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About us

We go beyond boundaries to unlock your full potential.

12,000+

experts

We are committed to your success and go beyond what is possible.
20+

countries

We ensure high-performance delivery with global reach and local impact.
3+

industries

We craft and implement innovative solutions for Banking, Insurance, and Manufacturing, because we know what it takes.
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goal

We create impact through AI-centric business solutions, engineering excellence and cost efficiency.

Transforming business, creating impact

At GFT, we help you go beyond boundaries. As a pioneer in digital transformation, we work with you to design and build future-ready digital solutions - from AI-centric business solutions to modernised IT infrastructures and next-generation core systems. With our expertise, you can unlock new efficiencies, drive innovation, and transform the way you do business - future-proofed in practice.

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Where our solutions create business impact

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Capital Markets

Deutsche Bank modernises credit risk technology

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Insurance

Beneva: building a foundation for growth

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Manufacturing and Automotive

Fehrer optimises manufacturing with Visual Inspection AI

Accelerating your success

We go beyond challenges to guide you wherever you are on your digital transformation journey. With our strong partner ecosystem - including AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure and Thought Machine - we ensure you have the right technology in place to unlock your full potential and stay ahead in a rapidly evolving digital world.

“We empower our clients to thrive in a new era of digital growth. Artificial Intelligence will make all software development, engineering and consulting services much faster and more efficient. GFT is aiming to help all companies everywhere tap into this potential.”

Marco Santos

Global CEO

GFT Technologies SE

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Recognised excellence, sustainable impact

Setting new benchmarks

Our projects speak for themselves: Awards such as AWS Global Innovation Partner of the Year or AWS EMEA Financial Services Partner of the Year reflect our commitment to innovation. Analysts like SPARK Matrix, IDC, and Everest recognise us as a leader in digital banking transformation.

Making our mark

We know what drives great results - our people! That is why we are proud to be recognised as one of the top 25 Fortune World's Best Workplaces™, a benchmark for global employer excellence.

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AWS Partner of the Year 2024 badge awarded to GFT, recognizing excellence in cloud innovation and services. — GFT is honored to be awarded the AWS Partner of the Year 2024, a recognition of its exceptional achievements in cloud innovation and customer success. This accolade underscores GFT’s leadership in delivering cutting-edge AWS solutions, driving digital transformation for businesses worldwide.

AWS Partner of the Year awards

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World's best workplaces 2024

We go beyond tomorrow

In 2025, Marco Santos stepped in as Global CEO, leading GFT into a new era of AI-centric innovation. Guided by a visionary five-year strategy, we have embarked on a transformative journey to become the best AI-centric and responsible AI digital transformation company in the world.

Change and innovation at GFT

2024

GFT acquires Colombia-based core banking expert Sophos Solutions. With Sophos, GFT advances to one of the top 3 banking IT services providers across Latin America and also increases its global delivery capability. Thanks to Sophos’ more than 1,700 employees, GFT’s global headcount grows by almost 20 percent to more than 12,000.

1. July: Marco Santos takes office as CEO. He will lead GFT together with Marika Lulay as Co-CEO until the end of 2024 and as sole CEO from January 2025. Marika Lulay will step down from the Group Executive Board at the end of her contract on 31 December 2024.

2023

GFT acquires targens GmbH. GFT thus strengthens its presence in the German market and gains new expertise in the growth markets of compliance and digital innovation.

With the launch of the GFT AI.DA Marketplace, GFT intensifies its focus on the future technology of artificial intelligence. With use cases, methodologies, reference architectures and preconfigured solutions, the GFT AI.DA Marketplace accelerates the design and implementation of AI applications.

2022

GFT is recognised as an international leader in the digital transformation of finance, wins prizes at the Banking Tech Awards for "Best use of IT in Private Banking/Wealth Management" and "Best Mobile Initiative - New Bank/Brand." GFT maintains growth well above market level and is also successful in the competitive labour market: in August, team GFT passes the mark of 10,000 talented employees.

