diff --git a/.galasa/cps.properties b/.galasa/cps.properties
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9ba7722b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.galasa/cps.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#
+# File: cps.properties
+#
+# Purpose:
+#   To provide properties to the Galasa runtime when running tests in a local JVM. 
+#   These properties are used in the test.yaml Github Actions workflow.
+#
+
+simbank.dse.instance.name=SIMBANK
+simbank.instance.SIMBANK.zos.image=SIMBANK
+simbank.instance.SIMBANK.credentials.id=SIMBANK
+
+zos.dse.tag.SIMBANK.imageid=SIMBANK
+zos.image.SIMBANK.ipv4.hostname=127.0.0.1
+zos.image.SIMBANK.telnet.tls=false
+zos.image.SIMBANK.telnet.port=2023
+zos.image.SIMBANK.webnet.port=2080
+zos.image.SIMBANK.credentials=SIMBANK
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yaml b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
index 1c8a78a4..80219e4f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
@@ -83,6 +83,12 @@ jobs:
           path: galasa-simbank-tests-build.log
           retention-days: 7
 
+      - name: Upload Simplatform
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: simplatform
+          path: /home/runner/.m2/repository
+
       - name: Login to Github Container Registry
         uses: docker/login-action@v3
         with:
@@ -142,6 +148,12 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           docker run --env ARGOCD_AUTH_TOKEN=${{ env.ARGOCD_AUTH_TOKEN }} --rm -v ${{ github.workspace }}:/var/workspace ghcr.io/galasa-dev/argocdcli:main app wait ${{ env.BRANCH }}-simplatform --resource apps:Deployment:simplatform-${{ env.BRANCH }} --health --server argocd.galasa.dev
 
