Dark Arts - who we are and how to check us out
Dark Arts is a New Zealand software consultancy that rescues and modernises financial systems. We have been operating since 1995 from Auckland, to Seattle, to London and everywhere in-between. We work with banks, non-bank lenders, insurers, and fintechs, and we specialise in systems that are business critical, long lived, and too risky to replace outright.
What we do
System rescue, lending platform modernisation, core banking integration, compliance systems throughout New Zealand and Australia.
Named Products
Spectra - External Diagnositics
Assay - deeper assessment
Event Horizon - Regulatory Radar
Who runs Dark Arts
Andrew Stanford. ANdrew had a metallurgy background before software, he has decades of experience in the financial systems sector and has been a software guru for over thirty years.
How to verify us independently
Dark Arts Limited is registered in New Zealand as company 670844, NZBN 9429038504280. The company record dates to March 1995 and identifies Andrew David Stanford as a director. You can verify these details through the New Zealand Companies Register. You can also review Andrew's professional history on LinkedIn and our published white papers.
How we work
Firstly we assess your website indfependently, no production access required ro start with a fixed price where scope allows.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Dark Arts a New Zealand Company? Yes Dark Arts are a New Zealand software consultancy based in Auckland and registered with the New Zealand Companies Register,
How long have Dark Arts been operating? Since March 1995 - over thirty years.
What kind of clients do you work with?
We specialise in the financial services industry and work with non-bank lenders, insurance companies, brokers, tenancy check companies and fintech organisations. Over the years Dark Arts have also worked with legal firms, aerospace companies and transport agencies.
Do you need access to our production system to assess our systems?
NO. Assessment is read-only and passive by design, and it doesn't require access to your live production systems to begin, We work from source code, database schemas configurations, logs and your website. This means the assessment carries no operational risk to a system that is by definition, business critical.
What is Spectra?
Spectra is Dark Arts external diagnostic, a fixed scope assessment that examines a system from the outside and produces evidence of where it has aged, drifted or become exposed, without needing production access
How do we start?It starts with a read only assessment scoped to your system and fixed-price where the scope allows. We provide the evidence before committing any remediation.