Digital is fast moving and ever changing. Choice is vital.

Enable meaningful experiences through choice

Deploy our digital solution, our partner’s digital solutions or a third way – the choice is yours.

Put customers at the center of your universe

Simplify everyday financial management with a range of products for anyone, anywhere.

The power of the network

Choose from an ever-expanding ecosystem of innovative apps and roll them out super-fast.

Personalization

Modular design and innovative widgets enable personalization.

Security

Open up without creating gaps for bad actors to exploit

Integration

Wide range of integration options ensure rapid deployment

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Banking solutions for a fast-evolving market

Finastra Essence

Next-gen core banking solution that uniquely combines rich, broad, and deep banking functionality with advanced technology.

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Finastra Essence Analytics

Turn raw banking data into actionable insights with real‑time dashboards, predictive models, and an AI‑ready analytics foundation.

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Customer stories

Hear from our customers

Customer story

Tonik drives financial inclusion with innovative digital banking powered by Essence

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With Finastra we’re disrupting the financial sector in the Philippines and bringing banking to millions of people.

Greg Krasnov President & CEO, Tonik Bank

94%

Growth in consumer loan portfolio

75%

Of customer inquiries resolved automatically by AI

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Customer story

ORO Bank reimagines banking with Finastra’s Essence cloud-first core

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We were looking for a cloud-based, versatile and scalable core banking solution. Finastra Essence ticked all of these boxes and aligned with our own unique value proposition as a full-reserve bank.

Mike Kayamori Co-Founder & CEO, ORO Bank
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Deliver better digital experiences at scale

Digital expectations move fast. Stay ahead of the competition with capabilities that support seamless journeys, fast onboarding & consistent experiences across channels.

Focus on user experience

Deliver the channels and capabilities your users expect

Open and agile

Open REST APIs and modular design support agility

Customer-centric

Hyper‑personalization lets you treat customers as individuals.

Integration and extension

Connect easily with third‑party apps and digital channels

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Dynamic digital banking made simple

Find out how open technology helps you build seamless journeys, adapt quickly, and connect every part of your banking operation.

  • Seamless omnichannel journeys
  • Faster, simpler onboarding
  • Connected banking operations

Explore our capabilities.

Features

Embrace advanced technology to transform your business

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Open and agile platforms

Transform banking and drive growth with industry standard technologies that simplify, streamline and speed up integration with third-party vendors. Built on Open REST APIs and modular components, Essence lets you extend capabilities without disrupting your existing landscape.

Transform at your pace

Leverage the open, component-driven design of our solutions to deploy new products, adapt to market demands and transform at a pace that suits your business needs. With phased adoption supported through Symbiosis, you can modernize safely while keeping existing systems running.

Bank-wide connectivity

With front, middle and back-office connectivity and advanced analytics, our solutions generate the insight needed to become a consumer-focused sales machine. Unified data flows and real‑time processing ensure consistent experiences across every digital and assisted channel.

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Apps to extend your core banking solution

Explore apps designed to complement Finastra Essence and extend core banking with payments, connectivity, data and innovation services.

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SigCap

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01 Systems is a premier provider of software solutions, catering to banks and financial institutions worldwide. With a legacy of 30 years marked by passion and innovation, our expertise lies in... See Details
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Sumsub

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Sumsub offers a comprehensive verification platform that secures the entire user journey. Their customizable KYC/AML, KYB, transaction monitoring, and fraud prevention solutions help businesses... See Details

Frequently Asked Questions

Essence supports end‑to‑end digital journeys across mobile, web, branch and assisted channels with real‑time processing, automation and customer‑centric workflows.

Yes. With the Symbiosis approach you can run Essence alongside legacy systems, deliver new digital journeys first, and migrate progressively to reduce risk.

Essence provides Open REST APIs and an event‑driven design to connect front ends, CRM, payments, compliance and other third‑party systems.

Essence is cloud‑ready and supports SaaS, private cloud and on‑premise deployments, so you can modernize at your pace and meet regulatory requirements.

Configurable workflows, straight‑through processing and real‑time checks speed onboarding and deliver consistent experiences across channels.

Essence supports secure integrations, role‑based access and audit controls, plus connectivity to required payment and regulatory interfaces.

Your partner in digital transformation

Discover how Finastra Essence helps you deliver seamless digital journeys, accelerate onboarding, connect channels, and transform at your pace.

We were looking for a cloud-based, versatile and scalable core banking solution. Finastra Essence ticked all of these boxes and aligned with our own unique value proposition as a full-reserve bank.

Mike Kayamori
Co-Founder & CEO, ORO Bank