About Česká spořitelna
Česká spořitelna is one of the largest and oldest banks in the Czech Republic. Founded in 1825, it offers a wide range of financial services, including personal banking, business banking, and investment services. As part of the Erste Group, a major European financial services provider, Česká spořitelna plays a significant role in the Czech banking sector and is known for its extensive network of branches and ATMs throughout the country.
The Challenge
Fragmented infrastructure and shadow IT slowed down data access across the bank
Fragmented Infrastructure
Česká spořitelna had a complicated stack of varied data sources with limited data access. To compile a report or perform analytics, the users often needed to combine data from several siloed sources. Additionally, workflows often required technical knowledge and understanding of the complex infrastructure, putting many tasks out of reach of business teams.
Shadow IT
While the users had unified data coming from a data warehouse, it needed to be enriched with additional information for reporting and analysis, as a result teams relied on Excel and unauthorized data integrations. Mitigating this required complicated manual processes setup by a limited cohort of technical specialists, and the time-to-value of data initiatives left a lot to be desired.
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Petr Polák
Data Platforms Domain Lead
The Traditional Data Stack Works Well, but… Only for a Few Business-Critical Use Cases.
The Solution
A Self-Service Data Platform for the Entire Bank
Together with Keboola, Česká spořitelna built a self-service data management solution connecting all teams and data sources under one governed platform.
Self-Service Data Platform
Together with Keboola, Česká spořitelna built a self-service data management solution for the whole bank, connecting 180+ active users across around 70 teams, working on more than 100+ data projects which consumes data from Oracle Databases (DWH), Salesforce CRM, marketing applications, HR systems, many other dispersed data sources and simple Excel spreadsheets and .csv files connected under one platform, democratizing the data and making it easily accessible.
Unified Data Governance
Keboola's robust governance framework consolidated Česká spořitelna's massive data framework into a single place — better security, faster data processing, and improved data governance through a one-platform approach.
Fast Time to Value
New initiatives now take weeks instead of months. The platform enables teams to launch long-tail analytics use cases that were previously impossible, without relying on the central IT team.
The Impact
More Than 100 Projects Unified Within a Self-Service Data Management Platform
Data Governance
Thanks to Keboola, Česká spořitelna's massive data framework was consolidated into a single place. Better security, faster data processing, and improved data governance — all thanks to a one-platform approach.
Data Enablement
Teams that were previously barred from the data world are now able to resolve their own data requests with Keboola, finally making many long-tail analytics use cases possible.
Data Democratization
Data is easily shared and disseminated between departments. With a self-service approach, data became accessible to end users without needing to rely on the central team.
Faster Time to Value
New initiatives now take weeks instead of months.
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Pavel Matějka
Enterprise Data Architect
