Global Digital Banking Solution

A 30-Person R&D Centre Accelerating Corporate Banking Product Delivery

A dedicated Vietnam-based engineering centre helping a global digital banking provider expand its corporate banking capabilities across APAC through faster releases, lower R&D costs and scalable product engineering.

45%

R&D COST REDUCTION

2x

Release VELOCITY

91%

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At a glance

Client

Global Digital Banking Provider

Engagement Model

Dedicated R&D Centre

Region

APAC

Team Size

30
Engineers

Scaling product innovation without scaling internal overhead

Growing demand for corporate banking capabilities created pressure to expand engineering capacity without slowing the existing product roadmap.

01 R&D CAPACITY CONSTRAINTS

Core engineering teams were already fully allocated, limiting the capacity available to develop new corporate banking product streams.

02 TIME-TO-MARKET PRESSURE

Building the additional capability entirely in-house was expected to take 12–18 months, putting APAC expansion opportunities at risk.

03 SCALABILITY & COST

Scaling through onshore R&D resources would have increased engineering costs while making team expansion more difficult.

A dedicated R&D centre built around product delivery

30 engineers provided dedicated product development capacity across four corporate banking streams, extending the client’s engineering capability without slowing its existing roadmap.

Build

Month 1–6

Established delivery across the first corporate banking product streams, integrating the team into existing engineering processes and release workflows.

Accelerate

Month 7–12

Expanded delivery across Payroll, Liquidity Management, Debt Collection and Virtual Accounts, increasing release velocity while improving test coverage and product quality.

Scale

Month 12+

Established a scalable 30-person R&D centre supporting continued corporate banking development across APAC with lower R&D costs and sustained engineering capacity.