OSACon 2023_ Unlocking Financial Data with Real-Time Pipelines

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Unlocking Financial Data with
Real-Time Pipelines
Tim Spann
Principal Developer Advocate
14-December-2023

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Introduction
Overview
Apache Kafka
Apache Flink
Apache NiFi
Use Cases
Demos
Agenda (30 minutes)

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Financial institutions thrive on accurate and timely data to drive critical decision-making processes, risk assessments, and regulatory compliance. However,
managing and processing vast amounts of financial data in real-time can be a daunting task. To overcome this challenge, modern data engineering solutions have
emerged, combining powerful technologies like Apache Flink, Apache NiFi, Apache Kafka, and Iceberg to create efficient and reliable real-time data pipelines. In th
talk, we will explore how this technology stack can unlock the full potential of financial data, enabling organizations to make data-driven decisions swiftly and with
confidence.
Introduction: Financial institutions operate in a fast-paced environment where real-time access to accurate and reliable data is crucial. Traditional batch processin
falls short when it comes to handling rapidly changing financial markets and responding to customer demands promptly. In this talk, we will delve into the power of
real-time data pipelines, utilizing the strengths of Apache Flink, Apache NiFi, Apache Kafka, and Iceberg, to unlock the potential of financial data.
Key Points to be Covered:
Introduction to Real-Time Data Pipelines: a. The limitations of traditional batch processing in the financial domain. b. Understanding the need for real-time data
processing.
Apache Flink: Powering Real-Time Stream Processing: a. Overview of Apache Flink and its role in real-time stream processing. b. Use cases for Apache Flink in
the financial industry. c. How Flink enables fast, scalable, and fault-tolerant processing of streaming financial data.
Apache Kafka: Building Resilient Event Streaming Platforms: a. Introduction to Apache Kafka and its role as a distributed streaming platform. b. Kafka's capabiliti
in handling high-throughput, fault-tolerant, and real-time data streaming. c. Integration of Kafka with financial data sources and consumers.
Apache NiFi: Data Ingestion and Flow Management: a. Overview of Apache NiFi and its role in data ingestion and flow management. b. Data integration and
transformation capabilities of NiFi for financial data. c. Utilizing NiFi to collect and process financial data from diverse sources.
Iceberg: Efficient Data Lake Management: a. Understanding Iceberg and its role in managing large-scale data lakes. b. Iceberg's schema evolution and table-leve
metadata capabilities. c. How Iceberg simplifies data lake management in financial institutions.
Real-World Use Cases: a. Real-time fraud detection using Flink, Kafka, and NiFi. b. Portfolio risk analysis with Iceberg and Flink. c. Streamlined regulatory
reporting leveraging all four technologies.
Best Practices and Considerations: a. Architectural considerations when building real-time financial data pipelines. b. Ensuring data integrity, security, and
compliance in real-time pipelines. c. Scalability and performance optimization techniques.
Conclusion: In this talk, we will demonstrate the power of combining Apache Flink, Apache NiFi, Apache Kafka, and Iceberg to unlock financial data's true potentia
Attendees will gain insights into how these technologies can empower financial institutions to make informed decisions, respond to market changes swiftly, and
comply with regulations effectively. Join us to explore the world of real-time data pipelines and revolutionize financial data management.

OVERVIEW

DATA VELOCITY in FINANCIAL SERVICES
Streaming capabilities vary, all enhance insight
Transaction
Data
Core Banking
Risk
Data
Behavioral
Data
Cyber
Market Data
News
Feeds
Customer
Data
Connected
Devices/
Wearables
Chat Bots
Normal
Streaming
Regulatory,
Compliance
Near-Real
Time
Streaming
Real-Time
Streaming
Social Media

