Challenger Banks
Changes in technology enable new banks to set up, and existing banks to open new operations, more quickly to take advantage of fragmenting customer segments and evolving customer needs.
Challenger Banks Solution
A SaaS-enabled solution that allows banks to rapidly launch new businesses in new geographies and sectors.

Launch Fast, Launch Efficiently
Challenger banks need to establish an operational capacity quickly and cheaply so that they can start to service new customers as soon as possible. Temenos’ model bank and process-driven implementation approach enable them to do exactly this.

Gain Customers Quickly
New banks do not have any customers. Since all banking revenue comes from counterparties and customers, the ability to both attract and onboard new customers quickly is key to success in this sector. Temenos’ Infinity digital offering offers customer engagement, conversational marketing and unprecedented efficiency in client onboarding and product origination.

Scale Operations to Business Growth
Cloud-native and cloud-agnostic solutions that we provide reduce the fixed costs of operations and allow banks to elastically scale as needed and on-demand.

Ecosystem Driven Offering
A full and competitive solution is more easily assembled when core elements are provided by the challenger bank. Added value items are then sourced from the financial and technology ecosystem. Temenos’ open APIs enable easy integration and innovation, while the Temenos MarketPlace also offers a curated collection of innovative FinTech providers, whose solutions are pre-integrated with our software.
Challenger Bank Customer Testimonials
Challenger banks want to quickly and efficiently build a presence in their market and become a game-changer. Temenos has proven experience in delivering innovative technology and successful SaaS banking solutions to more than 60 challenger banks. We are proud to celebrate the go-live of over 30 customers and to offer them a foundation to launch their new banking services and grow. Watch this video to hear some of their stories.
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Products
Customer Success Stories
Grasshopper Bank – Success Story
If you could build a bank from scratch, what would you do differently to established players? This question sparked the idea for Grasshopper Bank—the first 100 percent digital commercial bank in the U.S.
Praxia Bank
Praxia Bank was established with one aim: to disrupt the Greek banking industry. As the first challenger bank in Greece, it looked to offer an innovative, user-friendly digital service that…
Judo Bank – Success Story
Judo has subscribed and on-boarded to the Temenos software-as-a-service cloud offering which we run on the Microsoft Azure Cloud service. Through this process, which took 6 months, and having their full banking license, Judo is ready to establish a production-ready data-driven front-to-back solution.

Read the Success Story“Temenos was the only provider that was able to deliver on all three of our key requirements: cloud, interoperability and open APIs. With Temenos Transact, deployed in the Temenos Cloud, we’re confident that we have a world-class core banking system that will scale with us as we grow.”
Minerva Tantoco, Co-Founder and CTO – Grasshopper Bank
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Related Insights
Temenos Recognized as a Leader in The Forrester Wave™ for Digital Banking Processing Platforms for Retail Banking
Temenos was named a leader among Digital Banking Processing Platform providers according to The Forrester Wave™: Digital Banking Processing Platforms (Retail Banking), Q3 2020.
Temenos Named a Leader for 11th Time in Gartner 2020 Magic Quadrant for Global Retail Core Banking
Today, Temenos Transact is delivered as Temenos SaaS and can also be deployed natively on all main commercial cloud platforms or a private cloud, allowing banks to take the full benefit of lower operating costs and elastic scalability of these services, as well as benefiting from in-built operational resilience.
The Invasion of Challenger Banks Into the Us Market
Jeffery talks about how the invasion of challenger banks is shaking up the US market
Latest News
60 global challenger banks now rely on Temenos for their tech – AltFi
From Alba in Glasgow to Banco del Sol in Argentina.
Temenos Hits Milestone of 60 Challenger Bank Clients, Confirming Status as Technology Provider of Choice
Temenos’ front-to-back SaaS solution helps challenger banks create hyper-efficient cost models, get to market faster and rapidly launch innovative personalized products
Temenos Wins Major Awards at IBS Intelligence Global FinTech Innovation Awards 2020
Temenos projects with Varo Bank, EQ Bank and Flowe recognized for excellence in implementations and innovative use of cloud-native, open API technology in banking