Nationwide has teamed up with OutSystems with the aim of delivering new fintech solutions which will digitally transform both the market and the company itself.

With over 15 million members and 19,000 employees, the bank is one of the largest in the world. One of its main focuses is on savings and Nationwide currently provides business saving products for the SME (small-to-medium enterprise) market. This includes offering instant access, notice and fixed-term savings accounts to companies, charities, and the public sector.

Presenting a service

“Our focus over the past 130 years has always been about delivering legendary services to our members,” said Darren Bailey, Head of Product Management at Nationwide. “As such, we were keen to continue to deliver innovative digital services that enable our business customers to quickly access the information they need at their fingertips. The OutSystems low-code application development platform will enable us to do this.”

“OutSystems is fantastic for the speed with which an application can be released, which gives us the flexibility to react to changing customer requirements, remaining agile as a business,” said Bailey.

The availability of the product

The teams expect the product will be launched early next year with the digital business savings banking service currently being worked on by the IT specialists.

“We are delighted to help Nationwide Building Society on its digital transformation journey, enabling the delivery of web and mobile digital banking capabilities at unprecedented speed,” added Garry Larner, Regional Director Financial Services & Insurance, OutSystems. “This is a major step forward for Nationwide Business Savings in empowering its customers.”

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“Many companies are waiting for the African instance of the Microsoft Cloud data centre to land on our shores and only then will they implement their cloud strategy. But we believe that companies should strategise and plan as if the MS data centre is already here,” said Blank to ITWeb.

NBConsult witnessed how it’s easier for businesses to replace their data centre-based applications with cloud-based equivalents, either partly or completely by adopting a lift-and-shift approach, helping international clients move their workloads to Microsoft Cloud.

“The benefits go beyond simply moving a workload into the cloud. By following the right steps on your cloud journey, we are able to identify where customers can boost business performance and derive real value from the cloud,” continued Blank to ITPro.

Designed to enhance gains in cloud spending, ITPro believes local businesses can derive long-term, immediate value by the following steps:

Cloud ready – The initial stage assesses the customer’s readiness to adopt cloud services, entailing an exploratory workshop based offering, which may be zero-rated depending on the customer’s existing licensing agreements with Microsoft.

Cloud enabled – The cornerstone of this stage drives adoption while rapidly moving customer applications and data to the chosen cloud service provider.

Cloud improved – Identifying where continual value can be derived from cloud products, with services including managed licensing and cloud-based desktop support to information governance as a service, security, and DR as a service.

Written from source (ITPro) by Leah Alger

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