+  run-simbank-tests:
+    name: Run the SimBank Tests
+    needs: [build-simplatform]
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/test.yaml
+    secrets: inherit
+
   report-failure:
     # Skip this job for forks
     if: ${{ failure() && github.repository_owner == 'galasa-dev' }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yaml b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4468e1ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,162 @@
+#
+# Copyright contributors to the Galasa project
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0
+#
+name: Test SimBank
+
+on:
+  # This workflow_call is used after the Main Build of Simplatform.
+  workflow_call:
+  # This workflow_dispatch allows this workflow to be called by a 
+  # scheduled regression run in the Automation repository. It also
+  # allows this workflow to be called by pressing 'Run Workflow'.
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+env:
+  NAMESPACE: ${{ github.repository_owner }}
+
+jobs:
+  get-galasa-version:
+    name: Get Galasa Version
+    # Use the build.properties file in the galasa repo to source the galasa-version output variable.
+    # This variable can be referenced by other jobs in this flow using ${{ needs.get-galasa-version.outputs.galasa-version }}
+    runs-on: macos-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout 'galasa' repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4  
+        with:
+          repository: ${{ env.NAMESPACE }}/galasa
+          path: ${{ github.workspace }}/galasa
+          sparse-checkout: |
+            build.properties
+
+      - name: Get Galasa Version from build.properties file
+        id: get-galasa-version
+        run: |
+          cat ${{ github.workspace }}/galasa/build.properties | grep "=" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+    outputs:
+      galasa-version: ${{ steps.get-galasa-version.outputs.GALASA_VERSION }}
+
+  build-and-run-simbank-tests:
+    name: Build and Run SimBank Tests
+    runs-on: macos-latest
+
+    needs: [get-galasa-version]
+
+    env:
+      GALASA_HOME: ${{ github.workspace }}/.galasa
+
+    steps:
+    #----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+      - name: Checkout the Simplatform repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          repository: ${{ env.NAMESPACE }}/simplatform
+
+    #----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    # Set up pre-requesite technology (Java, Gradle and galasactl)
+      - name: Setup JDK
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
+        with:
+          java-version: '17'
+          distribution: 'semeru'
+
+      - name: Setup Gradle
+        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v3
+        with:
+          gradle-version: '8.9'
+
+      - name: Install galasactl with Homebrew
+        run: |
+          brew tap galasa-dev/tap
+          brew install --no-quarantine galasactl
+    #----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    # Set up Galasa environment
+      - name: Create credentials.properties file
+        working-directory: ${{ env.GALASA_HOME }}
+        run: |
+            echo "${{ secrets.SIMBANK_CREDENTIALS }}" >> credentials.properties
+    
+        # The credentials.properties file should look something like this:
+        # secure.credentials.SIMBANK.username=XXX
+        # secure.credentials.SIMBANK.password=XXX
+        # Needs to be created dynamically as they cannot be checked into GitHub and exposed.
+
+      - name: Initialise local Galasa environment to create remaining files and folders
+        run: |
+            galasactl local init --log -
+
+    #----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    # Download or build the Simplatform application that the tests connect to
+      - name: Download SimBank from Main Build
+        if: ${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_call' }}
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: simplatform
+          path: /home/runner/.m2/repository
+
+      - name: Build SimBank using local build script
+        if: ${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' }}
+        run: |
+          ./build-locally.sh --skip-docker --skip-secrets
+
+    #----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    # Run the Simplatform application 
+      - name: Start the Simplatform application
+        env:
+          GALASA_VERSION: ${{ needs.get-galasa-version.outputs.galasa-version }}
+        run: |
+          echo "Starting SimBank application..."
+          java -jar /Users/runner/.m2/repository/dev/galasa/galasa-simplatform/${GALASA_VERSION}/galasa-simplatform-${GALASA_VERSION}.jar &
+
+    #----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    # Run the Simbank tests
+      - name: Run the SimBankIVT
+        env:
+          GALASA_VERSION: ${{ needs.get-galasa-version.outputs.galasa-version }}
+        run: |
+          galasactl runs submit local \
+          --obr mvn:dev.galasa/dev.galasa.simbank.obr/${GALASA_VERSION}/obr \
+          --obr mvn:dev.galasa/dev.galasa.uber.obr/${GALASA_VERSION}/obr \
+          --class dev.galasa.simbank.tests/dev.galasa.simbank.tests.SimBankIVT \
+          --remoteMaven https://development.galasa.dev/main/maven-repo/obr \
+          --log -
+
+      - name: Run the BasicAccountCreditTest
+        env:
+          GALASA_VERSION: ${{ needs.get-galasa-version.outputs.galasa-version }}
+        run: |
+          galasactl runs submit local \
+          --obr mvn:dev.galasa/dev.galasa.simbank.obr/${GALASA_VERSION}/obr \
+          --obr mvn:dev.galasa/dev.galasa.uber.obr/${GALASA_VERSION}/obr \
+          --class dev.galasa.simbank.tests/dev.galasa.simbank.tests.BasicAccountCreditTest \
+          --remoteMaven https://development.galasa.dev/main/maven-repo/obr \
+          --log -
+
+      - name: Run the ProvisionedAccountCreditTests
+        env:
+          GALASA_VERSION: ${{ needs.get-galasa-version.outputs.galasa-version }}
+        run: |
+          galasactl runs submit local \
+          --obr mvn:dev.galasa/dev.galasa.simbank.obr/${GALASA_VERSION}/obr \
+          --obr mvn:dev.galasa/dev.galasa.uber.obr/${GALASA_VERSION}/obr \
+          --class dev.galasa.simbank.tests/dev.galasa.simbank.tests.ProvisionedAccountCreditTests \
+          --remoteMaven https://development.galasa.dev/main/maven-repo/obr \
+          --log -
+
+      # - name: Report results into Slack channel
+      #   env: 
+      #     SLACK_WEBHOOK: ${{ secrets.SLACK_WEBHOOK }}
+      #   run: |
+      #     docker run --rm \
+      #     --env SLACK_WEBHOOK=${{ env.SLACK_WEBHOOK }} \
+      #     -v ${{ github.workspace }}/galasa:/galasa:rw \
+      #     ghcr.io/${{ env.NAMESPACE }}/galasabld-ibm:main \
+      #     slackpost tests \
+      #     --path /galasa/test.json \
+      #     --name "Simbank" \
+      #     --desc "Tests running locally on GitHub Actions" \
+      #     --hook ${{ env.SLACK_WEBHOOK }}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.secrets.baseline b/.secrets.baseline
index fafda2d6..ddf4bad7 100644
--- a/.secrets.baseline
+++ b/.secrets.baseline
@@ -75,7 +75,28 @@
       "name": "TwilioKeyDetector"
     }
   ],
-  "results": {},
+  "results": {
+    ".galasa/cps.properties": [
+      {
+        "hashed_secret": "877704f69026efee10f08e8f95568749f2682203",
+        "is_secret": false,
+        "is_verified": false,
+        "line_number": 18,
+        "type": "Secret Keyword",
+        "verified_result": null
+      }
+    ],
+    ".github/workflows/test.yaml": [
+      {
+        "hashed_secret": "b60d121b438a380c343d5ec3c2037564b82ffef3",
+        "is_secret": false,
+        "is_verified": false,
+        "line_number": 85,
+        "type": "Secret Keyword",
+        "verified_result": null
+      }
+    ]
+  },
   "version": "0.13.1+ibm.62.dss",
   "word_list": {
     "file": null,
diff --git a/build-locally.sh b/build-locally.sh
index 2e210712..bb357685 100755
--- a/build-locally.sh
+++ b/build-locally.sh
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@
 #
 # Objectives: Build this repository code locally.
 # 
+# Environment variable overrides:
+# SOURCE_MAVEN - Optional. Where a maven repository is from which the build will draw artifacts.
+# 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------                   
 
