Case Study
BMO Modernized U.S. Digital Banking with Akamai
BMO successfully migrated 1.8 million Bank of the West customers to its digital banking platform while maintaining security, availability, and a seamless customer experience. Partnering with Akamai, the bank deployed Account Protector, Bot Manager, and App & API Protector to secure approximately 33 million daily API requests while protecting customer accounts throughout the complex migration. Akamai's global edge infrastructure, intelligent caching, and failover capabilities ensured uninterrupted service, while engineering collaboration helped resolve technical challenges such as cookie management and regional traffic redirection without customer disruption. The successful integration earned industry recognition, including Celent's Model Bank for Integration Excellence and a Banking Tech A
