Episode 10 of the Banking Reinvented podcast highlights one of the most critical and complex issues in banking today: integrations.

Tim Rutten welcomes a new guest, Roland Booijen, General Manager of Ecosystems at Backbase. Together, they discuss how financial institutions can optimize their digital operations by addressing the challenges of integrating various banking systems and fintech solutions.

Discover why banks are spending up to 70% of their IT budgets on integrations, and learn how adopting modern, cloud-native solutions can reduce these costs while boosting agility and innovation.

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Timestamps:

(00:00) - Welcome to the ‘Banking Reinvented’ podcast

(03:13) - Market dip and lack of engagement from banking apps

(05:01) - Defining integration complexity in banking

(06:58) - Hidden costs and challenges

(08:55) - Banking systems that require integration

(16:03) - Integration strategies and tools (ESBs & iPaaS)

(20:24) - The rise of vertical iPaaS solutions

(25:41) - Unified data models in banking

(27:56) - Key takeaways

(32:14) - Episode wrap-up