Emirates NBD was recognised at The Asian Banker Middle East and Africa Financial Technology Innovation Awards 2021, for its Enterprise Data Platform (EDP) implementation, with SAP as implementation partner.
Emirates NBD’s EDP, which leverages Hadoop Big Data and the SAP Financial Services Data Platform powered by SAP HANA, was launched in November 2018, as the Group’s biggest flagship initiative in its ongoing digital transformation, aiming to help continuously enhance customer experience by increasingly leveraging data-driven intelligence.
The award recognises the implementation of the large-scale data-management initiative, driven through a collaborative effort with SAP, the implementation partner for the strategic transformation program. The deployment has helped Emirates NBD lay a strong data and analytics foundation, while enabling real-time capabilities to address future data needs and shape their overall data and analytics strategy.
Commenting on the win, Suvo Sarkar, Senior Executive Vice President and Group Head of Retail Banking and Wealth Management at Emirates NBD said, “As a digital-first banking Group, data intelligence is critical not only to our business operations but also in ensuring seamless customer interactions. Emirates NBD has been an early adopter in investing in data management capabilities and we are pleased to be recognised for our efforts by The Asian Banker. Our partnership with SAP has been a key enabler in our journey and has brought significantly increased capability to our Enterprise Data Platform.”
