Emirates NBD wins the 2025 Model Sell Side Award for "Front-to-Back Office Transformation", for its upgrade and digital transformation of platform and related solutions supporting its Global Markets & Treasury divisions, consolidating onto a single instance, multi-entry system operation supporting multiple units of the bank, across front-to-back operations.
This initiative not only successfully integrated technology across multiple business areas and value chain elements but demonstrated innovation in its approach to digital transformation by identifying and overcoming common barriers to change and drivers for fragmentation, including culture, change governance and implementation approach. The bank was able to immediately leverage the new platform to support creation of a new product in an area of focus for the business - sustainability.
Celent judges were impressed with the speed and scale of digital transformation, its immediate positive impact on the business, and the innovative approach to overcoming common barriers when modernizing its technology.
Key solution and services partners included: Nasdaq Calypso (Bank Global Markets and Treasury), Unity Infotech (Exchange Rate System), Finmechanics (Limit breach monitoring system), BeZero Carbon (Global Markets carbon trading)
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A highlight reel, a downloadable 1 page takeaway, and a full-length interview with Saud AI Dhawyani, Group Chief Platform Officer at Emirates NBD, are available for everyone to enjoy.
A full-length case study report diving into the initiative is available to Celent's subscribers (see Downloads section below)
