Industry executive Nicolas Shamtanis has launched a consultancy that advises fintech, CFD brokers, prop firms and trading platforms on how to select their outsourced infrastructure providers. The firm aims to simplify vendor selection in a market crowded with payments, liquidity, technology and risk solutions.

“The market is crowded with vendors; many claim to be the best, but only a few truly stand out. Our role is to remove 90% of the noise. We filter the vendor landscape and identify the solutions that actually move the needle,” Shamtanis announced on Wednesday.

“In simple terms we help firms save time, avoid costly mistakes, and secure stronger commercial outcomes.”

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Focus on Vendor Filtering

Conexus IQ positions itself between financial firms and infrastructure vendors. It helps clients filter providers and identify solutions that add clear commercial value.

It joins several other consultancy firms offering related services to CFD and prop trading firms, but usually with a broader or less neutral scope. FutureBridge Consulting, for example, advises prop firms on technology, compliance Compliance In finance, banking, investing, and insurance compliance refers to following the rules or orders set down by the government regulatory authority, either as providing a service or processing a transaction. Compliance concerning finance would also be a state of being following established guidelines or specifications. This designation can also encompass efforts to ensure that organizations are abiding by both industry regulations and government legislation. Understanding ComplianceCompliance is a In finance, banking, investing, and insurance compliance refers to following the rules or orders set down by the government regulatory authority, either as providing a service or processing a transaction. Compliance concerning finance would also be a state of being following established guidelines or specifications. This designation can also encompass efforts to ensure that organizations are abiding by both industry regulations and government legislation. Understanding ComplianceCompliance is a Read this Term and operations and can cover infrastructure and vendor choices as part of that work.

Larger fintech consultancies and boutiques such as Vention and Finteknology also help trading and brokerage businesses review their tech stacks and select software or infrastructure providers.

Conexus also supports reviews across payments and crypto on/off-ramping, liquidity Liquidity The term liquidity refers to the process, speed, and ease of which a given asset or security can be converted into cash. Notably, liquidity surmises a retention in market price, with the most liquid assets representing cash.The most liquid asset of all is cash itself.· In economics, liquidity is defined by how efficiently and quickly an asset can be converted into usable cash without materially affecting its market price. · Nothing is more liquid than cash, while other assets represent The term liquidity refers to the process, speed, and ease of which a given asset or security can be converted into cash. Notably, liquidity surmises a retention in market price, with the most liquid assets representing cash.The most liquid asset of all is cash itself.· In economics, liquidity is defined by how efficiently and quickly an asset can be converted into usable cash without materially affecting its market price. · Nothing is more liquid than cash, while other assets represent Read this Term and trading platforms, CRM systems, bridges, plugins, integrations, risk management tools, social and copy trading technology, as well as licensing and regulatory support.

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Its stated goal is to save firms time, reduce costly mistakes and support stronger commercial outcomes.

Experienced Leadership Team

Shamtanis co-founded Conexus IQ with fintech executive Stathis Xenos. Shamtanis previously served as CEO of Red Acre Ltd and earlier as CEO and Deputy CEO at BDSwiss. It followed senior roles at Exness and a long tenure at easyMarkets.

His background covers dealing, business development, commercial leadership and B2B sales.

Xenos brings a senior operations and growth background from the fintech and brokerage space, including dual COO roles at Netrios and Red Acre, where he oversaw “broker as a service” and “prop as a service” technology offerings supporting forex and crypto brokers.

Before that, he held VP of Growth and Head of Institutional roles at ZuluTrade, leading strategy for client acquisition, retention and institutional relationships, and earlier served as CMO and Director of Growth at A-QUANT.