Modernizing a Commercial Banking Platform with Zero Downtime and 10X Scale

Overview

A global commercial banking and payments leader operating across 100+ countries faced mounting pressure to modernize amid strict security mandates, evolving regulations, and a 20-year-old legacy platform. Two previous transformation attempts only added complexity and technical debt, limiting scalability and customer experience.

The organization partnered with Altimetrik to execute a comprehensive, future-ready modernization and bring its long-term digital vision to life.

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January 16, 2026
5 minute read

Key Business Challenges

1. Customer & Market Pressure

Outdated UI, slow APIs, and difficulty keeping up with regulatory changes hurt client experience and competitiveness.

2. Technology & Architecture Constraints

A 20-year-old monolith with heavy technical debt, poor performance, and slow, downtime-heavy deployments stalled innovation.

3. Process & Operational Limitations

Legacy processes, limited automation, and weak DevOps slowed releases, restricted scalability, and hindered market expansion.

Modernizing a Commercial Banking Platform with Zero Downtime and 10X Scale

Learn how Altimetrik modernized a global commercial banking platform to achieve zero downtime, 5X performance, and 10X scalability with a future-ready architecture.
January 16, 2026
5 minute read

Overview

A global commercial banking and payments leader operating across 100+ countries faced mounting pressure to modernize amid strict security mandates, evolving regulations, and a 20-year-old legacy platform. Two previous transformation attempts only added complexity and technical debt, limiting scalability and customer experience.

The organization partnered with Altimetrik to execute a comprehensive, future-ready modernization and bring its long-term digital vision to life.

Key Business Challenges

1. Customer & Market Pressure

Outdated UI, slow APIs, and difficulty keeping up with regulatory changes hurt client experience and competitiveness.

2. Technology & Architecture Constraints

A 20-year-old monolith with heavy technical debt, poor performance, and slow, downtime-heavy deployments stalled innovation.

3. Process & Operational Limitations

Legacy processes, limited automation, and weak DevOps slowed releases, restricted scalability, and hindered market expansion.

Solution Overview

We implemented a multi-phase modernization approach, starting with a strong foundational release. Using the Strangler pattern, advanced traffic management, and a persona-based migration strategy, the team progressively transformed the legacy estate into a modern, service-based architecture. This holistic approach modernized applications, infrastructure, tools, and delivery processes, enabling a secure, scalable, future-ready digital banking platform.

Business Outcomes & Impact

  • 99.99% uptime with zero-downtime deployments, delivering resilient and reliable services across global time zones.
  • 5X performance gains, 10X auto-scaling capacity, and release times cut to minutes for a highly scalable and high-performing platform.
  • Improved maintainability, delivered a responsive UI with right-sized microservices, enabled A/B testing, and earned exceptional user feedback.
  • Unlock the new era of agility, performance, and global readiness - making the platform smarter, bolder, and faster.

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Altimetrik delivers secure, scalable, and AI-powered cloud engineering solutions that modernize legacy systems, improve cloud security, and accelerate innovation. Our integrated approach combines GenAI, automation, and cloud-native practices - driving faster, smarter transformation across the enterprise.

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