 # Where is this script executing from ?
@@ -77,14 +80,22 @@ EOF
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------                   
 export build_type=""
 
+SKIP_DOCKER=false
+SKIP_SECRETS=false
+
 while [ "$1" != "" ]; do
     case $1 in
+        --skip-docker )         SKIP_DOCKER=true
+                                ;;
+        --skip-secrets )        SKIP_SECRETS=true
+                                ;;
         -h | --help )           usage
                                 exit
                                 ;;
         * )                     error "Unexpected argument $1"
                                 usage
                                 exit 1
+                                ;;
     esac
     shift
 done
@@ -99,11 +110,11 @@ project=$(basename ${BASEDIR})
 h1 "Building ${project}"
 
 
-# Over-rode SOURCE_MAVEN if you want to build from a different maven repo...
+# Override SOURCE_MAVEN if you want to build from a different maven repo...
 if [[ -z ${SOURCE_MAVEN} ]]; then
     export SOURCE_MAVEN=https://development.galasa.dev/main/maven-repo/obr/
     info "SOURCE_MAVEN repo defaulting to ${SOURCE_MAVEN}."
-    info "Set this environment variable if you want to over-ride this value."
+    info "Set this environment variable if you want to override this value."
 else
     info "SOURCE_MAVEN set to ${SOURCE_MAVEN} by caller."
 fi
@@ -169,7 +180,10 @@ function check_secrets {
 function build_application_code {
     h1 "Building simplatform application using maven"
     cd ${BASEDIR}/galasa-simplatform-application
-    mvn clean install
+    mvn clean install \
+    -Dgalasa.source.repo=${SOURCE_MAVEN} \
+    -Dgalasa.central.repo=https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/ \
+    --settings ${BASEDIR}/settings.xml
     rc=$?
     if [[ "${rc}" != "0" ]]; then 
         error "make clean install failed. rc=${rc}"
@@ -181,7 +195,10 @@ function build_application_code {
 function build_test_code {
     h1 "Building simbank tests using maven"
     cd ${BASEDIR}/galasa-simbank-tests
-    mvn clean install
+    mvn clean install \
+    -Dgalasa.source.repo=${SOURCE_MAVEN} \
+    -Dgalasa.central.repo=https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/ \
+    --settings ${BASEDIR}/settings.xml
     rc=$?
     if [[ "${rc}" != "0" ]]; then 
         error "make clean install failed. rc=${rc}"
@@ -204,5 +221,11 @@ function build_docker_image {
 
 build_application_code
 build_test_code
-build_docker_image
-check_secrets
\ No newline at end of file
+
+if [ "$SKIP_DOCKER" = false ]; then
+    build_docker_image
+fi
+
+if [ "$SKIP_SECRETS" = false ]; then
+    check_secrets
+fi
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test-locally.sh b/test-locally.sh
index 6ac60b91..28eb57d3 100755
--- a/test-locally.sh
+++ b/test-locally.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 #
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------                   
 #
-# Objectives: Build this repository code locally.
+# Objectives: Run the Simbank tests locally.
 # 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------                   
 
