We are Asura Financial
Technologies.
Our Story
Privately owned and independent, Asura was established in 2016 and quickly attracted a talented team of highly skilled, CISI qualified technologists and design experts who now work across our Glasgow, Dundee and London office hubs. Our shared vision is to help propel clients’ businesses forward by implementing simple to use, digital first technology, providing solutions for legacy problems and introducing our real time systems to forge better, more profitable relationships with their customers.
Our focus is on delivering enhanced efficiency throughout the investment lifecycle which drives our ongoing research and development and we are glad to say our clients tell us we are getting it right.
Our Platform
Asura’s Platform provides a suite of software products for banks, asset managers, stock brokers and fintechs to effectively manage their relationships with their clients. Asura’s systems touch every aspect of a client’s lifecycle from on-boarding the client through our Digital On-board suite, to investing the client using our Portfolio Management suite and reporting investment performance to the client through our Client Portal. Asura provides a modular based suite of solutions, these can be bought individually or bundled together. Our cloud native approach means lightweight implementation lead times and associated costs.
Our Team
Our success is rooted in building a team of talented individuals with diverse backgrounds and an aptitude for achieving exceptional results.
Whilst David has built a successful fintech business, he is first and foremost a software developer with a forensic understanding and experience of trading and settlement lifecycles, systems and underlying infrastructure. He also has extensive experience helping clients to address and resolve regulatory matters.
David Waddington
- CEO
With 20 years experience in financial services, fintech and C-level positions in investment management, broking and technology firms under his belt, Matt has a proven track record for driving growth and scalability. Nothing satisfies him more than helping clients grow and flourish by taking advantage of digital-first technologies.
Matt Aylward
- COO
With over 20 years’ experience leading marketing, communications, business development and digital transformation globally across banking, fintech, professional services, stockbroking, wealth and investment management, Lisa brings a wealth of expertise to the business and our client experience.
Lisa Worley
- CMO
Christine is responsible for all of the People and Culture activities within Asura. Having worked within financial services and fintech organisations for over 20 years, she has extensive experience in designing, developing and implementing strategies across all the stages within the employee lifecycle.
Christine Poynton
- Head of People & Culture
Niamh is responsible for the design, build and successful project delivery of Asura’s full range of investment, wealth and advisor technologies. Using his experience of fintech to create transformational digital environments for clients and opening doors to improved business efficiency, opportunities and profits.
Niamh Gohil
- Staff Engineer
Asura’s talented technical and creative team is complemented by its hugely experienced Finance Director. Stuart contributes a wealth of business and financial expertise to the team, drawing on a career spanning government and business management, audit and fraud and forensic investigation in a global environment.
Stuart Waddington
- FD
Stephen is the design brains behind the business. With almost 20 years’ experience in design for both local and global brands and with over seven years of running his own successful agency, Stephen could not be better placed to provide clients with a creative resource to support their digital transformation.
Stephen Brown
- Head of Design
Sarah has over 17 years experience in Financial Services, predominantly in platform operations covering Corporate Actions, Transfers and Reconciliations. She has experience in building teams, designing scalable operational processes and has a track record of delivering high quality client service using the latest digital technologies.
Sarah Fleming
- Head of Operations
Our Values
Honesty
We trust each other explicitly because we talk to each other honestly as a team. This is our standard, Asura practice and we believe it is important that our clients and partners are treated fairly and with the same honestly.
Simplicity
We endeavour to keep our business practices, commercial models, and implementation approaches as simple as possible. This is a huge aid to transparency and strong communication both inside and outside the firm.
Innovation
We have built a platform in less than two years that is utilised by three financial market verticals. Rather than resting on our laurels we commit to being better than yesterday by seeking new and inventive solutions for tomorrow.
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The Asura platform consists of a number of software suites. Use these quicklinks to discover more about the products and services available to you.
