Google Cloud will power core provider Jack Henry’s cloud-first service offerings for bank and credit union clients.

The technology will modernize the core provider’s existing data, reporting and integrations systems, Ben Metz, chief digital and technology officer at Jack Henry, told Bank Automation News.

“We are building services in the cloud environment while maintaining our existing core systems,” Metz said. “Financial institutions will be able to choose the solutions that best fit their customers’ needs and embed the finance technology of their choice into the Jack Henry ecosystem.”

Google is providing the cloud infrastructure to modernize Jack Henry’s tech stack through tools and services including artificial intelligence (AI) platforms, security and compliance solutions, and flexible integration services that work with other cloud providers, according to a Jack Henry release.

The tech giant will also deliver security solutions, including Chronical and Siemplify; AI offerings such as document AI and contact center AI; and foundational platform tools including Cloud Spanner and BigQuery, Metz told BAN.

The Google collaboration aligns with the core provider’s fiscal Q3 announcement that it would continue to build out and modernize its digital banking offerings through partnerships. It also supports the 43% of Jack Henry bank and credit union CEOs who said they will have a public cloud or cloud-native core in their strategic plan within the next two years, Metz said.

The multiyear strategy already started to kick off with “certain services in beta testing, such as international and domestic wires,” Metz said. “We will continue to roll out services as we build them.”

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