New Way Now: How barq powers instant, reliable financial services at massive scale

Learn more → https://goo.gle/3MVr8RR Featured in this video: Abdulaziz Aloraier, Head of DevOps Engineering at barq Executive summary: barq is the fastest-growing digital wallet in Saudi Arabia, offering instant, secure, and inclusive financial services that make people’s lives easier. As its user base surged into the millions, the company turned to Google Cloud to stay fast, reliable, and compliant in the Kingdom. With Google Kubernetes Engine and other core cloud services, barq now scales seamlessly, maintains real-time performance, and continues to innovate with customer experience at the center. Challenge: Growing to more than 8.5 million users in about a year put intense pressure on barq’s infrastructure. Maintaining speed, uptime, and real-time transactions - especially during sudden spikes - required a platform that could grow instantly, stay compliant, and keep data secure and localized in the Kingdom. Solution: barq adopted Google Kubernetes Engine along with a wide range of Google Cloud services to automate deployments, simplify monitoring, and scale in real time. What once required manual effort and slow rollouts is now fully automated and intelligent, giving the team the agility to ship updates quickly, respond immediately to customer needs, and maintain consistently high performance. Results: barq now moves faster, operates more reliably, and delivers a smarter financial experience for millions of customers. Real-time scaling keeps services always available, automation accelerates innovation, and the regional presence of Google Cloud ensures compliance and data sovereignty as barq continues to grow. Key takeaways and highlights from our interview with Abdulaziz Aloraier, Head of DevOps Engineering at barq: → “Before moving to Google Cloud, scalability and performance were major challenges as we grew to serve over 8.5 million users… We had to ensure real-time transactions even during sudden spikes in demand.” → “Before Google Cloud, maintaini