What is a Cloud-Based Core Banking System?
What is a Cloud-Based Core Banking System?
Gartner definesa core banking system as “a back-end system that processes daily banking transactions and posts updates to accounts and other financial records. Core bankingsystems typically includedeposit, loan and credit processing capabilities, with interfaces to general ledger systems and reporting tools.” In simple terms, a bank’s core refers to themission-critical systems that facilitate virtuallyevery transaction for a bank.Cloud-based core banking means migrating the bank’s core to a cloud provider, to exploit the provider’s computing, tooling, and operations power. In practice, the cloud offers virtually infinite computing capabilities and resources (servers, storage, networks, applications and services) that are delivered as a service to the bank. Banks can leverage the power of the cloud by developing cloud-native applications. These are developed and deployed as a set of flexible microservices using Platform-as-a Service (PaaS) tools—which can further reduce costs, boost performance, and increase a bank’s business velocity. The cloud platform serves as the foundation for developing and running core applications, which are designed to be flexible and scalable. The bank has the ability to run the technologies they choose and scale as necessary –paying only for what they consume.