At FINOS, research and case studies play a pivotal role in showcasing the business value that open source collaboration delivers across the financial services ecosystem. These stories show how open source delivers positive ROI by reducing development costs and vendor lock-in while driving innovation, resilience, and faster time-to-market.

State of open source in finance reports

Since 2021, we have produced an annual State of Open Source in Financial Services Report, in partnership with Linux Foundation Research, to examine industry trends and insights. Per our 2025 Report, the financial services industry is all-in on open source and is primed to move beyond adoption to increase ROI and set the pace for the next phase of collaborative innovation.

2025 Report

2024 Report

RESEARCH & CASE STUDIES

AI & Open Source in Financial Services

In June 2026, FINOS convened approximately 50 financial services executives, AI pioneers, regulators, security experts, and open source leaders to discuss the opportunities and challenges of deploying AI safely and cost effectively at enterprise scale.

Hidden Risks of Not Contributing Case Study

Drawing on industry data, case studies, and insights from FINOS member firms, this white paper examines how limited visibility and restrictive contribution policies lead to unmanaged internal forks, driving duplication, technical debt, and security risk.

Fluxnova Case Study

Turning an infrastructure migration into a strategic shared service that eliminates complexity and accelerates time-to-marke across business units.

GitProxy Case Study

The GitProxy case study details how leading financial institutions like Citi, NatWest, RBC, and others are successfully using the open source GitProxy to enable their engineers to contribute to open source.

Research & Case Studies

State of open source in finance reports

RESEARCH & CASE STUDIES

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