2021

GFT continues its strategy of diversifying into new markets and following its customers, expanding further in the Asia-Pacific market. The company set up offices in the global financial hubs of Singapore and Hong Kong as well as a new nearshore delivery centre in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Their expertise and focus is on cloud technologies and next-generation core banking systems. Following the strong share price development in 2021 GFT was included in the German SDAX.

2020

GFT acquires software supplier in-integrierte informationssysteme GmbH. in-GmbH are experts in the field of shop floor transparency and process integration for industrial clients. With this acquisition, GFT gains 40 new employees and expands its industry expertise.

2019

GFT announces the acquisition of the expertise of TRUMPF subsidiary AXOOM and a development partnership with TRUMPF themselves. This strategic milestone represents an acceleration of GFT’s industry drive and an expansion of its industrial expertise, as well as the addition of a new location in Karlsruhe.

2018

GFT announces the acquisition of Canadian IT specialist V-NEO Inc., strengthening its market position in North America. V-NEO is an experienced services provider of integrated IT solutions for the insurance market. GFT gains 160 new employees as well as two new office locations in Quebec (Canada) and Brussels (Belgium).

2017

In June, Marika Lulay succeeds Ulrich Dietz as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the GFT Group. After leading the company for 30 years, Ulrich Dietz takes over the position of chairman of the Administrative Board.

2016

With the acquisition of the Brazilian IT specialist Habber Tec Brazil, GFT extends its market position in Latin America and welcomes more than 100 new experts in São Paulo and Curitiba.

2015

GFT sells emagine, its staffing services business, as part of a management buyout and focusses on its business with IT solutions for the financial industry.
GFT acquires the Spanish IT services company Adesis netlife S.L. The acquisition brings on board 273 new IT professionals and extensive expertise in digital banking.
Shareholders vote in favour of changing the company’s legal status to that of a European Company (Societas Europaea, SE).

2014

GFT acquires the UK-based business and IT consultancy Rule Financial. With over 660 full-time employees in the UK, the US, Poland, Costa Rica and Spain, Rule Financial is focused on investment banking services.

2013

GFT enters the Italian market with the acquisition of the IT consultancy Sempla, now called GFT Italia. With almost 500 employees, GFT Italia is currently one of Italy’s leading IT consultancies, specialising in IT solutions for commercial and private banking clients.
GFT pools its staffing business in the new company and standalone brand emagine.

2010

Detaching from its Software division (GFT inboxx GmbH) in 2010, GFT underlined its strategic group alignment towards IT services and IT staffing.

2008

GFT headquarters move from St. Georgen to Stuttgart.

2006

GFT acquires the Parity group’s French and German operations and becomes an even stronger force in IT personnel solutions.

2005

GFT complements its existing on–site and nearshore operations with the addition of an offshore software development centre in India. After winning a significant contract for a Brazilian financial services company, GFT makes its mark in South America by opening a development centre near São Paulo.

2001

GFT UK is established in London. In the same year, GFT acquires emagine, a subsidiary of Deutsche Bank specialised in IT solutions for the financial industry. This brings with it a new development centre in Barcelona, with more than 500 financial IT consultants. In light of this development, GFT shifts its focus to IT solutions for the financial sector.

1999

GFT goes public – a milestone for the company. To mark the occasion, GFT changes its official name to GFT Technologies AG. On June 28, the company is listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (New Market) with an offering price of 23 euros. After stock split 1:3 in June 2000 this corresponds to an offering price of 7,67 euros.

1997

GFT Technologies (Schweiz) AG opens its doors, specialising in forward-looking e-government solutions.

1990

GFT launches its first product on the market: GRIT.

1987

GFT was founded on 19 March in 1987 in St. Georgen, Black Forest. Since its first day Ulrich Dietz has headed GFT, most recently as CEO. Since June 2017, he is Chairman of the company's Administrative Board.

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