MongoDB Collaborates with Lombard Odier to Modernize Core Banking Technology with Generative AI

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MongoDB (NASDAQ: MDB) announced a partnership with Lombard Odier, a Swiss private bank, to modernize its banking technology systems using generative AI. The collaboration has significantly accelerated the bank's modernization process, achieving 50-60 times faster code migration and 20 times faster application migration from legacy databases to MongoDB.

The partnership is part of Lombard Odier's GX Program, a seven-year modernization initiative launched in 2020. The bank implemented MongoDB for its portfolio management system (PMS), which manages financial instruments and powers their online banking application 'MyLO'. Through MongoDB's Modernization Factory service, the bank developed customized AI tooling that automated integration testing and code generation, reducing project times from days to hours.

Positive

• Achieved 50-60x faster code migration speeds
• 20x faster application migration from legacy databases
• Reduced project completion times from days to hours
• Successfully implemented AI automation for integration testing
• Secured long-term partnership with major financial institution

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• None.

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Software Technology Analyst

This strategic collaboration with Lombard Odier marks a significant milestone for MongoDB's enterprise expansion, particularly in the lucrative financial services sector. The implementation metrics are extraordinary - 50-60x faster code migration and 20x faster application migration using generative AI - which positions MongoDB as a frontrunner in AI-powered database modernization.

The successful transformation of Lombard Odier's Portfolio Management System, which manages critical financial instruments and powers their customer-facing MyLO platform, serves as a powerful proof point for other financial institutions. This reference case could accelerate MongoDB's penetration into the $300+ billion banking technology modernization market.

Three key aspects make this particularly valuable for MongoDB's growth trajectory:

• The development of the Modernization Factory with customizable AI tooling creates a repeatable, scalable model for future banking clients
• The cloud-agnostic approach addresses a important concern for financial institutions regarding vendor lock-in
• The successful modernization of a 200+ year-old bank's core systems demonstrates MongoDB's enterprise-grade capabilities to the most demanding clients

This implementation could serve as a catalyst for similar transformations across the banking sector, potentially leading to increased enterprise adoption and higher-value contracts for MongoDB. The company's ability to deliver measurable efficiency improvements while maintaining the stringent security and reliability requirements of Swiss banking standards significantly enhances its competitive positioning against both traditional database providers and newer cloud-native solutions.

Leading Swiss bank uses MongoDB to accelerate generative AI innovation and deliver enhanced services to clients

NEW YORK, Feb. 4, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- MongoDB, Inc. (NASDAQ: MDB) today announced that Lombard Odier, a global Swiss private bank founded in 1796, has partnered with MongoDB to further modernize its leading banking technology systems. In collaboration with MongoDB, Lombard Odier has accelerated the modernization of its systems and applications with generative AI, reducing technical complexity and accelerating the bank's innovation journey. The generative AI-assisted modernization initiative enabled Lombard Odier to:

• Migrate code 50 to 60 times quicker than previous migrations
• Move applications from legacy relational databases to MongoDB twenty times faster, leveraging generative AI
• Automate repetitive tasks with AI tooling to accelerate the pace of innovation, reducing project times from days to hours

Delivering seamless digital experiences to private and institutional customers while driving cost efficiencies is a major challenge across the banking industry. With the acceleration of digitization and the advent of AI, Lombard Odier is evolving its systems and integrating new technologies to give its clients the best possible service and experience. The bank's GX Program—a seven-year initiative designed to modernize Lombard Odier's banking application architecture to respond to market developments—launched in 2020 with the goal of enabling quicker innovation, reducing potential service disruption, and improving customer experiences.

Building on its 10-year relationship with MongoDB, Lombard Odier chose MongoDB as the data platform for its transformation initiative. The bank initially decided to develop its portfolio management system (PMS) on MongoDB. The bank's largest application, with thousands of users, PMS manages shares, bonds, exchange-traded funds, and other financial instruments. MongoDB's ability to scale was key to this system migration, as this system is used to monitor investments, make investment decisions, and generate portfolio statements. It is also the engine that runs Lombard Odier's online banking application "MyLO," which is used by the bank's customers.

The bank engaged with MongoDB to co-build a Modernization Factory—a service that helps customers eliminate barriers like time, cost, and risk frequently associated with legacy applications and eliminate technical debt that has accumulated over time—to expedite a secure and efficient modernization. MongoDB's Modernization Factory team worked with Lombard Odier to create customizable generative AI tooling, including scripts and prompts tailored for the bank's unique tech stack, which accelerated the modernization process by automating integration testing and code generation for seamless deployment.

"To enhance Lombard Odier's business strategy, we developed a technology platform that draws on the latest technological innovations to facilitate employees' day-to-day work, and provide clients with individualized investment perspectives," said Geoffroy De Ridder, Head of Technology and Operations at Lombard Odier. "We chose MongoDB because it offers us a cloud-agnostic database platform and an AI modernization approach, which helps to automate time-consuming tasks, accelerate the upgrade of existing applications, and migrate them at a faster rate than ever before. Having up to date technology has made a big impact on our employees and customers while proving to be fast, cost-effective, and reducing maintenance overheads."

In addition to PMS, Lombard Odier modernized multiple other applications from its existing Java application server to the bank's next-generation framework. The bank then went a step further and worked with MongoDB to use generative AI on a marketing application called "Publications" to accelerate the code migration. The bank's developers were also able to use Modernization Factory gen AI based tooling and products to feed into scenarios during regression testing and automatically generate new code much faster than before.

"Financial institutions with as much history as Lombard Odier undoubtedly have large, complex legacy systems that have been supporting the business for decades. However, it is important for organizations to constantly evaluate these systems to understand if they are still serving their best interest today, and for the future," said Sahir Azam, Chief Product Officer at MongoDB. "This can be a daunting task, but we are proud to have worked through this with Lombard Odier to prove that it is possible and can actually be quite simple with the right technology. The transformation work Lombard Odier has done sets them up to take advantage of new, cutting-edge technologies which improve customer experience immensely."

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Headquartered in New York, MongoDB's mission is to empower innovators to create, transform, and disrupt industries by unleashing the power of software and data. Built by developers, for developers, MongoDB's developer data platform is a database with an integrated set of related services that allow development teams to address the growing requirements for today's wide variety of modern applications, all in a unified and consistent user experience. MongoDB has tens of thousands of customers in over 100 countries. The MongoDB database platform has been downloaded hundreds of millions of times since 2007, and there have been millions of builders trained through MongoDB University courses. To learn more, visit mongodb.com.

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FAQ

How much faster did MongoDB's generative AI make Lombard Odier's code migration?

MongoDB's generative AI solution enabled Lombard Odier to migrate code 50 to 60 times faster than previous migrations.

What is the timeline for Lombard Odier's GX Program with MongoDB (MDB)?

The GX Program is a seven-year modernization initiative that launched in 2020 to modernize Lombard Odier's banking application architecture.

How much faster can applications migrate to MongoDB (MDB) using generative AI?

Using generative AI, applications can be moved from legacy relational databases to MongoDB twenty times faster than traditional methods.

What systems did Lombard Odier migrate to MongoDB (MDB)?

Lombard Odier migrated its portfolio management system (PMS), which manages shares, bonds, and ETFs, as well as their online banking application 'MyLO' to MongoDB.

How has MongoDB's (MDB) Modernization Factory improved project timelines?

MongoDB's Modernization Factory reduced project times from days to hours through automated integration testing and code generation.