EXPERTISE AND VISION FOR STRATEGIC BANKING SOLUTIONS

CCG Catalyst is a leading bank consulting and research advisory firm that helps banks, credit unions and fintechs navigate the rapidly changing financial landscape.

Strategy. Evaluation. Negotiation. Implementation!

BANK &
FINTECH CONSULTANTS

CCG Catalyst is a leading bank consulting and research advisory firm that helps banks, credit unions and fintechs navigate the rapidly changing financial landscape. We provide strategic guidance and insights on topics such as core and digital technology, payments, migration, and transformation. We help our clients achieve their goals by combining our deep industry expertise, data-driven analysis, and innovative solutions.

Whether you are a bank looking to enhance your customer experience, optimize your operations, or leverage new technologies, or a fintech looking to expand into the US market, we can help you succeed. We have a proven track record of delivering results for our clients across the financial ecosystem.

At CCG Catalyst, we are more than just consultants. We are catalysts for change.

CCG CATALYST
OUR EXPERTISE

CCG Catalyst is a leading expert on banking solutions and services that help our bank clients achieve their strategic goals and objectives. We have a deep understanding of the banking industry and the challenges and opportunities it faces. We also have a clear vision of the future trends and innovations that will shape the banking landscape. We leverage our expertise and vision to deliver high-quality and customized services that create value for our clients and enhance their competitive edge.

CCG Our Services
  • Capability Analysis
  • Business Case
  • Feasibility
  • Usefulness
  • Roadmap
  • Achievement
  • Core
  • Digital
  • Payments
  • Lending
  • Products / Services
  • FinTech
  • Evaluations
  • Contract Negotiations
  • Market Reserach
  • Conversions
  • Implementations

BANK ADVISORY

  • Strategy Development
    • Fintech
    • BaaS
    • Payments
    • Technology
    • De Novo Banking
  • Technology
    • Transformation / Migration
    • Evaluations
    • Contracts
  • Fintech Partnerships & Investments
    • Infrastructure
    • Regulatory
    • Risk Mitigation
    • Proof of Concept (POC)
  • Market Research
    • Trends
    • Competition
    • Customer Preferences

FINTECH ADVISORY

  • Strategy Development
    • Market Expansion
      • Pricing
      • Sales
      • Marketing Product Analysis
      • Infrastructre
      • Regulatory & Compliance
      • Investment / Capital
  • Market Research
    • Target Market
    • Competition
    • Trends
  • Commissioned Research
    • Product
    • Services
    • Trends
  • Bank Partnerships
    • Introduction
    • Proof of Concept (POC’s)

BANKERS FINTECH COUNCIL

  • Bank & Fintech Introductions
  • New & Innovative Technology
  • Product / Market Validation
  • Education on Industry & Market Trends
  • Membership Driven

Why CCG Catalyst

Guaranteed
Results
Dedicated Lead Consultant

Extensive Team of Subject Matter Industry Experts

Industry Specialist

With Over 600 Satisfied Clients

Transparent Pricing

What is Open Banking?

Why CCG Catalyst

CCG Catalyst has worked with a diverse number of Financial Institutions and brings innovative strategies to solve their toughest challenges. Learn more about our Areas of Expertise.

✔ Advisory

✔ Contract Negotiations

✔ Core

✔ Digital

✔ Payments

✔ Process Improvement

✔ Project Management

     – Conversion
     – Implementation

✔ Research

✔ Strategic Planning

✔ System Evaluations

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Years

The company has a rich history. Our founder started the firm in 1998, but the company took roots in 2005 with the formation of CCG Catalyst.

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Locations

Our clients are worldwide, but our corporate HQ is in Phoenix, AZ, with additional offices in New York City, London and Singapore.

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Keynotes

On an annual basis, our Managing Director and Chief Innovation Strategy Officer travels the world doing keynotes on Digital, Culture,  Innovation, Technology, Banking & Fintech.

