Financial Services Industry (FSI) organizations encounter numerous obstacles in their pursuit of AI-driven transformation, primarily due to legacy systems, stringent regulations, and data silos, which create a chaotic data environment. To address these challenges, the text explores the integration of legacy systems, regulatory navigation, and data silo dismantling as crucial steps toward fostering data-driven decision-making. It emphasizes the adoption of data streaming technologies to revamp data pipelines, enabling real-time data ingestion and seamless system integration. The text also delves into various data pipeline types—batch, micro-batch, and real-time—highlighting their respective uses and challenges, such as latency issues and scalability. Additionally, it outlines the importance of data quality and infrastructure in supporting AI and machine learning applications, advocating for a phased approach to resolving data complexities. The upcoming second part promises to provide a detailed data strategy for streamlining pipelines and achieving efficient data integration and processing.