Shaping the Future of Banking: Parag Bhise, CEO, Nucleus Software on Product-Led Innovation and AI Agility | Sibos 2025 Podcast

In this exclusive interview with Financial IT, Parag Bhise, CEO and Executive Director of Nucleus Software, shares a blueprint for the next wave of innovation in global banking.

Discover how Nucleus Software – a company with a 40-year legacy of product excellence – is powering banking agility at scale across 200+ customers in 50+ countries. Parag explains the strategic advantage of their single codebase architecture that drives both the FinnAxia® (Transaction Banking) and FinnOne® (Retail Lending) platforms.

• Product-Led Power: How a strict 6-month release cadence and significant R&D investment ensure continuous, rapid innovation.
• AI in Production, Now: See how Nucleus Software is deploying AI for real-world banking challenges, including advanced payment anomaly detection (fraud signals without blocking good flows), automated credit assessment, and smarter collections strategies.
• The Agility Mandate: Why configurable, non-branched code platforms are critical for banks to move fast, stay compliant, and immediately respond to market shifts like the growing demand for supply chain finance and virtual accounts.

Parag emphasizes that the focus remains clear: enabling banks to serve customers better and accelerate growth by adopting future-proof, AI-driven core technology.

Watch the full video to gain strategic insights into the future trajectory of product-led financial services.