{"id":56824,"date":"2024-09-23T10:27:09","date_gmt":"2024-09-23T08:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qualityminds.com\/?post_type=case&#038;p=56824"},"modified":"2025-04-08T23:28:19","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T21:28:19","slug":"the-new-large-value-payment-system-for-international-payment-transactions-at-a-large-european-national-bank","status":"publish","type":"case","link":"https:\/\/qualityminds.com\/en\/case\/the-new-large-value-payment-system-for-international-payment-transactions-at-a-large-european-national-bank\/","title":{"rendered":"The new large-value payment system for international payment transactions at a large European national bank"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section id=\"block-66508199cb8e9\"  class=\"hero-section template10\">\n\t<div class=\"bg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1079\" src=\"https:\/\/qualityminds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Quality-Minds-Software-Engineering-and-Machine-Learning-Consulting-Services.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Quality Minds Software Engineering and Machine Learning Consulting Services\" loading=\"eager\" srcset=\"https:\/\/qualityminds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Quality-Minds-Software-Engineering-and-Machine-Learning-Consulting-Services.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/qualityminds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Quality-Minds-Software-Engineering-and-Machine-Learning-Consulting-Services-300x126.jpg 300w, https:\/\/qualityminds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Quality-Minds-Software-Engineering-and-Machine-Learning-Consulting-Services-1024x432.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/qualityminds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Quality-Minds-Software-Engineering-and-Machine-Learning-Consulting-Services-768x324.jpg 768w, https:\/\/qualityminds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Quality-Minds-Software-Engineering-and-Machine-Learning-Consulting-Services-1536x647.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/qualityminds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Quality-Minds-Software-Engineering-and-Machine-Learning-Consulting-Services-2048x863.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"hero-section__wrapper flex flex-wrap justify-between\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"hero-section__description\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text-element-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text-element\">\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-theme-secondary-color\">One of Europe&#8217;s biggest national banks<\/mark> <\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\"><strong>The new international large-value payment system<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero-section__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text-element\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Development of a comprehensive test automation solution with the combined expertise of QualityMinds&#8217; test automation and DevOps specialists.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"social\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"social-wrapper flex items-center\">\n\t\t\t\tFollow us\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"no-list no-margin social-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/qualityminds-gmbh\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"share on social media\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"29\" height=\"29\" src=\"https:\/\/qualityminds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/linkedin.svg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/de-de.facebook.com\/QualityMindsGmbH\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"share on social media\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"29\" height=\"29\" src=\"https:\/\/qualityminds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/facebook.svg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.xing.com\/pages\/qualitymindsgmbh\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"share on social media\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"29\" height=\"29\" src=\"https:\/\/qualityminds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/xing_icon.svg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section id=\"block-66508199cba0d\"  class=\"text-image-section template-2\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"content flex justify-between\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"text-element-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text-element\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The new market infrastructure for large-value and individual payments<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the largest European national banks, an integral part of the European System of Central Banks, plays a crucial role in the implementation of the monetary policy in the Eurozone. With tasks ranging from financial and monetary stability to banking supervision, the large European national bank is at the center of the European financial system and also works closely with the European Central Bank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The European Central Bank also initiated the new large-value payment system for international payments, which replaced the old European payment system, which was previously used to transfer central bank money across borders in the monetary union.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-box default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"505\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/qualityminds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Grossbezahlsystem-Geld.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/qualityminds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Grossbezahlsystem-Geld.jpg 505w, https:\/\/qualityminds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Grossbezahlsystem-Geld-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/qualityminds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Grossbezahlsystem-Geld-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 505px) 100vw, 505px\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section id=\"block-6650837d58dda\"  class=\"left-right-sm-section template-2\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"text-element-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text-element\">\n\n<p class=\"brand-subtitle wp-block-paragraph\">The Challenge:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Modernization of the existing payment transaction platform<\/h2>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"right-element\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text-element\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>The challenge was to modernize the existing payment platform to meet increased international and regulatory requirements.<br \/>\nThe aim was to develop a robust and technologically advanced platform that supports the latest technical standards. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The biggest challenge concerned the test infrastructure.<br \/>\nA large number of teams of developers, testers and test automation experts were working in the same test environment. This meant that they could unintentionally influence the results of other tests.<br \/>\nIn addition, the development cycles were different, so different teams required different configurations of the test environment.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section id=\"block-665086d301289\"  class=\"tabs-section template-2\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"heading\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text-element\">\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center brand-subtitle wp-block-paragraph\">The solution:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Test, test and test again with QualityMinds<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">QualityMinds was able to develop a highly maintainable and economical test automation solution and build and scale a modern test infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"tabs-wrapper\" data-target=\"tabs\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div role=\"tablist\" aria-label=\"Short title for tabs block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"tab-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" aria-selected=\"true\" id=\"0-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCloud-based <br> test infrastructure\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"tab-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" aria-selected=\"false\" id=\"0-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOpen source approach\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"tab-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" aria-selected=\"false\" id=\"0-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSynergy effects\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"tabs\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"tab \" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"0-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"tab-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"left-element\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"no-margin\"><strong>Creating the basis for automated tests.<\/strong><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text-element-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text-element\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>To facilitate testing and create reliable and reproducible conditions for automated tests, QualityMinds set up a test infrastructure in-house at the large European national bank based on containerization, CI\/CD and infrastructure as code.<br \/>\nThis provided all project participants with one (or more) personal test environments &#8220;at the push of a button&#8221;, which could be configured according to individual requirements.<br \/>\nThe basis for automated tests was created, which secure various areas in the front-end and back-end of the application.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"tab hidden\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"0-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"tab-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text-element-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text-element\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>With the modern test infrastructure as a basis, QualityMinds was now able to work more efficiently on test automation.<br \/>\nAn open source approach based on Behavior Driven Development (BDD) was chosen for this.<br \/>\nThe use of Gherkin and Cucumber makes it possible to use a programming language that is based on natural language.<br \/>\nThis means that the test cases can also be understood and written by non-technical project participants.<\/p>\n<p><strong>In addition, the integration of Xray in Jira means that not even a development environment is necessary.<br \/>\nInstead, the automated tests can be written, executed and evaluated in Jira. <\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"tab hidden\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"0-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"tab-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text-element-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text-element\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The cooperation between the large European national bank and QualityMinds resulted in a positive effect for both partner companies.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The knowledge gained from setting up the cloud-based test infrastructure could be used in other projects within the European national bank.<br \/>\nThis infrastructure is now not only used for the original project, but also in other projects of the bank. <\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section id=\"block-6650a31ef2fee\"  class=\"content-section template-5\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"content flex justify-between items-start\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"text-element-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text-element\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Facts at a glance<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"blocks\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text-element\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Development and operation of a cloud-based test infrastructure in the DevOps approach &amp; in-house setup at the European national bank<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text-element\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Test automation of backend and Graphic User Interface (GUI) tests<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text-element\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Open source approach based on Behavior Driven Development (BDD)<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text-element\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Development of a test automation strategy that is valid across 10 test teams<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text-element\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Integration of Xray 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