What is our primary use case?
It specializes in providing core banking solutions to banks worldwide. Every bank in the world requires support to manage its client data and transaction logs, and Temenos offers a comprehensive platform to address these needs. It provides two main components within its suite of solutions. The first is Temenos T24, which constitutes the complete core banking solution provided by Temenos. The second component is known as Temenos Infinity which serves as a versatile and user-friendly software that seamlessly connects the core banking platform to end-user applications. If a bank wants to create a mobile application for its retail customers, Temenos offers prebuilt, customizable mobile application templates that banks can tailor to their specific requirements and deploy.
How has it helped my organization?
The main benefit lies in its exceptional speed of implementation. When building a comprehensive core banking solution and accompanying retail solution from scratch, the endeavor can be incredibly time-consuming, often taking several years. Temenos offers banks a fast-track approach to deployment. Once the core banking system is integrated, it can be swiftly deployed, typically within a matter of a few months. A retail application can be tailored and deployed in a similarly expedited timeframe. This significantly reduces the time it takes for a bank to implement the necessary infrastructure and provide its customers with essential services.
What is most valuable?
The most valuable thing related to Temenos is that it is fully prebuilt, essentially a blank slate. It can be deployed on local servers or in the cloud, and simultaneously, the bank can acquire a retail application. It ensures a straightforward installation process, much like installing software such as MS Word. The end-to-end retail application, with all the fundamental features required by banks, is readily available right out of the box. This means that core functionalities like trial management, payment management, beneficiary management, and more are already integrated and preconfigured. Once it is properly deployed, an end user can immediately start using it without the need for extensive customization or development.
What needs improvement?
It operates as a closed-loop system, meaning not every user or developer can freely access all of its products and features. In the realm of development, there are often challenges with the out-of-the-box applications that could benefit from significant improvement. When a bank acquires a new platform, there may be issues that need to be addressed before deployment. Rectifying these issues would represent a substantial leap forward for them. One particular feature that I've personally had to develop from scratch within Temenos is QR payments. Currently, Temenos does not natively support these features. It would be highly beneficial if future iterations of Temenos could incorporate support for QR-based payment methods, as it would enhance the platform's capabilities and align it more closely with modern payment trends.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have two and a half years of experience with it.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I found them to be remarkably stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
It is an impressive product, designed with microservice and micro-app architectures, which means it offers infinite scalability potential. When starting from scratch, you have the freedom to create a fully customizable and endlessly expandable system. Within my company, we have roughly a thousand developers, and in larger organizations, you can expect to find even more, given the size and scale of multiple companies and organizations.
How are customer service and support?
Temenos provides its ticketing platform where you can report any issues that you're unable to resolve. Once you raise a ticket, a developer, a member of the product team, or someone from their team will reach out to you to assist in resolving the problem. The responsiveness of their support is quite commendable and varies depending on the client. In our experience, we received responses within a couple of hours. They engage in calls with us, helping to debug issues and providing solutions to the problems we encounter.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I had experience with Flexio, which is another comprehensive core banking solution. While Flexio offers solid functionality, it falls short in certain areas, particularly in terms of end-to-end user support. Unlike Temenos, Flexio lacks integrated retail APIs and a retail application. There is a difference in their architectural approaches. Flexio adopts a multi-tier architecture, while Temenos operates on a single-layer architecture. The choice between the two depends on the client's specific preferences and how they wish to handle data logging and system organization.
How was the initial setup?
What about the implementation team?
It is similar to using any other hybrid application development tools where you start from the ground up. In the case of Temenos Quantum, you leverage Temenos's products, such as on-prem virtualization and others, to build a product entirely from scratch. This entails creating every page and feature from the ground up within the platform.
What was our ROI?
Based on what I've heard and experienced, the return on investment (ROI) has been quite favorable.
What other advice do I have?
One valuable piece of advice I would offer is to thoroughly examine the platform before committing. Given the complexity and extensive features of the platform, it's crucial to research thoroughly its intricacies and ensure that everything is properly configured to harness the full potential of the system. Temenos provides a comprehensive platform that aspiring developers can access. Once you've made the necessary payment, you gain access to their learning center, where you can acquire in-depth knowledge about the platform and its functionalities. I would rate it eight out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Hybrid Cloud