Redis recently participated in a webinar with TDWI to discuss best practices for data architecture modernization in financial services. The webinar was led by expert David Loshin and covered powerful ways financial organizations can modernize their data layers without disruption. Modernizing the data layer is crucial to overcome challenges in today's fast-paced digital environment, where customer expectations are sky-high and government legislation and market pressure to modernize are mounting. A modernized data platform like Redis Enterprise enables interactive customer experiences, enhanced risk management, and advanced near real-time analytics for fraud detection, while also providing efficient data migration, speedy ingestion, scalable multi-structure model support, flexible deployment choices, and optimized storage efficiency. By following the chronological process of identifying data accessibility gaps and operationalizing the data layer with microservices, financial services organizations can modernize their data layers without disruption, ultimately leveling the playing field to provide a real-time digital banking service that's fast, easy, and accessible.