DenizBank Adopts Red Hat OpenShift AI to Accelerate AI Innovation

Red Hat, the global leader in open source solutions, has partnered with DenizBank, one of Turkey’s top private banks, to drive a comprehensive AI transformation using Red Hat OpenShift AI. This collaboration is aimed at enhancing operational efficiency, accelerating AI project timelines, and empowering data scientists with scalable, self-service development environments.

Key Highlights:

1. AI-Driven Transformation Across DenizBank

• DenizBank launched a major workflow transformation to integrate AI into its daily operations.
• The initiative was spearheaded by Intertech, its IT subsidiary, in response to increasing project demands and lagging model deployment speeds.

2. Red Hat OpenShift AI Enables Scalable AI/ML Pipelines

• By deploying Red Hat OpenShift AI, DenizBank established a standardized platform across on-premise and public cloud environments.
• The platform automated and scaled data science workflows, improving model development, deployment, and serving.

3. Enhanced Productivity for 120+ Data Scientists

• Red Hat’s AI infrastructure supports over 120 data scientists across departments like risk, marketing, and customer relations.
• Self-service capabilities and plug-and-play functionality now allow faster data validation, model training, and deployment.

4. Dramatic Reduction in Time-to-Market

• Microservices model deployment was reduced from several days to just 10 minutes.
• Automated scaling of GPU resources improved cost efficiency and enabled simultaneous workloads without additional hardware.

5. Seamless Integration with DevOps & GitOps

• Intertech aligned Red Hat OpenShift AI with existing DevOps practices, delivering a tailored and future-proof AI development experience.
• This alignment ensured pipeline automation, quality control, and standardization across the organization.

Business Impact Highlights:

• Improved Credit Risk Prediction: Enhanced AI models improve decision-making on loan qualifications.
• Advanced Fraud Detection: AI is used to quickly identify suspicious financial behavior.
• Efficient Resource Utilization: GPUs and compute resources are scaled dynamically, reducing hardware overhead.
• Standardized Development Environments: Consistency in model development enhances reproducibility and collaboration.

Executive Commentary:

Haluk Tekin, Country Manager, Türkiye and CIS, Red Hat:

“Red Hat OpenShift AI brings open source innovation into enterprise AI. We’re proud to support DenizBank in transforming its operations and accelerating time-to-market.”

Okan Çetinkaya, Chief Data Officer, DenizBank:

“Our partnership with Red Hat empowers our data scientists to work in a streamlined and standardized environment that fosters innovation.”

Ömer Uyar, CEO, Intertech:

“The integration of Red Hat OpenShift AI enhances autonomy, productivity, and quality in AI development. We’re excited about the measurable improvements it brings.”

Looking Ahead:
DenizBank plans to migrate all AI workloads and data scientists to Red Hat OpenShift AI. Future initiatives include:

• Improving compute resource utilization (CPU, GPU, memory)
• Enhancing inferencing capabilities and model performance
• Creating a universal AI development platform for broader scalability