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Strategic Considerations: Build vs. Buy for Agency Banking Platforms

A Pragmatic Lens on Agency Banking Decisions

For financial institutions expanding reach through distributed agent networks, the decision to “build in-house” versus “buy ready-to-deploy” agency banking infrastructure is a pivotal one. It’s not merely about code ownership. It is about how rapidly and reliably institutions can deliver financial access to underbanked and underserved communities. In a market where branchless banking is accelerating, competitive advantage depends on execution speed.