Replacement Guide

How to Build Your Own Thought Machine

Replace Thought Machine with a custom build. Core banking and payments technology built natively for the cloud

Few Days
15 features4 integrations3-5 days

Estimated Timeline

Based on 15 features at Few Days difficulty, expect about 3-5 days with AI-assisted development.

1
Architecture & setup
Half day
2
Core features
2-3 days
3
Testing & polish
1 day

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Next.js 14

Full-stack React framework with API routes and server components

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Tailwind CSS

Utility-first styling for rapid UI development

Key Features to Replicate

Top features across 8 categories. See all 15 features

Payments Processing(3 features)

Card Issuing and Processing

Vault Payments launched with card issuing and processing support on the Mastercard network

Instant Payments Support

Enables real-time payment processing capabilities with SEPA instant payments support

Vault Payments

Cloud-native payments processing platform designed to enable banks to run all payment types for every method, scheme, and region in the world with complete control over payment lifecycle

Infrastructure(2 features)

Cloud Native Architecture

Developed from scratch without legacy or pre-cloud code, running natively in the cloud with horizontal scaling, continuous deployment, high availability, and self-healing capabilities

Microservices Architecture

Built from the ground up to take full advantage of cloud-native computing, enabling elastic, highly available and flexible core banking system with load-based scaling

Integration(2 features)

API-First Architecture

Built with API-first design giving banks complete control to connect to services and technologies from other vendors

Integration Library

Growing collection of solutions and integrations with best-in-class technology vendors

Configuration(1 features)

Smart Contracts System

Used for product creation and configuration within Vault Core

Core Banking Platform(1 features)

Vault Core

Cloud-native core banking platform built from scratch to run in the cloud, enabling banks to run any product including current accounts, savings accounts, credit cards, loans, and mortgages

Customization(1 features)

Configurability

All product creation done in Vault Core's configuration layer using smart contracts system, with rich library of pre-integrated solutions and pre-configured smart contracts

Deployment(1 features)

Multi-Cloud Deployment

Cloud agnostic platform allowing banks to deploy on any cloud infrastructure provider or as SaaS, giving banks complete choice of hosting options

Payments Standards(1 features)

ISO 20022 Support

Platform engineered for ISO 20022 standard compliance and efficiency in payments

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