Varrlyn is a consultancy firm established in 2010 and based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
At Varrlyn, we are trained to think ahead. With advanced digital tools, we enjoy turning any obstacle into a chance to thrive. It’s all about thinking in terms of opportunities, together.
With our four Valuestreams we help you propelling your dreams forward with ambition and excellence.
Finance & Risk
Asset Management
Digital services
Dealing room & Sustainability services
Get ready to improve your cost efficiency, simplify your application architecture, optimize the time to market, increase straight-through processing – whilst meeting all regulatory requirements. You do the deal, we do the project.
Our promise:
Taming your technical tangles
When did the dealing room change from a pressure cooker filled with colour and noise – “Buy! Buy!” “Sell! Sell!” – to row after row of computer screens? Electronic trading just kind of… happened. The world of trading accepted a few bits here, a few bytes there – and then, all of a sudden, things got tangled.
At Varrlyn, we take processes apart. We clarify, design and implement the most intricate financial IT projects; as a complete custom-designed package, or in parts. If the tangle turns out too wild to tame, we "simply" build a new IT landscape from scratch.
Our aim is to make our clients’ systems run without a hitch. We help financial institutions with system implementations and provide some serious application support, concentrating on the way they process transactions and deploy reporting applications.
Varrlyn Podcast 9. Varrlyn Staffing Solutions - From Global Talent to Local Impact
In a financial world marked by digital transformation and regulatory complexity, one of the quietest yet most pressing challenges is finding and securing the right talent—especially across borders. Varrlyn Staffing Solutions was born not from a strategic business plan, but from a simple client request: “Can you help bring this person here?” This podcast episode explores host Marianne Aalders how Varrlyn transformed that question into a people-first staffing service that brid...
19 Jun 2025
Varrlyn Podcast 8. 15 years of Varrlyn: from guts to glory
Host Marianne Aalders interviews the founders of Varrlyn, exploring the consultancy's 15-year journey and its growth in the financial markets, revealing the dedication required to build a successful firm.
20 May 2025
Varrlyn Podcast 7. Donald J. Trump is back: what is the impact on the financial sector?
On November 5, 2024, Donald J. Trump secured a second term as President of the United States. Now, just months into his presidency, the effects are already rippling across global markets. In this episode, our host Marianne Aalders sits down with Martin Defauwes, Director and Lead Asset Management at Varrlyn, to explore the financial, regulatory, and geopolitical fallout. We discuss the return of deregulation in the U.S. and what it means for European competitiveness. What risks emerge when ba...
19 Sept 2024
Varrlyn Podcast 6. Test Automation in financial markets
In this podcast episode on Test Automation in financial markets, Charlene Venter (Consultant/Tester) and Philip van den Emster (Director Varrlyn and Lead Digital Services), from Dutch consulting firm Varrlyn, discuss the importance of test automation in ensuring efficiency, accuracy, and compliance in financial institutions. They define test automation as using specialized tools to execute predefined tests on software applications, emphasizing its role in modern software development. The conv...
9 Jul 2024
Varrlyn Podcast 5. AI in Finance & Risk in financial institutions
AI in Finance & Risk is revolutionising the financial sector. In this podcast Cherien van Ampt (Varrlyn, Lead Dealingroom & Sustainability Services) is interviewing Brian Mudhara (Senior Business Analyst ALM) and Stephan van der Windt (Director Varrlyn and Lead Finance & Risk) in which they explore how AI increases opportunities, optimise efficiency and improve risk management in financial institutions. They discuss real-world use cases to show the opportunities, considerations fo...
25 May 2023
Varrlyn Podcast 4. Het nieuwe pensioenstelsel en de invloed op pensioenuitvoeringsorganisaties!
Het Nederlandse pensioenstelsel gaat hoogstwaarschijnlijk de komende jaren op de schop. Inmiddels tekent zich ook in de Eerste Kamer een meerderheid af die voorstander is van een nieuw stelsel. Invoering zal niet zonder slag of stoot gaan, onder meer omdat het een grote impact zal hebben op ons allemaal en er flinke discussies over worden gevoerd. Volgens de Rijksoverheid moet het door het nieuwe stelsel transparanter, flexibeler en persoonlijker worden. In deze podcast bespreken Marianne Aal...
SFDR & Biodiversity Investments: Do's, don'ts and booby traps!SFDR (Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation) is a European regulation introduced to improve transparency in the market for sustainable investment products. In this podcast Cherien van Ampt (Varrlyn, Lead Dealingroom & Sustainability Services), Boris Francioli (EU Taxonomy expert) and Jos lemmens (Natural Capital Consultant) discuss the status quo of SFDR it’s knock-on effect on Biodiversity Investments (private vs publi...
4 Apr 2023
Varrlyn Podcast 2. Digital banking
De bankwereld is de laatste jaren nog verder gedigitaliseerd. De maatschappij verandert steeds sneller en daar moet ook de banksector op in spelen. In deze Podcast bespreken Cherien van Ampt en Martin Defauwes met Philip van den Emster het thema Digital. Welke rol spelen Agile, DevOps, SAFe en CI/CD in de dagelijkse praktijk? Hoe zorgt automatisering ervoor dat veranderingen sneller en goedkoper worden?
30 Mar 2023
Varrlyn Podcast 1. Finance and Risk
De grote kredietcrisis van 2008 ligt alweer even achter ons. Hoe bereiden we ons beter voor op een potentiële volgende bankencrisis?In de allereerste Varrlyn Podcast bespreken Cherien van Ampt en Martin Defauwes met Stephan van der Windt het thema Finance & Risk, een belangrijke pijler in de bancaire wereld. Het voorkomen van zo’n nieuwe crisis is van groot belang. Hierbij geeft de toezichthouder richtlijnen met vernieuwde wet en regelgeving. Dit zorgt voor beter inzicht in posities o.a. ...
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