OHPEN NOW HOLDS ASSETS UNDER ADMINISTRATION IN THE REGION OF $100 BILLION, BECOMING THE ONLY CORE BANKING ENGINE TO OFFER A FULL SUITE OF PRODUCTS FOR CHALLENGERS AND INCUMBENTS
Amsterdam, September 8, 2020 – Ohpen, the first fintech platform to bring a bank to the cloud, today announces its acquisition of cross-border loan and mortgages Software as a Service (SaaS) provider Davinci. The combination of these two growing companies will allow Ohpen to address the $300 billion global bank IT spending market[1] as it targets international expansion. This acquisition is a testament to Ohpen’s commitment to disrupting banking by liberating financial institutions of burdensome legacy software. With the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic rapidly accelerating the shift to digital, the combined entity is set to change the face of finance forever.
The transaction is a pivotal moment for both companies. Easily integrated via a plug-and-play API, Ohpen will become the only cloud-native core banking engine to offer a full suite of products – across savings, investments, loans, mortgages, and current accounts. With 20+ top tier financial institutions as existing customers, Ohpen will support retail banks, asset managers, insurers, building societies, lending & mortgage specialists, online brokers, and private banks to build new propositions and migrate complex legacy products into the cloud within a matter of weeks.
It also marks the beginning of Ohpen’s global growth ambitions. Its serverless microservices platform, leveraging shared Amazon Web Services (AWS) capabilities, is already set to support multiple countries seamlessly. Ohpen will focus first on scaling up across the Netherlands, United Kingdom, and Belgium with development centers also in Spain and Slovakia, before entering into other markets.
The new entity, built on a foundation of decades of expertise, will have a combined headcount of 350 and $35 million revenue, making it the most serious challenger to legacy technology providers in the financial services sector. Davinci is recognised for its machine learning and artificial intelligence capabilities, resulting in an unprecedented level of straight-through processing along with fast onboarding and acceptance during the loans and mortgages processes, resulting in cost savings of up to 80%.
This perfectly complements Ohpen’s robust core banking engine. Ohpen is already a market leader in the Netherlands, with Aegon and Volksbank amongst its clients. With a 25% increase to its R&D budget following the acquisition, the new Ohpen proposition and its future innovations are set to be transformative for the wider industry.
Matthijs Aler, CEO at Ohpen, commented: “Businesses like Ohpen and Davinci are the unsung heroes propelling the real shift to digital in the financial services industry. We are a growing company with huge ambitions. Together, we intend to lead the charge in directly challenging incumbent providers with outdated technology. Our mission is – and always has been – to set financial institutions free from legacy software. Now we can help a broader range of financial institutions deliver tangible change to meet the needs of tomorrow’s customers.”
“This is the natural next step on our shared journey to deliver the complete SaaS core banking offering of the future,” added Alwin van Dijk, Director at Davinci. “Our complementary business offerings, and combined company values based on a solid foundation of innovation – we are the only two players with a real focus on back and middle office innovation for new AND existing propositions. Now offering a full range of products – will be a market game-changer. There are many opportunities, not only for the present and future customers but also for our experienced staff and we’re excited to see what the future holds.”
ABOUT OHPEN
Ohpen was the first core-banking engine in the cloud. Built from the ground up by experienced bankers and software developers, the Ohpen Platform administers retail savings and investment accounts – with or without a fiscal wrapper. Ohpen frees financial institutions such as banks, insurers, building societies, investment institutions, and pension funds from having to use legacy systems and processes. Aegon, Knap, Robeco, Nationale-Nederlanden, Volksbank, and LeasePlan Bank are all customers who have found a reliable, flexible, and compliant solution in the Ohpen Platform. More than 150 people work at the company’s Amsterdam headquarters and at its software development office in Barcelona, Spain. For more information visit: www.ohpen.com
ABOUT DAVINCI
Davinci is the supplier of the Close lending platform with a mission to make lending easy. Close is a market-leading, cloud-native platform for the origination and servicing of mortgages and loans. More than 200 highly trained professionals from Amsterdam, Antwerp (Belgium), Bratislava, and Žilina (Slovakia) work closely together to provide our customers with the best results. For more information visit: www.davincigroup.international.
[1] Source: Celent Global Tech Spending Forecast: Banking Edition, 2019 https://www.celent.com/insights/964486482