Powering the Future
of Payments
Sternbrook delivers battle-tested infrastructure, embedded device integration, and cloud-native platforms purpose-built for payment service providers operating at scale.
The Challenges Facing Modern PSPs
Payment service providers operate in one of the most demanding technology environments. The stakes are high — and the margin for error is zero.
✕Common Pain Points
- →Legacy infrastructure that cannot scale with transaction volume
- →Fragmented systems creating security vulnerabilities and compliance gaps
- →Slow time-to-market for new payment products and features
- →Costly downtime from unreliable gateway architecture
- →Difficulty integrating modern POS and embedded payment devices
- →Lack of engineering talent with deep payments domain expertise
✓The Sternbrook Approach
- →Cloud-native architecture designed for horizontal scale and zero single points of failure
- →Security-first engineering with end-to-end compliance coverage from day one
- →Rapid delivery frameworks enabling faster product launches
- →High-availability gateway infrastructure with 99.99% uptime guarantees
- →Deep expertise in POS, smart readers, and embedded device ecosystems
- →Dedicated payments engineers embedded within your delivery team
Core Services
End-to-End Payment Technology Solutions
From infrastructure to software to hardware — we cover every layer of the modern payment stack.
Payment Gateway Infrastructure
High-throughput, fault-tolerant gateway architecture engineered for enterprise transaction volumes. Real-time routing, load balancing, and failover built in.
Embedded Device Integration
Deep hardware integration expertise across POS terminals, smart card readers, and NFC/EMV devices. Certified integrations with major hardware vendors.
Cloud-Native SaaS Platforms
Modern microservices architectures on AWS, GCP, or Azure. Auto-scaling, containerised deployments, and DevOps pipelines for continuous delivery.
Security & Compliance Engineering
PCI-DSS, ISO 27001, and NDPR compliance built into every deliverable. Penetration testing, threat modelling, tokenisation, and end-to-end encryption.
API Development & System Integration
RESTful and event-driven APIs connecting your payment stack to banks, schemes, processors, and third-party services. Clean, documented, and versioned.
Fraud & Risk Management
Real-time fraud detection engines, rules-based and ML-powered risk scoring, chargeback management, and 3DS2 authentication integrations.
Why Sternbrook
Built for the Demands of Modern Fintech
Deep Domain Expertise
Our engineers have worked inside payment processors, acquiring banks, and fintech unicorns. We speak the language of payments.
End-to-End Delivery
From architecture design and system requirements all the way through to production deployment and hypercare support.
Africa-Focused, Global Standards
Headquartered in Lagos with a pan-African delivery model, built to international regulatory and security standards.
Dedicated Support & SLAs
24/7 monitoring, named support engineers, and contractual SLA guarantees. Your uptime is our reputation.
Client Voices
Trusted by Leading PSPs Across Africa
"Sternbrook rebuilt our entire gateway layer in six months. Transaction success rates improved by 18% and we hit PCI-DSS in the same sprint."
"Their embedded device team had our POS fleet integrated faster than any vendor we'd previously worked with. Exceptional depth of hardware knowledge."
"The SLA is real — not marketing copy. We haven't had a critical incident go unresolved in over two years. Genuinely exceptional support."
Trusted by innovative payment companies
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