Full-service bank transforms operations in a hybrid environment
Automating real-time updates cuts manual data entry time and elevates customer experiences for Academy Bank.
About Academy Bank
Academy Bank is a full-service commercial bank with over $1 billion in assets and 77 branch locations in Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, Missouri and Florida. Academy Bank provides a wide range of financial solutions for businesses and individuals, including commercial and small business lending, treasury management and mortgage services. Academy Bank is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dickinson Financial Corporation, a $3.7 billion bank holding company with two separately charted banks—Armed Forces Bank and Academy Bank—offering clients an easy way to diversify their own banking relationships under a single umbrella. For more information, visit http://www.academybank.com/.
Challenge
Create, maintain, and expose data integrations and orchestrations using a hybrid cloud environment.
Solution
The Actian Data Platform allowed Academy Bank to securely expose previously developed integrations to cloud-based applications and third-party vendors with automation that provides real-time updates to their core banking system.
Outcome
Saved 4+ hours of daily manual data entry and developed new online services to improve customer experience. Ability to develop and migrate integrations to support cloud and hybrid-cloud infrastructure.
From the Executive Seat, featuring Tom Kientz, Chief Operating Officer at Academy Bank
Data is critical at every level of the organization. Hear why Academy Bank’s COO trusts Actian to accelerate customer value and improve time to market for new products.
"Actian and our BI tools integrate seamlessly and deliver real-time insights with great speed and performance. We’re able to make informed, risk-balanced decisions very quickly."
"We have been able to save a huge amount of time spent pulling data and manually reconciling data when we find errors or discrepancies. We are now able to actually spend time analyzing areas to move the business forward."
“Actian Ingres makes it easy for us to design applications that do not require dedicated system administrators to be resident on customer sites. That means we are able to show a real cost-of-ownership advantage.”