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Description

Finastra Essence is designed for banks aiming to innovate quickly, scale efficiently, and transform their customer experience. As a cloud-native core banking system, it offers modular components that support continuous operations and rapid feature deployment. The solution caters to retail, commercial, and Islamic banking, delivering hyper-personalized, omnichannel customer journeys from onboarding to daily transactions. Built-in AI-powered analytics provide actionable insights, performance metrics, and a unified customer view on dynamic dashboards. With its open API architecture, Essence enables institutions to integrate seamlessly with fintech partners, expand their service offerings, and build flexible ecosystems. Running on Microsoft Azure ensures enterprise-grade security, resilience, and scalability. Whether launching a challenger bank or modernizing an established institution, Finastra Essence offers a proven path to competitive differentiation. By combining customer-centric design with advanced analytics and open innovation, it empowers banks to thrive in the digital era.

Description

Effective customer engagement relies heavily on a thorough, data-driven comprehension of business dynamics. The Mastercard Intelligence Center (MIC) serves as a user-friendly analytics platform designed for financial institutions, equipping them with valuable insights regarding their portfolio performance. With its capability for real-time analysis of continuously updated data, MIC empowers banks to make informed decisions backed by reliable analytics. Additionally, the platform offers tailored benchmarks for comparable card products that refresh weekly, helping issuers pinpoint areas for enhancement and recognize new opportunities for growth. Through MIC, financial institutions gain access to crucial datasets that are often difficult to obtain, including refined and enhanced merchant information, fraud metrics, authorization processes, and interchange data. Users can effortlessly analyze any key performance indicator (KPI) and have the flexibility to segment data by various factors such as merchant category, specific merchants, product types, timeframes, channels, and geographical regions, yielding detailed insights that drive strategic initiatives. Ultimately, the comprehensive features of MIC facilitate a deeper understanding of market trends, further enabling banks to stay ahead in a competitive landscape.

API Access

Has API No 

API Access

Has API No 

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Integrations

Apiax Yes 
AriLinc Yes 
Banker's Dashboard Yes 
Finastra Yes 
Fincom.Co Yes 
Geezeo Yes 
Invoice Fly No 
Kinective Bridge Yes 
LawTrac Yes 
MANTL Yes 
SavvyMoney Yes 
Treasury Systems Yes 
Unblu Yes 
VendingMetrics No 
bitsCrunch No 

Integrations

Apiax No 
AriLinc No 
Banker's Dashboard No 
Finastra No 
Fincom.Co No 
Geezeo No 
Invoice Fly Yes 
Kinective Bridge No 
LawTrac No 
MANTL No 
SavvyMoney No 
Treasury Systems No 
Unblu No 
VendingMetrics Yes 
bitsCrunch Yes 

Pricing Details

No price information available.
Free Trial No 
Free Version No 

Pricing Details

No price information available.
Free Trial No 
Free Version No 

Deployment

Web-Based Yes 
On-Premises No 
iPhone App No 
iPad App No 
Android App No 
Windows No 
Mac No 
Linux No 
Chromebook No 

Deployment

Web-Based Yes 
On-Premises No 
iPhone App No 
iPad App No 
Android App No 
Windows No 
Mac No 
Linux No 
Chromebook No 

Customer Support

Business Hours No 
Live Rep (24/7) No 
Online Support Yes 

Customer Support

Business Hours No 
Live Rep (24/7) No 
Online Support Yes 

Types of Training

Training Docs No 
Webinars No 
Live Training (Online) No 
In Person Yes 

Types of Training

Training Docs No 
Webinars No 
Live Training (Online) Yes 
In Person No 

Vendor Details

Company Name

Finastra

Founded

2017

Country

United Kingdom

Website

www.finastra.com/universal-banking/solutions/essence

Vendor Details

Company Name

Mastercard Data & Services

Founded

1966

Country

United States

Website

www.mastercardservices.com/en/solutions/mastercard-intelligence-center

Product Features

Banking

ATM Management No 
Compliance Tracking No 
Corporate Banking No 
Credit Card Management No 
Credit Union No 
Investment Banking No 
Multi-Branch No 
Online Banking No 
Private Banking No 
Retail Banking No 
Risk Management No 
Securities Management No 
Transaction Monitoring No 

Online Banking

Brokerage No 
Cash Management No 
Chat / Messaging Yes 
Credit Card Management No 
Electronic Statements No 
Fraud Detection No 
Loan Management No 
Marketing Automation No 
Retail Banking Yes 
Single Sign On No 
Transaction Monitoring No 

Product Features

Banking

ATM Management No 
Compliance Tracking No 
Corporate Banking No 
Credit Card Management No 
Credit Union No 
Investment Banking No 
Multi-Branch No 
Online Banking No 
Private Banking No 
Retail Banking No 
Risk Management No 
Securities Management No 
Transaction Monitoring No 

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