Fino Payments Bank: Powering Fintech Growth with Dell PowerStore

Fino Payments Bank is one of India’s fastest-growing digital-first banks, serving banks, government entities, insurers, and microfinance institutions. With a presence across 90% of Indian districts, 70,000+ banking outlets, and millions of customer accounts, Fino has built its reputation on technology-led innovation and the ability to deliver seamless banking services at scale.

The Challenge: As part of its digital transformation, Fino Payments Bank modernized its application stacks — but its underlying hardware lagged behind. Key issues included:

• Latency Bottlenecks – Applications were experiencing delays, negatively impacting customer satisfaction.
• Outdated Infrastructure – Legacy storage systems could not match the demands of modern fintech workloads.
• High Operational Complexity – Large data center footprint (42U racks), complex cabling, and high man-hour requirements for management.
• Future-Readiness – Needed a scalable, secure, and cloud-ready storage solution to support rapid growth and compliance requirements.

The Solution: Pentagon designed and implemented a hybrid file server solution on Microsoft Azure, integrating it with the client’s on-premises systems: 

• Infrastructure Modernization – Migrated workloads to Dell PowerStore NVMe SSD storage, ensuring 99% performance saturation.
• Zero Downtime Migration – Performed seamless cut-over during business hours without impacting end-users.
• Data Center Optimization – Reduced data center footprint from 42U to 10U while simplifying SAN/Ethernet integration.
• Advanced Features –
  • Dedupe & Compression (4:1 ratio) reduced data workload.
  • Unified File & Block Storage eliminated the need for separate NAS headers.
  • AppSync & InsightIQ enabled application-consistent snapshots, thin clones, and proactive issue resolution.
• Disaster Recovery – Implemented asynchronous replication between production (Mumbai) and DR site (Hyderabad).