BFSI — IBU

Industry

BFSI

Banking, Financial Services & Insurance — technology that drives trust and growth

IBU partners with retail and commercial banks, investment firms, asset managers, insurers and insurtech disruptors to modernise core systems, strengthen risk and compliance postures, and deliver seamless digital experiences across every channel.

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Overview

The Sector Challenge

The BFSI sector faces converging pressures: legacy core systems that constrain agility, an ever-expanding regulatory landscape (Basel IV, DORA, Solvency II, FCA Consumer Duty), rising customer expectations for real-time digital services, and the threat of insurtech and fintech challengers. IBU brings deep domain expertise across banking, capital markets, payments and insurance — combining technology delivery capability with regulatory knowledge to help institutions transform safely, compliantly and at pace.

Key Challenges

What We Solve

  • Core banking and policy administration system modernisation
  • Risk governance, model risk management and regulatory reporting
  • Basel IV, DORA, Solvency II and FCA Consumer Duty compliance
  • Real-time payments infrastructure and ISO 20022 migration
  • Fraud detection, AML and financial crime prevention
  • Guidewire implementation and upgrade programmes
  • Insurtech and open insurance platform integration
  • Customer data platform and hyper-personalisation
  • Cloud migration with financial-grade security controls
  • ESG and climate risk reporting frameworks
What We Do

Our Capabilities in BFSI

01Core Banking Modernisation & Cloud Migration
02Risk Governance & Model Risk Management
03Regulatory Compliance (Basel IV, DORA, Solvency II)
04Payments Transformation & ISO 20022 Migration
05Real-Time Fraud Detection & AML Platforms
06Guidewire PolicyCenter, BillingCenter & ClaimCenter
07Insurtech & Open Insurance Integration
08Wealth Management & Capital Markets Platforms
09Customer Data Platform & Personalisation
10ESG & Climate Risk Analytics
11Open Banking & API Gateway Development
12Financial Crime & Sanctions Screening
Value Delivered

Business Outcomes

Regulatory Confidence

Pre-built compliance accelerators for Basel IV, DORA, Solvency II and FCA Consumer Duty reduce audit risk and remediation cost.

Faster Payments

ISO 20022-ready payment rails and real-time processing infrastructure cut settlement times and improve straight-through processing rates.

Reduced Fraud Losses

AI-powered transaction monitoring and AML platforms detect anomalies in real time, reducing false positives and financial crime exposure.

Guidewire Excellence

Certified Guidewire delivery teams accelerate PolicyCenter, BillingCenter and ClaimCenter implementations with lower defect rates.

Insurtech Agility

Open insurance API frameworks and embedded finance integrations enable rapid product launch and ecosystem partnership.

Operational Efficiency

Intelligent automation across underwriting, claims and KYC workflows reduces manual effort and improves straight-through processing.

Case Studies

Client Impact

01

Core Banking Transformation

Led a phased core banking migration for a UK challenger bank, replacing a 20-year-old monolith with a cloud-native platform and reducing time-to-product from months to days.

02

DORA Compliance Programme

Delivered a DORA readiness assessment and remediation roadmap for a pan-European investment firm, achieving full ICT risk framework compliance ahead of the January 2025 deadline.

03

Guidewire ClaimCenter Upgrade

Upgraded and extended Guidewire ClaimCenter for a Lloyd's of London syndicate, integrating AI-assisted claims triage and reducing average claims cycle time by 28%.

04

ISO 20022 Migration

Programme-managed ISO 20022 migration for a Tier 2 UK bank, delivering SWIFT MX message translation, enriched data flows and regulatory reporting uplift on schedule.

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