The financial services platform from UST, known as UST FinX, has entered into a strategic partnership with Thought Machine, a cloud-native banking technology company, to make enterprise-grade banking technology accessible to financial institutions of all sizes. This groundbreaking collaboration is poised to transform the way mid-tier US banks and credit unions operate, providing them with a rapid and cost-effective path to modernization.
- Thought Machine’s cloud-native core banking technology will be integrated with UST FinX’s financial services platform to provide a comprehensive solution for mid-tier institutions.
- UST FinX’s integration-ready platform will deliver access to a rapidly expanding ecosystem of fintech banking capabilities, including Thought Machine’s best-in-class digital core.
- The partnership will enable mid-tier US banks and credit unions to access the latest banking technology without the need for complex and costly technical integrations.
The Challenges Facing Mid-Tier Institutions
Mid-tier US banks and credit unions are facing an existential crisis in terms of remaining relevant within an increasingly competitive and digitally driven landscape. The need for transformational change is already upon them, and until now, the choices open to these organizations have been fraught with complexity, cost, and risk. The only option had been to undertake risky, resource-intensive transformation projects to address constantly evolving client and operational demands.
| Benefits of the Partnership | Access to a comprehensive solution for mid-tier institutions | Enables rapid transformational outcomes and significant value to institutions and stakeholders |
| Risks associated with transformation projects | Complexity, cost, and risk | Partnering with UST FinX and Thought Machine reduces these risks and provides a more predictable and managed approach to modernization projects |
A New Path to Modernization
The UST FinX and Thought Machine proposition offers a very different path for mid-tier institutions, one that delivers rapid transformational outcomes, providing significant value to the institutions and their stakeholders. This is achieved via a more iterative, customer-driven, and progressive approach that dramatically reduces both risk and cost.
“The partnership between UST FinX and Thought Machine is a game-changer in our industry that will enable these mid-tier financial institutions to remain relevant, innovate, and thrive!” – Sandeep Lalwani, Head of UST FinX.
The Impact on Community Institutions
Many US community institutions are now realizing that their core systems lack the basic integration capabilities required to meet growing customer demands or connect to modern fintech solutions. This forces them to build complex workarounds and custom code that becomes increasingly difficult and costly to maintain. UST FinX and Thought Machine’s partnership breaks this cycle of complexity by offering an integration-ready platform that connects easily to new services without requiring custom development.
- Provides a predictable, managed approach to launching new products and improving customer experiences
- Handles the technical complexity and partner ecosystem, providing clear timelines and certainty of costs and outcomes for modernization projects
- Enables mid-tier institutions to focus on innovation and growth, rather than navigating complex technical integrations
About Thought Machine
Thought Machine has developed the foundations of modern banking with its cloud-native core banking and payments technology. Its cloud-native core banking platform, Vault Core, is trusted by leading banks and financial institutions worldwide.
Some notable customers of Thought Machine include:
- Intesa Sanpaolo
- ING Bank Śląski
- Lloyds Banking Group
- Standard Chartered
- SEB
- Lunar
- Atom bank
- Curve
About UST FinX
UST FinX delivers the powerful combination of a world-leading financial services platform, with its global systems integration and services capabilities built on its unique depth and breadth of banking and fintech domain expertise.
Learn more about UST FinX at:
ustfinx.com
About UST
Since 1999, UST has worked side by side with the world’s best companies to make a powerful impact through transformation. Powered by technology, inspired by people, and led by its purpose, UST partners with clients from design to operation.
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