Platform news: We’re changing our release management model for lenders
From today, lenders will benefit from our new release model for c3. This new model gives lenders more flexibility around how releases work for their business, increases predictability around release-scheduling, and is the latest step in our multi-year strategy to simplify releases for banks and lenders.
Ready for tomorrow
This September sees the launch of c3 25, our groundbreaking system upgrade for our c3 backoffice system. c3 25 represents a significant step forward for the Dancerace platform, giving lenders powerful new automation tools, enhanced security via Single Sign-On (SSO), and support for working and collaborating more efficiently in our new ‘Workspace’ feature.
Banks and lenders will access our new c3 25 upgrade via our new release management model, which gives teams greater security, flexibility and predictability around c3 releases.
Why are we changing our release model for c3?
Since 2021, we’ve implemented a range of changes to our release model for e3, f3, r3 and Insights. This includes hosting our systems on public cloud, introducing automatic monthly updates for each system and changing the format of our release notes to make them clearer.
This improved release model gives lenders a better understanding of the value and impact of each release. System updates are more regular, allowing lenders to plan for changes. And our development teams are able to deliver higher quality releases and respond to cybersecurity threats more quickly.
Managing releases this way has greatly improved our lenders’ experience of our e3, f3, r3 and Insights systems, and we plan to implement this model for our c3 system in coming years.
As part of this journey, we’re making a number of changes to our c3 release model for our c3 25 release. These changes have been tested by lenders in the UK and Asia.
What’s changing?
From September 2025, we will offer two c3 releases: c3 Standard and c3 Edge. Both releases are offered free of charge to our lenders, and are ‘universal’ releases, meaning that we do not offer bespoke releases.
- c3 Standard will receive new features and fixes via annual managed upgrades, plus system fixes via automatic monthly updates.
- c3 Edge is an ‘advance’ release and includes additional features. c3 Edge will receive new features and fixes via quarterly managed upgrades, plus system fixes via automatic monthly updates.
‘Managed’ upgrades are scheduled on a lender-by-lender basis. Automatic updates are applied to all lenders at the same time.
Lenders can access release notes for c3 Standard, c3 Edge and our other systems via our new online release notes page. We’re also launching a monthly email newsletter for ops, product and IT leaders, which will include details of all recent upgrades and updates and links to release notes.
New features via annual managed upgrades. Fixes via automatic monthly updates.
New features via quarterly managed upgrades. Fixes via automatic monthly updates.
New features & fixes via automatic monthly updates.
What happens next?
c2 25 is now available for all lenders. For more information on the benefits of c3 25 and to book your upgrade, please contact your Dancerace customer success manager.
To access our release notes page, sign up to our new monthly release newsletter here or contact your Dancerace customer success manager for more information.