M&T Bank: The Importance of Human Relationships in Modernization

M&T Bank is a community-focused banking franchise with approximately $140 billion in assets, and a network of 700 branches across New York, to Virginia, and the District of Columbia. They offer advice, guidance, expertise, and solutions across the entire financial spectrum. M&T’s purpose is to understand the individuals and the businesses in their neighborhoods, so they can create the right opportunities for the people they serve.

M&T recently vowed to recommit its focus on serving customers. The company began to embrace an agile operating model and insource technology talent, knowing that to remain competitive, speed to market was critical. To achieve its goals, M&T knew it needed to make its mainframe data stores and processes accessible to other computing platforms in near real-time. Considering the security, interoperability, and usability that are unique to mainframe environments, M&T looked to Rocket Software to work in lockstep to execute on its plan to modernize.

Finding the right solution and partner

The company chose to partner with Rocket on a Digital Integration Hub (DIH), an architecture that synchronizes deployment for efficient access to mainframe data, limits business disruptions, and simplifies the development process.

The solution consumes data continually, which produces consistent, up-to-date...Continue reading