Banking on data intelligence with Groupe BPCE
A French banking giant transforms governance with data intelligence.
About Groupe BPCE
Groupe BPCE is the second-largest banking group in France. Through its 100,000 staff, the group serves 35 million customers – individuals, professionals, companies, investors, and local government bodies – worldwide.
Challenge
BPCE, France’s second-largest banking group, struggled to manage data effectively in a highly regulated environment due to an increasingly complex technology stack that created silos and hindered collaboration across teams. Existing tools made it difficult for staff to find, understand, and use data, while regulatory authorities demanded greater transparency, including the ability to catalog, visualize, and track data flows and lineage across intricate IT systems.
Solution
BPCE enhances data governance by standardizing data definitions and creating a shared business glossary, leveraging the Actian Data Intelligence Platform. With Actian, BPCE enabled automated metadata management and offered an intuitive search interface, making data easily accessible to business users.
Outcome
- BPCE unified metadata, breaking down silos between business and IT.
- Automated data management improved regulatory compliance and efficiency.
- Common business glossary and collaborative governance boosted data literacy and trust.
- Automation reduced manual work and supported broader business use cases.
- The approach laid the groundwork for a scalable enterprise data marketplace.