Apple Bank

Account opening in a New York minute

How Apple Bank modernized account opening, reduced manual reviews and gave their bankers time back with Terafina.

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Our impact

Apple bank modernized account opening, reduced risk, and freed bankers to focus on relationships.

Productivity increase with ~800 apps/month without additional staff

80% → 30%

Manual review time reduced

50min

Saved per application

Client testimonial

“This was the most successful technology implementation in the institution’s digital transformation journey over the last 6 years.”

Linda Ward

EVP, Director of Digital & Transformation

The opportunity

Streamline manual and labor-intensive bottlenecks

For Apple Bank, account opening had become a critical pressure point that was falling short of both customer expectations and employee needs. Operating in one of the most highly regulated states in America, the bank faced the challenge of meeting strict compliance requirements while delivering an experience that is aligned with digital leaders, with speed that is expected in today’s instant gratification environment and with convenience expected by today’s consumers.

The Solution

Freeing bankers to focus on relationships

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Turning account opening from a low-value transaction into the first step of a stronger, long-term customer relationship. The partnership with Candescent proved to allow for a seamless implementation, a solutions-oriented project team and the Bank to achieve their objectives of a customer centric onboarding experience.

The deployment focused on

Scalability for expansion

which required automation of operational tasks including application analysis, document archiving and automation of data to monitoring systems.

Extensible integrations

with 110+ APIs, enabling configurability, compliance and business process improvement, doubling throughput without increasing resources.

Built-in fraud detection

Why it matters

Immediate and measurable transformation

Significant time savings

The account opening process shrank from 45–60 minutes to just 5–10 minutes—giving bankers back an average of 50 minutes per application.

3X productivity and scalable growth

By automating manual processes, Apple Bank tripled its productivity, processing nearly 800 applications a month with the same staff and newfound bandwidth. This operational leap enabled the bank to finally launch marketing campaigns for digital products; confident they could handle surging demand and scale without significant increases in headcount.

Fewer manual reviews

Applications requiring intervention were reduced from 80% to around 30%, cutting the operational burden nearly in half and auto declining applications that do not meet the Bank’s risk tolerance

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A complete, end-to-end journey across every product and channel. Backed by a unified operational foundation—so institutions can scale active account growth without increasing risk or cost.

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Built to manage business cash flow, controls, and operating relationships in one place. Enables financial institutions to understand, support, and grow complex business relationships over time.

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Designed around how people actually manage their money. Helps financial institutions deliver more relevant, timely guidance by surfacing insight from everyday consumer activity.

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