Architecting cloud-native financial systems: Key principles and patterns
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: This article presents a comprehensive framework for architecting cloud-native financial systems, focusing on key principles and design patterns that enable financial institutions to build more resilient, scalable, and secure applications. As the industry undergoes a fundamental transformation from monolithic to distributed architectures, financial organizations face unique challenges in maintaining regulatory compliance while delivering innovative services at scale. The article examines four foundational architectural pillars: microservices decomposition with domain-driven design, secure API design with multi-layered protection strategies, event-driven architecture for real-time transaction processing, and cloud-specific considerations, including managed services selection and compliance requirements. Through practical implementation guidance and industry benchmarks, the article offers financial technologists a roadmap for modernizing legacy systems while addressing the specific demands of financial applications, including strict data consistency, auditability, security, and exceptional reliability.
Author: Shenisetty, Nagesh
Institution: FedEx (United States)
Language: English
Subfield: Computer Networks and Communications
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7084765553
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