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Projects

Our consultants successfully deliver many projects each year. They work closely and collaboratively with our clients – in the Americas, Africa, Europe, Middle East, Asia to Australia to New Zealand. We go to wherever the work is done.

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Miles

Collectively our consultants travel over a million miles in a typical year to work with our clients.

CCG CATALYST
BY THE NUMBERS​

Clients from Boston to Los Angeles, Honolulu to Miami to all over the world from London to Cape Town, Kuwait to Berlin, Amsterdam to Singapore, Sydney to Johannesburg and Bogota to Hong Kong

Paul Schaus
Banking Technology Consultants

Learn more about CCG Catalyst 4d™ methodology, built across many years of success and challenges delivering a framework to focus thinking and drive successful outcomes.

The fusion of financial services and emerging technology disruption.

Never before has collaboration between banks and fintech startups been more urgent. The industry is facing accelerating digital disruption and consumers’ affinity for banking digitally has only grown over the past several months.

Banks must manage this accelerating shift amidst increasingly uncertain market conditions—a tall order for even the most capable organizations.

Bank Fintech Consultant
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Fintechs Worldwide
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Banks in The United States
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Banks Globally
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Quasi-Banks
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Credit Unions in the United States
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Fintech by the numbers

Technologies and a changing environment are forcing banks to act like fintechs and fintechs to act like banks.

BANKERS FINTECH COUNCIL

CCG Catalyst has revolutionized how the industry connects, collaborates, and does business, with fintech companies looking to expand their market into the United States. We are the only dedicated council of banks based in the USA who evaluate, partner, consult, support and/or potentially invest in fintech companies looking to expand. CCG Catalyst is a trusted resource for bankers and provides unique opportunities to our council members to align with innovative solutions. The benefits of being a member

  • Opportunities to network with other members: Membership provides contacts at the local, state, national, and international level. From fellow bank members to our public policy partners all over the US and our international partners.
  • Insights and Advisory: Members have access to 1 hour per year of our lead researcher and team on banking, fintech and industry trends.
  • Fintech match: For Financial Institutions and their Advisors to scope out the market and shortlist fintech solutions, with access to solution profiles, comparison charts and details related to the structure and operations.
CCG Fintech Squares Bank Consultants | Expert Banking Consultants

Bankers Fintech Council
Policy Partners

Technology
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Technology

Technology Evaluations

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Number of core, digital, loan & payment evaluations we have done for our clients.

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Number of questions in a typical CCG RFP.

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Number of solutions Evaluated.

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Number of Word & Excel documents to support CCG Evaluator.

CCG Careers

Immediately! We’re always open to a conversation with good people.

CCG Services

We are a catalyst that promotes action in our banking clients.

Some Go Wide, We Go Deep

CCG Catalyst consultants go deeper to solve our clients’ biggest challenges and make a positive, lasting impact on their businesses and the world.

Fintech Consultancy Services
Bank Consulting
Bank Merger and Acquisition
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Catalyst Consulting Group
Client Stories

These are stories about how real people got into banking.

We work with people and
financial firms that we believe in

A FEW OF OUR CLIENTS
TRUIST
PNCBANK
BANK OF OKLAHOMA
TD Bank
WELLS FARGO
Commerce Bank
Boubyan Bank
Navy Federal
FIRST REPUBLIC BANK
TCF BANK
WESTERN ALLIANCE BANK
Cross River
WSFS Bank
BEA
Trustmark
City National Bank
TIAA Bank
INTRUST Bank

CCG Catalyst Locations

Corporate Office:
2375 East Camelback Road
Suite 405 Phoenix, AZ 85016

New York:
515 Madison Ave.
8th Floor New York, NY, US 10022

London:
7 Bell Yard
London, WC2A 2JR

Singapore:
Marina Bay Financial Centre Tower 1,
Level 11 8 Marina Blvd, 018981, Singapore