Case Study: Boubyan Bank achieves 30% faster server performance and zero downtime with Oracle

Boubyan Bank Boosts System Performance and Eliminates Downtime for Rapidly Growing Shari'ah-Compliant Bank

Boubyan Bank is a Kuwait-based Shari’ah‑compliant bank and one of the fastest‑growing banks in the region. Rapid expansion—staff growth from about 218 in 2005 to over 1,000—exposed limits in its legacy IT platform, causing downtime, rising maintenance costs, and the need to preserve custom payment and operational processes while enabling flexible, multi‑format reporting for finance teams.

Working with Oracle and partner Evosys, Boubyan migrated from Windows Server 2003 to Oracle Linux 5.8 and deployed Oracle E‑Business Suite Release 12.1.3 with Oracle Financials and BI Publisher, plus recreated key custom forms. The upgrade boosted server performance by more than 30%, reduced system crashes by over 40% and memory loss by 25%, supported a 20% increase in branches and tripling of staff since 2005, enabled 24‑hour operations, automated accounting tasks, and delivered faster, more versatile reporting for better decision‑making.

Boubyan Bank

Mohammed Jomah Al-Shami

IT Project Manager