Credit union modernizing core banking with cloud and AI-driven fraud prevention
Vancity is a 1,000+ employee credit union serving 550,000+ member-owners across British Columbia, actively rebuilding its banking infrastructure on cloud (Azure, AWS, GCP) and data platforms (Snowflake, Databricks, Spark). The tech-stack breadth—spanning TOGAF, .NET, Java, Python, MuleSoft, and emerging adoptions in Actimize, Feedzai, and Azure ML—paired with heavy hiring in engineering (74 roles) and active projects in fraud detection, RPA, real-time APIs, and GenAI reference architectures, signals a multi-year transformation effort focused on replacing aging systems while closing gaps in real-time loan origination, digital onboarding, and cross-channel fraud prevention.
Notable leadership hires: Managing Director, Platform Lead, Regional Director, Project Lead
Vancity is a member-owned credit union headquartered in Vancouver and operating 54 branches across Metro Vancouver, the Fraser Valley, Victoria, Squamish, and Alert Bay in British Columbia. It serves over 550,000 member-owners with retail banking, wealth management, and investing products, while emphasizing socially responsible and impact investing. Internally, the organization is scaling engineering and platform capabilities—151 new roles posted in the last 30 days alone—to modernize its core lending, payments, and digital banking systems, address legacy technology debt, and implement enterprise-grade fraud prevention and risk management controls.
Vancity uses .NET, Java, Python, Azure, AWS, GCP, Snowflake, Databricks, Spark, dbt, MuleSoft, GraphQL, Power BI, Terraform, Jenkins, and GitHub Actions. It is adopting Actimize, Feedzai, SAS, FICO, and Azure ML for fraud and risk.
Active projects include fraud prevention and real-time detection, RPA automation, CI/CD pipelines for lending, real-time API integration, GenAI reference architectures, risk and governance KPIs, and digital onboarding modernization.
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