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Westpac Adapt: 285 Systems Unite on Azure [2026]
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Fusion42 · 20 September 2026 · Fusion42 review
Westpac has launched Adapt, a new enterprise data platform on Microsoft Azure that consolidates data from 285 banking systems and over 14,000 pipelines into a single governed environment, serving as the foundation for AI tools used by 95% of its staff. This move signals a decisive shift in Australia's banking sector cloud strategies with implications for AI readiness and regulatory compliance under APRA's operational resilience rules.
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Westpac’s shift to a unified Azure data platform sets the stage for AI-driven banking innovation and forces Australian fintech founders to reassess their cloud and AI infrastructure choices immediately. Your platform dependencies just narrowed to whoever dominates the multi-petabyte cloud data integration game in Australia.
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