Financial Brand - Beyond the Core: Modernizing Payments with Sidecar Cloud Platforms

Learn how to modernize payments and accelerate innovation with agile, cloud-based platforms running alongside legacy cores.Legacy cores, once the backbone of operations, now limit speed and flexibility. This webinar reveals how leading community banks are taking control of their future by going “core-free,” adding sidecar cloud platforms for money movement that let them innovate without waiting for their core provider to catch up.This session will show banking leaders how to overcome the strategic, operational, and technological barriers they face when modernizing their core infrastructure. You’ll see how community banking providers tackle the real-world challenges of balancing compliance and innovation amid limited budgets, resources, and slow-moving vendors.

Key Takeaways:

How to deliver instant, digital-first experiences that rival fintechs without replacing your core
What it means to go “core-free”, and why it’s a smarter, lower-risk alternative to full core replacement
Why “sidecar cores” are the answer for modernizing payments
How to build a scalable, future-ready foundation for AI, embedded banking, FedNow and RTP services
Who is leading the way with “sidecar cores,” and the ROI they are seeing