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🌐 Spotlight: Welcoming RLN, a BaNCS expert advancing CSP’s lending modernization.
🌐 This Week’s Sketch: Calling out fake digital progress.
🌐 News: Banks fast-track core modernization.
🌐 Strategy: True transformation runs deeper than appearances.
🌐 Workflow Fix: When Tech Modernizes Alone shows why tech isn’t enough.
🌐 Ops Insight: Best banks shows how early action avoids compounding risk.
🌐 Careers: Now hiring hybrid roles in banking ops and analysis.
🌐 Next Week: Next issue tackles how waiting quietly becomes your biggest risk.
Strategy meets execution here. Don’t miss what could spark your next big move.
Advisor Spotlight
Welcoming RLN
With decades of experience straddling core banking technology and line-of-business execution, Ramaswamy Lakshminarasimhan (RLN) has quietly shaped some of the most complex lending transformations in the industry. From leading core initiatives inside banks to guiding global BaNCS rollouts across India and the Middle East, his steady leadership and functional depth have made him a go-to expert for high-stakes transitions.
At CSP, RLN supports institutions modernizing lending platforms and navigating BaNCS complexity with clarity, precision, and an eye for what actually works in the real world.
Meet RLN and explore his perspective on transformation.
Illusion of Progress
Many banks believe they’ve gone digital after launching an app or revamping their website. But surface-level improvements are not transformation. This no-punches-pulled piece calls out the common red flags of false progress and lays out what real modernization looks like, starting at the core.
Julius Baer selects Temenos T24 to overhaul its Swiss core banking platform, aiming for global tech alignment and compliance by 2028.VPBank becomes ASEAN’s first bank to fully migrate 18M+ accounts to a cloud-native Temenos core running on Red Hat OpenShift, in under 24 hours.GBC adopts Vault Core to power 200+ financial products and execute phased modernization across its banking stack.Ready to explore? Dive into the highlights to see how leaders in the banking space are tackling innovation, efficiency, and scalability head-on. Let these stories inspire your own transformation journey. |
Illusions Vs. Reality
Many banks proudly claim they’ve gone digital, rolling out apps, launching fintech pilots or refreshing their websites. But surface-level moves aren’t transformation. This no-nonsense article exposes the most common red flags of false progress and explains what real core modernization truly demands, from tech stack shifts to operating model overhaul.
When Tech Modernizes Alone
A new app doesn’t mean transformation. When shiny digital channels sit on top of outdated processes, the result is a fragmented experience, and a false sense of progress. This piece explores why true modernization requires more than surface-level upgrades.
What the Best Banks Are Doing Differently
Some banks are stuck in neutral. Others are pulling ahead, fast. This article unpacks how a small group of forward-thinking banks are outpacing the rest by shifting their mindset, measuring real readiness, executing with discipline, and treating vendors as strategic collaborators, not just suppliers.
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