QKTech’s AI-Ready TCoE Powers Leading UAE Bank to Complete 35+ Digital Modernization Projects

QKTech’s AI-Ready TCoE Powers Leading UAE Bank to Complete 35+ Digital Modernization Projects

Industry & Segment

Objective

To modernize enterprise‑wide quality engineering by establishing an AI‑ready Testing Center of Excellence (TCoE) that accelerates digital transformation, reduces costs, improves scalability, and enables faster, high‑quality releases across the bank’s digital ecosystem.

Client Overview

One of the top 10 largest banks in the UAE, the client is a modern and progressive banking institution offering a full range of innovative retail and commercial banking services. Over the years, the bank has been steadily investing in enhancing its digital products and services and is recognized as a leader in user-centric digital banking in the region.

Business Challenges

Fragmented, project‑specific quality engineering frameworks limiting scalability

Long time‑to‑market for digital products and features

High regression testing effort and costs

Limited automation penetration and reuse

Dependency on environments affecting integration testing

Lack of centralized visibility, governance, and real‑time reporting

QKTech’s Solution

QKTech implemented a tailored, AI‑ready Testing Center of Excellence (TCoE) that centralized and standardized quality engineering across the enterprise.

QKTech AI-ready Testing Center of Excellence centralizing quality engineering for a UAE bank

Key solution components

  • Automation‑first enterprise testing framework
  • Centralized testing and reusable knowledge repositories
  • Service virtualization to reduce environment dependencies
  • CI/CT/CD integrations for continuous testing
  • Real‑time reporting and governance using PowerBI dashboards
  • Continuous feedback loops leveraging production insights
  • AI testing accelerators, AI‑driven insights, and AI‑powered process optimization

Laying the Groundwork for Enterprise-Wide AI Testing

Testing Accelerators

For intelligent and data-driven creation, maintenance, and execution of tests for extended coverage and faster time to market.

AI-Driven Insights

For an actionable and simplified view of enterprise-wide quality engineering for efficient IT-business collaboration, reduced resolution time, and enhanced customer experience.

AI-Powered Process Optimization

For streamlined enterprise-wide quality engineering processes to enhance efficiencies and reduce costs.

Results & Roadmap

35+

digital modernization projects delivered

300,000

test executions automated

150,000

tests centralized under the TCoE

100+

services virtualized

18,000+

defects identified and closed

70%

automation penetration achieved

70%

reduction in regression testing cycle time

Zero

critical production defects

Business Metrics

  • 70% faster regression testing, accelerating time‑to‑market
  • 20% reduction in Quality Engineering costs
  • Improved ROI on digital innovation investments
  • Enhanced customer experience and digital reliability
  • Scalable foundation for AI‑driven quality engineering
  • Sustained competitive advantage through faster, high‑quality releases

At QKTech, TCoE quality engineering sits under Digital Reliability, one of the six pillars of our Reliability OS for Enterprises, which helps enterprises ship AI agents and modern platforms without the risk.

Setting up or scaling a banking TCoE? Schedule a free consultation with our quality engineering team.

Let’s build experiences that matter. Connect with our experts today.