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Grand Central

“Can a purpose-built banking IPaaS become the universal integration layer connecting every bank's core systems, payment rails, fintechs, and CRMs?”

HQNetherlands
IndustryInfrastructure / BaaS
The story

Grand Central (grandcentral.io) is an Integration Platform-as-a-Service (IPaaS) built specifically for the banking industry, developed in partnership with Backbase. It provides banks with a managed integration layer that connects disparate core banking systems, payment systems, fintechs, and CRM platforms through a suite of out-of-the-box connectors and API tooling. The product is positioned as the infrastructure backbone for digital banking transformation, enabling banks to accelerate IT delivery and reduce integration complexity across polyglot technology stacks.

Last 12 months
2023-01
Product timeline
2023
Backbase launched Grand Central as an Integration Platform-as-a-Service (IPaaS) purpose-built for banking, offering out-of-the-box connectors to core banking systems, payment systems, fintechs, and CRMs.· banking
The stack
0 layers disclosed in Grand Central’s embedded-finance stack
Accounting gap: none

Grand Central — frequently asked

Where is Grand Central headquartered?

Grand Central is headquartered in Netherlands.

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