ASN Bank, a Netherlands-based retail bank, has selected HCLTech as its strategic partner to advance its digital transformation and improve customer experience. 

Under the partnership, HCLTech will support ASN Bank’s enterprise applications and streamline services using a distributed delivery model. 

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This initiative includes consolidating IT services, reducing the number of technology vendors, and developing a “future-ready” organisation. 

The collaboration is part of ASN Bank’s ‘Simplify and Grow’ strategy, which aims to modernise and standardise its IT architecture. 

ASN Bank chief information officer Michel Ruijterman said: “By signing this agreement, HCLTech’s proven track record in delivering scalable, innovative solutions tailored to the financial services sector means we can now confidently press on with streamlining our business by reducing the number of existing products and aligning the underlying processes and systems under our new strategy. 

“Standardising and further automating our systems will enable us to organise our business operations more efficiently and effectively.” 

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ASN Bank, claimed to be the fourth-largest retail bank in the Netherlands, focuses primarily on payments, savings, and mortgages. 

The bank combines mobile banking and personal advice, offered through its national branch network and serves over three million customers. 

HCLTech, a technology company with operations in more than 60 countries, offers artificial intelligence, digital engineering, cloud, and software services. 

The company reported consolidated revenues of $14.2bn for the twelve months ending September 2025. 

HCLTech executive vice president and Europe financial services head Sudip Lahiri said: “By aligning our engineering mindset and scalable, domain-led solutions with ASN Bank’s strategic goals, we are set to deliver tangible impact and long-term value, laying the foundation for future-ready operations. 

“Collaborating with ASN Bank marks a major step forward for HCLTech as we grow our presence in the Dutch banking sector.”