Editor’ s Note
Welcome to the latest edition of Intelligent CIO LATAM. This month, we feature Banco Santander México reaching a historic milestone in the Digital Transformation of Mexico’ s financial system, becoming the first systemic bank in the country to migrate its entire technology infrastructure to the cloud.
The move positions the bank at the forefront of digital banking in Latin America and lays the foundation for faster, more secure and more scalable financial services for millions of customers.
The full migration to Gravity, Santander Group’ s global cloud-based banking platform, marks a decisive shift in how large financial institutions operate in Mexico. Until now, cloud adoption among major banks had largely been partial or limited to specific services.
Bill Tanner Editor
Santander México’ s end-to-end transition signals a new phase for the industry, one where traditional banks operate with the same technological agility as digitalnative players.
On p14, Felipe García Asencio, Country Head of Banco Santander México, talks about taking a‘ decisive step’ in transitioning towards an open platform with modern and efficient data management as well as greater scalability, resilience and monitoring capabilities.
A new executive insights report from Dyna. Ai examines how a small number of AI capabilities are helping financial institutions across Latin America unlock revenue while scaling inclusion and managing risk.
The report, summarized on p24, emphasizes that while technology itself is increasingly proven, the true differentiator lies in the operational conditions required to scale AI from pilot projects into production-level impact.
For years, conversations about conversational AI have been dominated by North American and European perspectives.
But, on p35, we report on Latin America quietly doing something far more consequential – deploying conversational AI at scale in the channels people actually use to solve real problems.
Rohde & Schwarz, Qualcomm Technologies and Motorola have successfully demonstrated a real-world proof-of-concept for 5G Broadcast in Brazil – confirming secure and reliable interworking with existing mobile services. Read about that on p29.
Just a sample, then, of what’ s inside – enjoy the read.
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