From Legacy to Leadership: A Banking Executive Guide to Modernizing Legacy Applications

Of organizations improved deliverable quality after adopting DevOps practices

Of organizations reduced their software time to market after implementing DevOps practices

Of leaders reported higher test accuracy after automated testing

Of manual testing efforts have been replaced with automation by 20% of teams

Enhance Platform Operations and Reliability.

We work with you to build applications on a solid foundation, ensuring fast, efficient delivery. From there, we drive continuous optimization and maintenance, keeping performance at its peak and fully aligned with your evolving business needs.

Speed up time to market with DevOps that unifies development, testing, and deployment.

Deliver reliable deployments through automated testing and reduced downtime.

Proactively monitor systems to resolve issues before they impact operations.

Support growth with optimized infrastructure and consistent performance.

Increase efficiency and reduce manual effort through infrastructure automation.

Capabilities

01- DevOps

02- Automated Testing

03- Application Support

04- Infrastructure Support

05- Proactive Monitoring

What Our Customers Say

Riyadh Bank

Centralized Testing Operations - Riyadh Bank centralized its testing and QA efforts by establishing an on-site SIT team. This initiative unified testing across portals and change requests, enhanced release stability, and reinforced compliance standards across systems.

Ministry of Petroleum

DevOps Enablement - The Ministry of Petroleum modernized its delivery processes by adopting GitLab and launching comprehensive CI/CD and DevOps training. This replaced manual deployments with automated workflows, reduced deployment times, and empowered internal teams with sustainable DevOps capabilities.

EBE Bank

Scalable Platform Engineering - EBE launched a modern, automated platform to support its digital transformation and integration initiatives. Built on Red Hat OpenShift and Cloud Pak Automation, the solution enabled enterprise-grade scalability, streamlined processes, and reduced integration complexity across operations.

ALEX Bank

Kubernetes Migration - ALEX Bank mitigated security and performance risks associated with an outdated Kubernetes environment by migrating to Red Hat OpenShift. The upgraded platform improved overall performance, strengthened security, and increased reliability for critical banking workloads.

Empowering your Business with Advanced Technologies

Why Banking Modernization Can No Longer Wait

Banks across the GCC and Africa are under increasing pressure from agile fintechs, evolving regulations, and customer expectations for digital-first experiences. Yet many still operate on legacy systems never designed for this pace of change systems that slow innovation, increase risk, and inflate costs.

 

What You’ll Learn Inside the Ebook

  • The real challenges of legacy systems technical debt, poor integration, and vendor lock-in.
  • How modernization goes beyond “cloud migration” to deliver business agility.
  • 5 strategic modernization use cases:
    1. Corporate & SME Banking
    2. Digital Channels
    3. Core Banking Integration
    4. Risk & Compliance
    5. Open Banking & BaaS
  • A step-by-step modernization blueprint from Sumerge’s experts.
  • Proven outcomes from regional success stories.

 

Proven Success: Alinma Bank’s Modernization Journey

Sumerge helped Alinma Bank, a tier-1 Saudi institution, modernize its corporate internet banking platform transforming a 20-year-old legacy system into a cloud-native, microservices-driven platform.

Results:

  • 1,200+ new features delivered
  • 8x faster release cycles
  • Zero business disruption
  • 150,000+ corporate users migrated successfully
  • Agile-ready platform for continuous innovation

 

How Sumerge Helps Banks Modernize Safely and Strategically

Sumerge combines strategic advisory and deep technical execution across five key phases:

  1. Assessment & Discovery
  2. Platform Engineering
  3. Phased Implementation
  4. Controlled Rollout
  5. Operationalization

 

The Business Impact of Modernization

  • 2–4x faster go-to-market
  • 50% reduction in technical debt
  • 8x lower total cost of ownership
  • 20–30% less downtime

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