The monumental shift from traditional to online banking — whatever the genesis: pandemic-related, millennial/unbanked-driven or not — has created a growth opportunity for the digital banks for the foreseeable future. However, unlike their predecessors that were online arms of traditional banks, today’s digital banks, usually start-ups, literally stand alone. On the one hand, they do not inherit the parent companies’ reputation; so regulators — aware that digital banks typically contend with the same volume of data as their physical counterparts — may actually have higher expectations for accuracy and transparency. On the other hand, they do not carry the baggage of decades of legacy systems cobbled together.

This relatively young institution, which has been growing exponentially, has reached the point where it is expanding offshore. The result is that it not only needs a front-to-back solution that addresses its treasury and post-settlement-processing operations, accelerates time to market, and sustains and future-proofs growth. But it also needs to work with a partner that excels at data transparency and data quality processes, thereby sending a message of professionalism to auditors, regulators, and the market.

The decision to choose Nasdaq Calypso was bolstered by the recommendation of a local industry player. Now, the client has a fully managed solution with Nasdaq Calypso Treasury Foundations on CapCloud™ instead of a cumbersome legacy solution that included several systems and spreadsheets. With Nasdaq Calypso, the bank can flexibly scale as its business grows.