NEXT GEN PLATFORM FOR TACKLING FINANCIAL CRIME
Leveraging data and analytics across the enterprise from the Edge to AI.
Ingest
Streaming
Data
BANKING DATA
Data Flow (CDF)
Data Science
Workbench
FINANCIAL CRIME APPLICATIONS
Data
Scientists
Data
Processing
Data Engineering Data Warehouse
Operational
DB
Catalog | Schema | Security | Governance
Business
Analysts
EDGE DATA
ALTERNATIVE DATA
Enterprise Data Store
ML
Cyber Security AML
Fraud Surveillance
Analytical
Tools
BI and
Visualization
Ingest
Data at
Rest
Deploy Models
Ingest Stream
or Batch Data
Teams
speaking
the same
language
ENTERPRISE DATA
TRADING DATA
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Ingest
1
2
3
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Kafka & Flink (Flink SQL with Stream SQL Builder) for real time analytics
Kafka
Kafka topics
Database
Machine
learning
Flink SQL
w/ SSB
Data Warehouse Data Viz
Monitoring
Alerting
F
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Architecture in the context of Financial Use Cases
DataFlow / NiFi

NIFI MEETS AI
Vector DB
AI Model
Unstructured ﬁle types
Data in Motion
With Cloudera
Capture, process &
distribute any data,
anywhere
Other enterprise data Open Data Lakehouse
Materialized Views
Structured Sources
Applications/API’s
Streams

Transactions
Data
Account
Data
Device Logs
Business Event
Logic
Data
Lakehouse
Flagged
Records
Continuous
Results
Fraud Analyst
deﬁned suspicious transaction
Real-Time
Fraud Scoring
Freeze
transaction
Fraud
Monitoring
Dashboard
Stop Fraud When It Happens—Real Life Example
Simpliﬁed example of deployed use case
DATA RELEVANCE

APACHE KAFKA

STREAMS MESSAGING WITH KAFKA
• Highly reliable distributed messaging system.
• Decouple applications, enables many-to-many
patterns.
• Publish-Subscribe semantics.
• Horizontal scalability.
• Eﬃcient implementation to operate at speed with
big data volumes.
• Organized by topic to support several use cases.

APACHE FLINK

CONTINUOUS SQL
● SSB is a Continuous SQL engine
● It’s SQL, but a slightly different mental model, but with big implications
Traditional Parse/Execute/Fetch model Continuous SQL Model
Hint: The query is boundless and never ﬁnishes, and time matters
AKA: SELECT * FROM foo WHERE 1=0 -- will run forever

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SQL STREAM BUILDER (SSB)
SQL STREAM BUILDER allows
developers, analysts, and data
scientists to write streaming
applications with industry
standard SQL.
No Java or Scala code
development required.
Simpliﬁes access to data in Kafka
& Flink. Connectors to batch data in
HDFS, Kudu, Hive, S3, JDBC, CDC
and more
Enrich streaming data with batch
data in a single tool
Democratize access to real-time data with just SQL

SSB MATERIALIZED VIEWS
Key Takeaway; MV’s allow data scientist, analyst and developers consume data from the ﬁrehose

APACHE NIFI

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- First-class citizen Python API
- Rules Engine
- NiFi Stateless at Process Group level
- Java 21 (virtual threads, perf improvements, etc)
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Closing the gap between data engineers and data scientists…
- Export documentation (Sharepoint, OCR) to build the knowledge base powering your chatbot
- Scrape the internet (Sitemap) to build the knowledge base powering your chatbot
- Real-time streaming ingest of Slack to build the knowledge base powering your chatbot

PROVENANCE

DEMO
I Can Haz Data?

Cloudera Stream
Processing
Community Edition
● Zero to Flink in less than an hour
○ Experiment with features
○ Develop apps locally
● One docker compose ﬁle of CSP which includes:
○ All dependencies required to run
○ Kafka, Kafka Connect and Flink
○ Streams Messaging Manager
○ Schema Registry
○ SQL Stream Builder
● Licensed under the Cloudera Community License
● Community Group Hub (Discussion Forum) for CSP
● Find it on docs.cloudera.com under Applications

Open Source Edition
• Apache NiFi in
Docker
• Runs in Docker
• Try new features
quickly
• Develop
applications locally
● Docker NiFi
○ docker run --name nifi -p 8443:8443 -d -e
SINGLE_USER_CREDENTIALS_USERNAME=admin -e
SINGLE_USER_CREDENTIALS_PASSWORD=ctsBtRBKHRAx69EqUgh
vvgEvjnaLjFEB apache/nifi:latest
● Licensed under the ASF License
● Unsupported
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