@@ -92,6 +92,89 @@ function checkGalasaCtlAvailable {
     fi
 }
 
+function checkSimBankTestAreBuilt {
+    SIMBANK_TESTS_PATH=$(ls ~/.m2/repository/dev/galasa/dev.galasa.simbank.tests/${SIMBANK_VERSION}/dev.galasa.simbank.tests-${SIMBANK_VERSION}.jar 2>/dev/null)
+
+    if [ -f "$SIMBANK_TESTS_PATH" ]; then
+        info "Found dev.galasa.simbank.tests in local Maven repo: $SIMBANK_TESTS_PATH"
+    else
+        error "dev.galasa.simbank.tests not found in local Maven repo." >&2
+        exit 1
+    fi
+}
+
+function checkSimBankAppIsBuilt {
+    SIMBANK_APP_PATH=$(ls ~/.m2/repository/dev/galasa/galasa-simplatform/${SIMBANK_VERSION}/galasa-simplatform-${SIMBANK_VERSION}.jar 2>/dev/null)
+
+    if [ -f "$SIMBANK_APP_PATH" ]; then
+        info "Found galasa-simplatform in local Maven repo: $SIMBANK_APP_PATH"
+    else
+        error "galasa-simplatform not found in local Maven repo." >&2
+        exit 1
+    fi
+}
+
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------                   
+# Test methods.
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------                   
+function runSimBankIVT {
+    cmd="galasactl runs submit local \
+    --obr mvn:dev.galasa/dev.galasa.simbank.obr/${TEST_OBR_VERSION}/obr \
+    --obr mvn:dev.galasa/dev.galasa.uber.obr/${TEST_OBR_VERSION}/obr \
+    --class dev.galasa.simbank.tests/dev.galasa.simbank.tests.SimBankIVT \
+    --log ${BASEDIR}/temp/simbank-test-log.txt"
+
+    info "Command is ${cmd}"
+
+    $cmd
+    rc=$?
+    if [[ "${rc}" != "0" ]]; then
+        error "Command to run tests failed. rc=${rc}. Log is at ${BASEDIR}/temp/log.txt"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+
+    success "Ran SimBankIVT test OK"
+}
+
+function runBasicAccountCreditTest {
+    cmd="galasactl runs submit local \
+    --obr mvn:dev.galasa/dev.galasa.simbank.obr/${TEST_OBR_VERSION}/obr \
+    --obr mvn:dev.galasa/dev.galasa.uber.obr/${TEST_OBR_VERSION}/obr \
+    --class dev.galasa.simbank.tests/dev.galasa.simbank.tests.BasicAccountCreditTest \
+    --log ${BASEDIR}/temp/simbank-test-log.txt"
+
+    info "Command is ${cmd}"
+
+    $cmd
+    rc=$?
+    if [[ "${rc}" != "0" ]]; then
+        error "Command to run tests failed. rc=${rc}. Log is at ${BASEDIR}/temp/log.txt"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+
+    success "Ran BasicAccountCreditTest test OK"
+}
+
+function runProvisionedAccountCreditTests {
+    cmd="galasactl runs submit local \
+    --obr mvn:dev.galasa/dev.galasa.simbank.obr/${TEST_OBR_VERSION}/obr \
+    --obr mvn:dev.galasa/dev.galasa.uber.obr/${TEST_OBR_VERSION}/obr \
+    --class dev.galasa.simbank.tests/dev.galasa.simbank.tests.ProvisionedAccountCreditTests \
+    --log ${BASEDIR}/temp/simbank-test-log.txt"
+
+    info "Command is ${cmd}"
+
+    $cmd
+    rc=$?
+    if [[ "${rc}" != "0" ]]; then
+        error "Command to run tests failed. rc=${rc}. Log is at ${BASEDIR}/temp/log.txt"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+
+    success "Ran ProvisionedAccountCreditTests test OK"
+}
+
+
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------                   
 # Main logic.
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------                   
@@ -103,24 +186,23 @@ SIMBANK_VERSION="0.42.0"
 h1 "Running Simbank application tests"
 
 checkGalasaCtlAvailable
+checkSimBankTestAreBuilt
+checkSimBankAppIsBuilt
+
+# Start the Simbank back-end server application in a background process...
+h1 "Running Simbank back-end server application (version ${SIMBANK_VERSION}) ..."
+
+java -jar ~/.m2/repository/dev/galasa/galasa-simplatform/${SIMBANK_VERSION}/galasa-simplatform-${SIMBANK_VERSION}.jar > ${BASEDIR}/temp/simbank-app-log.txt 2>&1 &
+
+success "Simbank application started OK."
 
 TEST_OBR_VERSION="0.42.0"
 
 mkdir -p ${BASEDIR}/temp
 cd ${BASEDIR}/temp
 
-cmd="galasactl runs submit local \
---obr mvn:dev.galasa/dev.galasa.simbank.obr/${TEST_OBR_VERSION}/obr \
---class dev.galasa.simbank.tests/dev.galasa.simbank.tests.SIMBANKIVT \
---log ${BASEDIR}/temp/log.txt"
-
-info "Command is ${cmd}"
-
-$cmd
-rc=$?
-if [[ "${rc}" != "0" ]]; then
-    error "Command to run tests failed. rc=${rc}. Log is at ${BASEDIR}/temp/log.txt"
-    exit 1
-fi
+runSimBankIVT
+runBasicAccountCreditTest
+runProvisionedAccountCreditTests
 
-success "Ran Simbank test OK"
\ No newline at end of file
+success "All SimBank tests Passed."
\ No newline at end of file