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Why BFSI Firms are Replacing Oracle Reports to Cut Costs
Why BFSI Firms are Replacing Oracle Reports to Cut Costs

June 17, 2025

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KEY HIGHLIGHTS 

  • BFSI firms are moving away from Oracle Reports to reduce high licensing and maintenance costs and to adopt more agile, scalable, and cost-efficient reporting platforms. 

  • Legacy reporting tools like Oracle Reports create dependencies on specialized resources, slowing down report delivery and increasing operational costs. 

  • Modern reporting platforms offer better integration, real-time analytics, and self-service capabilities, empowering business users and reducing IT workload. 

  • A strategic migration approach minimizes disruption, ensures compliance, and improves long-term ROI through simplified architecture and modern reporting capabilities. 

Why BFSI Firms are Replacing Oracle Reports to Cut Costs 

  • High Licensing Fees: Oracle Reports often come with significant licensing costs, which increase over time and limit financial flexibility for mid-size and large financial institutions. 

  • Rising Support Costs: Ongoing maintenance and support for Oracle Reports require specialized skills, leading to higher operational expenses and reliance on external consultants. 

  • Limited Agility: Modifying reports is time-consuming and rigid, slowing down business responsiveness in a fast-moving financial services environment. 

  • Lack of Integration: Oracle Reports lacks seamless integration with modern BI tools, data lakes, or cloud-native systems used widely across the BFSI industry today. 

  • Innovation Roadblocks: The inflexibility of Oracle’s architecture hinders the adoption of advanced analytics, machine learning, and automation, limiting digital innovation initiatives. 

Challenges with Oracle Reports That Are Driving Migration 

  • Skill Dependency: Oracle Reports requires specialized skills that are increasingly rare today. With fewer developers able to manage and update reports, organizations face delays, higher costs, and risks tied to a small pool of experts. 

  • Outdated Technology: Oracle Reports is built on legacy technology that is no longer evolving. This limits functionality, preventing businesses from adopting modern reporting features and user-friendly designs that improve decision-making. 

  • Complex Modifications: Even small changes to reports demand time-consuming steps like re-compilation and redeployment. This slows down updates, increases IT workload, and reduces business agility when adapting to new needs. 

  • Lack of Mobility: Oracle Reports are not designed for mobile access. Remote teams and field staff can’t easily retrieve data on the go, limiting productivity and timely decision-making in today’s mobile-first work environment. 

  • Security Gaps: Legacy tools often fall short on modern security standards, lacking advanced encryption and access controls. This creates compliance risks and potential vulnerabilities, especially in regulated industries. 

Strategic Approach for Migrating from Oracle Reports to Modern Reporting Solutions 

  • Assessment Phase: Begin with a thorough analysis of existing Oracle Reports, identifying which ones are actively used, redundant, or critical to business operations. 

  • Tool Selection: Choose a modern reporting solution that supports self-service, real-time analytics, and integration with cloud data sources and core banking platforms. 

  • Phased Migration: Implement changes in phases, starting with low-risk reports, to reduce disruption and gather early feedback from business users. 

  • Automation Enablement: Use migration accelerators and automation tools to simplify the rewriting or conversion of reports and reduce manual effort. 

  • Training and Support: Ensure smooth adoption by training users on the new platform, offering documentation, and setting up a responsive support structure post-deployment. 


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