Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has acquired a digital twin technology
platform for banks developed by Percipient, a Singapore-based
fintech company with deep experience in banking technology
transformation. The acquisition enhances Accenture’s existing
banking modernization capabilities, helping financial services
clients in Asia Pacific accelerate the reinvention of their core
systems, foster innovation and drive growth.
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Accenture has acquired a digital twin
technology platform for banks developed by Percipient, a
Singapore-based fintech company with deep experience in banking
technology transformation. (Graphic: Business Wire)
Percipient’s platform serves as a digital twin—or virtual
duplicate—of banks’ legacy and modern systems, integrating and
unifying the data from each one into a single-real time hub. This
can reduce the challenges that many banks face around core
modernizations by simplifying the application of data and enabling
faster development of new products and services, all without
overhauling existing systems or disrupting operations.
Integrating Percipient’s digital twin solution further
complements Accenture’s capabilities to help banks decouple from
legacy systems and embrace cloud and AI-led banking services. Banks
that shift to a modern, cloud-enabled digital core can attain up to
60% higher revenue growth rates and a 40% increase in profits,
according to recent research from Accenture.
“Banks’ core systems are often decades old, with layers of
tangled code that are costly to maintain, reduce business
flexibility and require highly specialized talent, making the need
for transformation urgent,” said Masashi Nakano, Accenture’s
Financial Services lead for Asia Pacific. “Percipient’s unique
capabilities strengthen our existing core modernization offerings,
enabling banks to efficiently unlock new opportunities for growth,
launch new products faster, and deepen customer engagement through
cloud, data, and AI.”
Navin Suri, the founder and CEO of Percipient who joins
Accenture together with Percipient’s core technology leadership
team, said: “We have a shared vision to reinvent how digital
transformation is achieved at financial institutions. By combining
Percipient’s platform with Accenture’s core banking and technology
capabilities, we can enable banks to more seamlessly transform
their legacy systems and gain agility and speed, while lowering the
risk associated with such modernization efforts.”
Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
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