Cut release regression cycles from 3 weeks to 2 days for a top-25 US bank
Top-25 US retail bank — digital banking platform
Challenge
Manual regression across 400+ user journeys on web and mobile was blocking a shift from quarterly to bi-weekly releases. Coverage gaps were surfacing as production defects in payments and account opening.
Approach
- Assessed the existing test estate and prioritized high-risk journeys tied to revenue and compliance.
- Stood up a Playwright + TypeScript automation framework with parallel execution on CI.
- Wrapped core-banking, card, and payments APIs with contract tests using Pact and REST Assured.
- Integrated results into Azure DevOps dashboards with a per-release quality gate.
Outcome
Regression that used to take three weeks now completes in under two days, and the team ships production releases every other week with confidence.
