The Lead-to-Order Benchmark
Fintech & Payments Edition · Q2 2026
14 pages. 55 data points. The first benchmark built for fintech sales motions — not generic SaaS. You'll see your CAC payback, integration stall rate, compliance-triggered conversion and pricing model compared against 1,500+ fintech, payments and identity companies. Read it in 20 minutes. Score yourself in 10.
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Three things to do right now
This is how you turn the report into a clear picture of where your company stands — in about 30 minutes.
Read the Key Findings first
Page 3. Six findings in under two minutes — from compliance-triggered conversion to the transaction pricing premium. Each one names a root cause, not just a symptom. Start here before the data slides.
Score yourself on page 12
Six dimensions. Score each one from 1 to 5. Takes about ten minutes. Built for fintech motions — not generic SaaS. Most fintech companies between £5M and £50M ARR score between 11 and 17 out of 30. Be honest.
Find the dimension that's dragging
Your lowest score is rarely the root cause. It's usually a symptom of a break further upstream. Page 10 shows the dependency chain using a real $12M ARR payments company — CAC payback was 38 months. The fix was not cutting the sales team.
Scored below 20 out of 30?
Email your six scores to Michael with the subject line 'L2O Self-Assessment — Fintech'. Within 48 hours you'll get a free Dimension Dependency Brief. It tells you which dimension is dragging the rest down — and whether it's something you can fix yourself or something that needs a deeper look.
Score each of 6 dimensions 1–5 on page 12
The report shows where fintech companies score.
The assessment shows what it's costing yours.
The benchmark gives you the sector picture. The Structural Assessment uses your own data — your integration stall rate, your compliance conversion, your retention — and tells you exactly what each gap is costing you, in pounds, per quarter.
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"The report tells you where the sector stands. The assessment tells you what it's costing your company — and what to fix first."— Michael Williamson · TechGrowth Insights
25 years building and fixing revenue processes at O2, Vodafone, Symantec, Equifax and Staples. Maximum P&L under direct accountability: £12bn. Not an analyst. An operator who's sat in the seat where the revenue architecture had to work.
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25 years of P&L accountability at O2, Vodafone, Symantec, Equifax and Helvar. Operator, not analyst. The assessment is built on pattern recognition from the inside — not a consulting framework.