Design Partner Program

Help Define the Next Operating Model for Banking

ADAPFIN is selecting a limited number of forward-looking financial institutions to participate in the evolution of AI-native banking infrastructure.

Built by experienced banking and technology operators, ADAPFIN enables institutions to modernize lending, servicing, compliance, fraud, operations, and customer engagement through a unified banking operating environment designed for the next generation of financial services.

Unlike traditional core transformation initiatives, ADAPFIN’s side-core deployment strategy enables institutions to evaluate modernization alongside existing infrastructure while reducing operational and institutional risk.

ADAPFIN is operator-built. It was founded by a banking technology executive who spent a career leading technology and operations inside community banks and credit unions — and who understands the risk, compliance, and operational realities of regulated institutions because he carried them firsthand.

Endré Jarraux Walls · Founder & CEO, ADAPFIN

Industry timing

Why Now

Financial institutions are facing increasing operational complexity driven by fragmented technology stacks, rising compliance expectations, growing AI adoption pressures, and customer demand for real-time intelligent experiences.

Many institutions are attempting to solve these challenges through additional layers of software and disconnected AI tooling. ADAPFIN believes the future requires a fundamentally different operational foundation.

The opportunity

Why Institutions Are Engaging

Reduce vendor fragmentation
Unify operational and customer intelligence
Accelerate product deployment
Improve operational efficiency
Modernize compliance and fraud operations
Evaluate AI-native banking workflows safely
Reduce transformation risk through side-core deployment

The collaboration

What Design Partners Receive

Design partners work directly with ADAPFIN leadership, product, and architecture teams to help shape the future of the platform and influence operational capabilities aligned to modern institutional banking needs.

Strategic product influence

Early access to capabilities

Executive collaboration sessions

Dedicated implementation alignment

Priority roadmap consideration

Transformation planning support

The process

Partnership Approach

A structured, collaborative process — high-level by design, with the specifics shaped together.

1

Strategic Alignment

We meet with executive and operational stakeholders to understand institutional priorities, modernization objectives, operational challenges, and transformation readiness.

2

Collaborative Evaluation

Design partners work alongside ADAPFIN leadership and product teams to evaluate workflows, operational opportunities, deployment models, and platform alignment.

3

Side-Core Deployment Planning

Institutions explore phased modernization strategies designed to reduce operational disruption and implementation risk.

4

Ongoing Design Collaboration

Participating institutions help influence operational capabilities, workflows, and future platform evolution through direct collaboration with ADAPFIN teams.

Fit

Ideal Institution Profile

Community and regional financial institutions
Institutions seeking operational modernization
Organizations evaluating AI-enabled workflows
Financial institutions experiencing vendor fragmentation
Leadership teams prioritizing innovation and efficiency
Institutions seeking a lower-risk modernization path

By selection

Participation Model

ADAPFIN is intentionally limiting the number of participating institutions to ensure meaningful collaboration, alignment, and implementation focus.

Participation is evaluated based on institutional alignment, operational objectives, and strategic fit.

A limited number of founding institutions will define what comes next.

If your institution is evaluating a lower-risk path to modernization, we’d welcome a conversation about participation.