EDB Postgres® AI: PostgreSQL for banking, financial services, and insurance (BFSI)
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Why modern banks are choosing Postgres
Financial institutions face pressure to modernize core banking systems while upholding the highest standards of compliance, security, and performance. With EDB PG AI, banks gain a modern database for the banking industry—an open, enterprise-grade foundation trusted by global leaders to reduce risk, improve agility, and power mission-critical applications across hybrid and multi-cloud environments.
Proof in Production
global banking leaders, including JPMorganChase, HSBC, and Santander, trust EDB.
with regulatory-ready architecture designed for GDPR and financial regulations.
uptime for an always-on architecture with proven resilience.
Benefits of EDB Postgres AI
Modernization without risk
Oracle database migration for banks with PL/SQL, packages, and triggers
Complex workloads moved with minimal refactoring
Lower TCO and improved agility for digital transformation
Regulatory compliance
Role-based access control and audit logging
Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) for sensitive data
Trusted distribution deployed in 25+ countries
Always-on availability
Automated failover, backup, and multi-region deployments
High availability Postgres with 99.999% uptime for critical banking applications
Hybrid cloud database for finance across AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, and private environments
AI-driven fraud detection and analytics
AI fraud detection database for payments and transactions
Real-time analytics for trading, risk, and compliance
Hybrid deployment options for scale and speed
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EDB PG AI is the modern database for banking, built for compliance, resilience, and innovation. Whether you’re planning an Oracle migration, pursuing core banking modernization, or enabling AI-driven fraud detection, we deliver the secure, regulatory-ready foundation trusted by financial leaders worldwide. Contact us to get started securing your financial data.
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Frequently asked questions
Yes. Postgres is widely adopted in banking and financial services because of its proven security features such as role-based access control, auditing, and encryption. EDB extends this foundation with enterprise capabilities such as Transparent Data Encryption(TDE), integration with bank-grade security systems, and hardened distributions trusted by top global banks.
Absolutely. Postgres provides strong native high availability and disaster recovery options, including replication and failover. EDB takes this further with enterprise-grade Always-On architecture, automated backup and recovery, and multi-region deployments—ensuring up to 99.999% uptime and resilience for critical financial workloads.
Postgres has become a leading alternative to Oracle in financial services due to its flexibility and lower TCO. EDB enhances this with the industry’s most advanced Oracle compatibility features (PL/SQL, packages, triggers, and more), helping banks migrate complex Oracle workloads with minimal refactoring while improving performance and lowering costs.
Postgres benefits from a large open source community, but financial institutions often need dedicated enterprise support. EDB provides 24/7 global support, proactive monitoring, and tailored SLAs—ensuring mission-critical workloads run securely and reliably with direct access to Postgres experts who understand banking requirements.
Yes. Postgres is flexible across on-premises and multi-cloud deployments, making it well suited for hybrid strategies in financial services. EDB builds on this by supporting AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, and private cloud infrastructure—giving banks the freedom to run workloads wherever compliance and performance demand.
Postgres has proven scalability for high-volume, data-intensive applications. EDB optimizes this further with features to support real-time analytics, trading platforms, fraud detection, and digital banking apps—delivering scale and performance across billions of transactions.
Postgres includes native capabilities for schema changes and automation, but modernization can be complex in regulated industries. EDB provides an ecosystem of tools for schema migration, CI/CD integration, Kubernetes-native deployments (CloudNativePG), and automated tuning—helping banks modernize safely and efficiently.