CICD Automation for Financial Data Validation and Deployment Pipelines

Abstract

The financial services industry is ripe with transformational opportunities to be realized through automation practices such as continuous integration and continuous delivery (CICD) and how the organization's operations flow, which in turn benefits them in such a manner. CICD systems automate the integration, validation, and deployment of financial data products to allow financial institutions to streamline the workflow, reduce human error, and meet their stringent regulation, including the GDPR and PCI DSS. CICD automation adoption enables running financial data processing in real-time for testing, monitoring, and validation to ensure all processed financial data is accurate, secure, and conforms to industry standards. Automation also turns out to be very important in a fast product development cycle, quick updates, and seamless deployment, which help financial institutions keep up in a swiftly evolving world. The benefits are better system performance, reduced compliance violation risk, and increased operational efficiency. CICD automation will stay at the forefront of the financial industry as the industry progresses with AI, machine learning, and cloud-native infrastructure. Nevertheless, many challenges are associated with the security and complexity of large-scale automating systems that are still poorly developed and require continuous improvement and proactive management to overcome new threats. In the long run, CICD automation of financial organizations improves trust and transparency and thus assures that financial organizations deliver trustworthy and innovative services to customers.