AWS re:Invent 2018: Transforming Consumer Banking with a 100% Cloud-Based Bank (FSV204)

Customer demands for higher levels of service and value, constantly evolving technology capabilities, and stringent regulatory requirements are all powerful forces reshaping retail banking. Built exclusively on AWS, Starling Bank’s 100% cloud-based, mobile-only banking solution satisfies regulators in terms of its resilience, security, and reliability. It also satisfies consumers by giving them greater control over their data, streamlining the account opening process, accelerating payments, and providing access to innovative new services developed from scratch with open APIs, a developer platform, integration with Apple Pay, Google Pay, and Fitbit Pay and a custom backend ledger and payments integrations. Starling Bank is leading the open banking revolution. In this session, learn how Starling Bank delivers value to their customers and innovates at a very fast pace in a sector that can be slow to evolve.

[@GeorgeBaily]

Caywood is now working for Barclays so it will be interesting to see if they get into AWS too.

[@javidkagzi]

There’s nothing original about it. In Germany those mobile banks are operating since 2013. All these banks in UK are “me too”

[@shivam-cc5ts]

most of them are english and german. its just easier to get these started there.