Digital Transformation
- +Strategy & Roadmap
- +Agile & Product Model
- +UX Research
- +Change Management
05
FinTech
- +Regulatory & Licensing
- +ML & AI Products
- +Blockchain & Crypto
- +Bank Partnerships
06
Consumer Lending
- +Platform Upgrades
- +TRID Compliance
- +Digital Lending
- +Credit Risk
07
Product Management
- +Strategy & Roadmap
- +Requirements
- +Release Management
- +Voice of Customer
08
Technology
- +IT Deployment
- +Enterprise Architecture
- +Cloud Migration
- +Information Security
09
Human Capital
- +Compensation & Benefits
- +HR Strategy
- +Workforce Planning
- +Executive Development
10
Corporate Finance
- +FP&A
- +M&A Support
- +Capital Management
- +Performance Metrics
11
Marketing
- +Digital Strategy
- +Personalization & CX
- +Brand Strategy
- +Marketing Automation
12
Project Management
- +Program Delivery
- +PMO Stand-up
- +Vendor Management
- +Governance
— Regulatory Intelligence
We speak
the regulator's
language.
Our consultants have lived inside consent orders, MRAs, and supervisory letters. They know which battles to fight at exam, and which to settle in writing.
BSA/AMLKYCOFACCFPBFCRADodd-FrankCCARDFASTCECLTRIDRESPABCBS 239FRTBMiFID IIBasel III/IVReg EReg ZFFIECSOX 404LIBOR transitionT+1Consent OrdersMRAsSupervisory letters
47
Former regulators on bench
112
Consent orders worked
9
MRAs closed in 2025
— How we deliver
Scope. Source.
Embed. Sustain.
A 22-year-old delivery model, tuned for regulated environments. From signed SOW to consultants in-seat: an average of 14 days.
01
Scope
We meet your sponsor and the team doing the work. We pressure-test the brief and define what 'done' looks like — in writing, in week one.
02
Source
We slate vetted consultants from our active bench, not LinkedIn. Five references, two case interviews, one regulatory check. 24–72 hours to slate.
03
Embed
Consultants are in-seat within 14 days, working inside your systems, your standups, your governance. We run weekly outcomes reviews with the sponsor.
04
Sustain
We transfer the playbook. Your team owns the muscle when we leave. Documentation, runbooks, and a 90-day post-engagement check-in are part of the price.
— Technology Partners
Deep, certified expertise in the platforms your modernization actually runs on.
nCino
Salesforce FSC
Temenos
Backbase
FIS
Fiserv
Workday
Snowflake
Databricks
ServiceNow
Microsoft Azure
AWS
— Selected Work
Outcomes, not
activities.
We lead with what changed for the business — the deadline met, the fine avoided, the system that finally went live. The hours we billed are an implementation detail.
Regional Wealth Manager · Operations
Cut HNW onboarding from 31 days to 6.
Cycle time
−81%
AUM unlocked
$1.4B
Team
6 consultants
Tier-1 Card Issuer · Regulatory
Closed a CFPB consent order six months ahead of deadline.
Findings closed
147 / 147
Fines avoided
Est. $60M
Team
9 consultants
— Insights
The GSG Field Notes.
№ 01
12 min read
Quarterly Outlook · Q2 2026
Where banks are spending their AI budgets — and where they're not.
Read
№ 02
Download
Talent Survey · 2026
The GSG Financial Services Talent Index: 312 hiring managers on what's hardest to find.
Read
№ 03
6 min read
Field Note · May 2026
Three questions every CRO should ask before signing a model-risk vendor.
Read
— Join the Bench
The kind of operator
you'd hire forever,
available this quarter.
Our consultants average 18 years inside financial services — former regulators, former heads of risk, former founding product leads at fintechs. If that's you, we should talk. We pay above-market, place you on work that matters, and protect your time.
+Former operators, not career consultants
+5 references, 2 case interviews
+Placed in 14 days, on average
+Outcome bonuses on every engagement
— Start the engagement
Tell us what the
outcome is. We'll bring the
people who deliver it.
— Newsletter
The Quarterly Outlook
Four times a year. Regulatory shifts, talent market, and the patterns we're seeing across our active engagements.