18 May 2026 | Monday | News
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Endava, the technology-driven business transformation group whose AI-native approach combines cutting-edge technology with deep industry expertise announced a strategic partnership with Tyl by NatWest, NatWest Group’s merchant-payments arm, to accelerate the evolution of its offering.
“Partnering with Endava marks a significant step forward in the evolution of our merchant payments offering." - James Hodgson, CEO of Tyl by NatWest
The partnership is focused on enabling Tyl’s customers to access a modern, fully integrated payments acceptance experience. By combining Endava's global operations and its AI-native delivery model Dava.Flow™, as well as deploying components of its Payments Gateway Accelerator, the collaboration will increase the speed at which new, best-of-breed products and services are brought to market, while enhancing flexibility, scalability and performance across the payments lifecycle.
James Hodgson, CEO of Tyl by NatWest commented: “Partnering with Endava marks a significant step forward in the evolution of our merchant payments offering. Our ambition is to deliver a seamless, fully integrated experience that enables our customers to grow faster and operate more efficiently. By combining our market position with Endava’s technology expertise, we are accelerating innovation, unlocking new revenue opportunities and ensuring we remain highly competitive in a rapidly changing payments landscape.”
“This partnership reflects the strength of our long-standing relationship with NatWest and our shared commitment to driving meaningful transformation in payments,” said Melba Montague, Chief Growth Officer for Financial Services of Endava. “By combining our AI-native approach, multidisciplinary teams and deep industry expertise with accelerators such as Dava.Flow and our Payments Gateway, we enable faster delivery of high-impact solutions that directly link technology investment to business outcomes. Together, we are helping Tyl build a more agile, scalable and future-ready platform—modernising its ecosystem, simplifying complexity and delivering differentiated customer experiences at scale.”
Endava has worked closely with Tyl by NatWest to define a comprehensive business and technology strategy, directly linking market opportunity and projected revenue growth to the delivery of new features and capabilities. The partnership between the two leading UK organisations also reflects a continued commitment by NatWest to invest in and strengthen its merchant payments offering, while further demonstrating Endava’s ability to secure and deliver complex, large-scale strategic engagements with industry leading institutions.
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