Nations Trust Bank cuts batch processing and reporting times by up to 85%
Sri Lankan bank migrates to Oracle Exadata Database Machine to support core banking security, high availability, scalability, and cloud-readiness.
Sri Lanka | Financial Services
“Oracle Exadata has provided the performance and scalability required to support Nations Trust Bank's continued growth. Day-end and month-end processing times have been reduced from as much as 12 hours to just 2 to 3 hours, while users experience significantly faster response times across day-to-day operations.”
About Nations Trust Bank
Nations Trust Bank (NTB) is one of Sri Lanka’s largest financial institutions. NTB maintains a strong focus on banking services supported by technology platforms that can deliver reliable customer experiences and facilitate future cloud initiatives.
Business problem: Consolidate database infrastructure for growth and regulatory alignment
NTB needed to consolidate and modernize its database infrastructure to address growing business demands, strengthen regulatory compliance, and enhance database performance, scalability, and security. The initiative included critical database version upgrades and infrastructure modernization to support increasing customer adoption of digital banking channels. The bank also planned to upgrade the platform to enable the onboarding and migration of the HSBC customer portfolio.
Solutions and results: Migrate Oracle databases to Oracle Exadata Database Machine
NTB migrated its Oracle databases from legacy environments to Oracle Exadata Database Machine with Oracle’s KVM virtualization. The bank selected Oracle because nearly all of its databases already ran on Oracle AI Database technology. Additionally, Oracle Exadata Database Machine provided high performance storage, security capabilities, virtualization, simplified lifecycle management, proactive technical support, high availability, and extended uptime. Following the migration, NTB was able to reduce day-end and month-end processing and reporting times from up to 12 hours to 2 to 3 hours, improve backup performance, strengthen patching and security processes, and establish a cloud-ready foundation for future AI and data lake initiatives.
The upgraded platform also facilitated the successful onboarding and migration of the HSBC customer portfolio, allowing for a seamless transition while maintaining system stability, operational resilience, and an enhanced customer experience.
About the customer
Nations Trust Bank (NTB) is one of Sri Lanka’s largest financial institutions, with a strong focus on banking services supported by cutting-edge technology platforms to promote digital empowerment.