Intesa Sanpaolo moves core systems to Google Cloud in Italy
Italy’s largest bank migrated more than 800 applications to Google Cloud regions in Turin and Milan, replacing legacy mainframe in...
By Rafael Ortiz 3 months agoFintech Correspondent
Rafael Ortiz
Rafael covers payments, banking infrastructure, and the software eating financial services. Former product lead at a payments processor.
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Visa adds cyber intelligence service and tests AI-led payments in Europe
Visa is offering banks a threat intelligence platform while reporting live European transactions initiated by AI agents for cardho...
By Rafael Ortiz 3 months ago
Corten Capital and Ampersand complete Beacon Intelligence deal
Corten bought Beacon Intelligence from Graphite-backed Hanson Wade, with Ampersand joining as a minority co-investor, PE Hub repor...
By Rafael Ortiz 3 months agoDeutsche Bank executive sets out four client priorities in payments
Patricia Sullivan told FinextraTV that payments clients are focused on convenience, certainty, liquidity optimisation and trust as...
By Rafael Ortiz 3 months agoPayPal joins European Payments Council as payments standards evolve
PayPal’s EPC membership gives it a formal role in discussions on SEPA rules, instant payments, fraud prevention and interoperabili...
By Rafael Ortiz 3 months agoHargreaves Lansdown hires Vanguard executives for technology overhaul
The UK investment platform named Charles Thompson as CTO and Michael Finnegan as chief transformation officer amid a £100mn digita...
By Rafael Ortiz 3 months ago
IK Partners plans Madrid office and partner appointment
IK Partners said it will open a Madrid office and appoint Gonzalo Fernandez-Albiñana as partner from September 1.
By Rafael Ortiz 3 months ago
Supreme Court rulings widen White House sway over regulators
The court protected the Fed from immediate political removal while giving presidents broader reach over other independent agencies...
By Rafael Ortiz 3 months ago
GTCR-backed Experity buys Exdion Healthcare
Experity has acquired Plano-based Exdion Healthcare, adding AI-enabled software and services for revenue cycle automation, PE Hub...
By Rafael Ortiz 3 months agoFinextra and Ebury set treasury webinar on agentic AI
The online event will examine how more autonomous AI tools could affect reporting, execution and risk processes in treasury teams.
By Rafael Ortiz 3 months ago
Wrist Group buys MSA and Downie Jones in maritime logistics deal
JF Lehman-backed Wrist Group has acquired two Australia-linked maritime services businesses serving defence and naval operations,...
By Rafael Ortiz 3 months agoFinextra opinion highlights token costs and limits in AI systems
Stanley Epstein argues that tokens shape how large language models process language, set usage costs and define short-term memory...
By Rafael Ortiz 3 months ago