Why Tech-Agnostic Co-Engineering and Team Augmentation Are Replacing Rigid Software Vendors

Why It Matters

The approach reflects a broader shift away from rigid, single-vendor models toward flexible co-engineering and augmentation that can accelerate modernization, reduce vendor lock-in and better align IT spend with business outcomes. Financial institutions and other regulated firms stand to gain faster, more practical delivery by sourcing domain-savvy, technology-agnostic partners.

Summary

A leading German IT consultancy has expanded into the UK and markets itself to banks and corporates on a hands-on model of innovation, modernization and team augmentation. The firm emphasizes functional expertise and business-language engagement, positioning technology purely as an enabler rather than a product to sell. It operates tech-agnostically, importing proven domain knowledge from financial and non-financial sectors. Rather than pitching a single solution, the company co-engineers with clients—diagnosing problems, identifying opportunities and building bespoke solutions alongside internal teams.

Original Description

Traditional banking transformation projects frequently stall when forced into rigid, off-the-shelf software platforms that fail to account for complex legacy architectures and localized business context. In this interview from the Banking Transformation Summit, Libero Raspa, Managing Director UK at adesso SE, discusses how the firm helps financial institutions overcome these delivery bottlenecks through hands-on collaboration and team augmentation.

Raspa explains why the firm rejects the standard, product-centric vendor model, choosing instead to sit alongside banking and technology leaders to diagnose systemic issues and co-author custom, optimized solutions. He outlines adesso SE’s tech-agnostic philosophy, explaining how focusing on functional business language ensures technology serves as an enabler rather than an operational constraint. Discover how leveraging cross-border engineering expertise from major European bank deployments and transferring innovative practices from non-regulated industries allows modern banks to safely scale their delivery velocity, eliminate alignment gaps, and execute secure core modernization initiatives.

Read the full article here: https://ffnews.com/fintech-tv/event/event-videos-2026/banking-transformation-summit-2026/adesso-tech-agnostic-co-engineering-and-strategic-capability-augmentation/