Reimagining banking with Essence
Our next‑gen core combines rich functionality with advanced technology to help established banks adapt, evolve, and thrive.
Elevate core banking for established banks
See how Essence helps banks enhance agility, simplify operations, and innovate faster.
Innovation without compromise
Reduce time to market
Launch and adapt products faster with no‑code tools and modular, composable architecture
Customer‑centric experiences
Support tailored journeys across retail, SME and commercial banking
Reduce TCO & operational complexity
Automate processes and streamline workflows to cut costs
Open to innovation
Innovate with Open REST APIs and a flexible ecosystem that accelerates change
Rip and replace
A full core replacement maximizes agility, simplifies operations and unlocks new opportunities
Symbiosis
Modernize in phases to gain early benefits while reducing transformation cost and risk.
Reimagine banking with Finastra's next‑gen core solutions
Hear from our customers
Seizing new opportunities for expansion and innovation with Essence
Our transformation required a core banking platform that allowed for local and global expansion. Essence provides such a platform.
Innovative banking through functionality and advanced technology
Customer expectations move fast. Keep ahead of the competition with capabilities that enhance agility, simplify complexity, and accelerate innovation.
User experience focus
Deliver intuitive journeys across every channel.
Open and agile
Open REST APIs and modular design enhance long‑term agility.
Customer-centric
Hyper‑personalization lets you treat customers as individuals.
Integration and extension
Connect systems seamlessly and unlock actionable insights.
Next‑gen core banking for established banks
See how Finastra Essence helps established banks boost agility, streamline operations, and accelerate innovation.
- Agility at scale
- Lower operational complexity
- Safer modernization paths
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Resources to support your transformation journey
The advantage of a symbiosis strategy
Learn how a phased, low‑risk modernization approach helps banks adopt next‑gen, agile core capabilities while reducing transformation cost, complexity, and operational disruption.
Operational excellence in a digital world
Explore how banks can strengthen resilience, automate compliance, eliminate manual processes, and deliver consistent, expert service across every interaction.
Solving banking’s toughest challenges
Discover practical modernization paths including progressive transformation, cloud‑ready architectures, AI‑enabled speed, and lessons learned from real‑world core upgrades across global banks.
Turning industry pain points into growth
See how established banks can turn competitive pressure, legacy constraints, fragmented data, and rising expectations into opportunities for growth, resilience, and customer‑centric transformation.
Helpful resources to improve
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.
Digital Channels - Verichannels
Open Banking Compliance Solution
SigCap
Sumsub
Frequently Asked Questions
Your partner in next-gen banking
Discover how Finastra Essence helps you embrace next‑gen banking, boost agility, innovate faster, and deliver customer delight.
Our transformation required a core banking platform that allowed for local and global expansion. Essence provides such a platform.
