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UK financial institutions are under intense pressure to innovate while maintaining strict regulatory compliance, reducing risk and improving customer digital experiences.
Venture 1 helps financial services organisations accelerate digital transformation with secure cloud adoption, modern workplace enablement, unified risk and compliance tooling, and cost governance — all while safeguarding sensitive financial and customer data.
Key Challenges Across Financial Services
Fragmented legacy systems slowing digital product delivery and customer experience improvements
Intense regulatory and compliance demands (e.g., FCA, PRA, GDPR)
Security risk from sophisticated threats targeting financial institutions
Uncontrolled cloud spend and governance gaps
Inefficient collaboration tools across distributed teams
TESTIMONIALS
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Customer Stories
Struggling with outdated systems, rising IT costs, or growing security and compliance pressures?
Our customer stories show how organisations like yours have overcome these challenges—modernising their IT, improving productivity, and regaining control of their technology. Read their experiences and see what’s possible.
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Microsoft CEO
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How Venture 1 Helps Financial Organisations
Cloud Migration & Modernisation
Move core workloads, analytics platforms and customer-facing services to secure, compliant Azure environments.
Cost Optimisation & Cloud Governance
Implement scalable governance frameworks, automated policy enforcement and tagging strategies to control spend and waste.
Regulatory & Security Governance
Align cloud and identity controls to regulatory frameworks with continuous compliance reporting and risk monitoring.
Identity & Access Management
Strengthen IAM with Conditional Access, MFA, privileged access management and zero-trust design principles.
Modern Workplace & Collaboration
Improve productivity and secure collaboration with Microsoft 365, Teams, secure file access and protected communication
1st–3rd Line Support Services
Dedicated support aligned to financial operations, SLO's (Service Level Outcomes) and incident management expectations.
The Impact We've Delivered
30+
Security & Identity Modernisation Projects Delivered Across Financial Services Clients
Covering AOVPN rebuilds, PKI deployments, MFA uplift, Conditional Access, LAPS rollout, SSPR implementation, Azure Resource Guard hardening, DLP design, Autopilot and Intune modern workplace configurations
20+
Cloud Migrations, Platform Modernisations & Azure Re‑Architectures Across FS Organisations
Including Azure environment redesigns, Wi‑Fi controller migrations into Azure, tenant optimisation programmes, M365 file‑server‑to‑SharePoint/Teams PoCs, VMware View modernisation, and new Azure environment builds
15+
Enterprise Data, Reporting & Workflow Automation Solutions Delivered for Financial Institutions
Including Workday reporting frameworks, financial dashboards, banking and treasury integrations, Anaplan planning solutions, SharePoint and Teams information‑architecture upgrades, Celigo workflow coordination, and Power BI reporting delivery
20+
Cloud & Financial Platform Cost‑Optimisation Initiatives Delivered Across FS Clients
Including Azure cost‑assessment engagements, FinOps frameworks, spend‑governance uplift and operational efficiency improvements saving up to 20% of annual spend
Resources
Our Approach
1. Discovery & Assessment
Understand your estate, challenges, and goals.
2. Design & Architecture
Tailored Azure and EUC design following Microsoft best practices.
3. Pilot & Optimisation
Real-world validation before full-scale rollout.
4. Delivery & Migration
Proven templates, hardened security, and repeatable deployments.
5. Handover & Documentation
Fully detailed, operationally ready, IT-approved.
6. Ongoing Maintenance & Support
Continuous monitoring, optimisation, and support to keep services secure, performant, and aligned to evolving business needs.
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