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Cobre becomes the first platform to enable real-time interbank B2B payments in Colombia
Cobre, a leading platform for real-time business payments in
Latin America, has announced that from September it will become the first participant in Colombia’ s financial system to enable instant interbank payments exclusively for businesses.
As a long-time advocate of financial digitalisation in Colombia, Cobre will accelerate adoption of the new interoperable real-time payment system for businesses under the Bre-B framework, transforming how money moves across the country.
This new functionality will allow companies to use payment aliases( keys) to receive instant, interoperable transfers without altering their existing accounting flows or payment systems. It eliminates operational friction, making it easier for businesses to adopt the new financial infrastructure. Companies will also be able to receive payments from corporate clients around the clock – 24 / 7 including weekends and bank holidays – significantly improving cash flow and accelerating accounting cycles.
“ At Cobre, we believe innovation should go beyond the buzzword. That’ s why we’ ve worked hard to bring real-time to enterprise payments in Colombia before anyone else. This benefits not only our clients but also the country’ s entire financial modernisation agenda,” said José Gedeón, CEO and Co-founder of Cobre.
Cobre plans to grant early access to its customers, including major retailers, FinTechs and logistics providers.
“ This has been the result of months of joint work with various ecosystem partners. This is definitely another step in our mission to provide innovative, efficient financial tools for companies,” Gedeón added.
Nutanix study finds financial services fast-tracking GenAI adoption but longterm gains hinge on infrastructure and talent
Nutanix, a leader in hybrid multi-cloud computing, has announced findings from its seventh annual global Financial Services Enterprise Cloud Index( ECI) survey and research report, which measures enterprise progress with cloud adoption across the industry.
The study reveals that nearly all financial services organisations surveyed are already leveraging GenAI applications or workloads, with real-life use cases focused on customer support and content development.
Despite rapid GenAI adoption, organisations in the sector are struggling to keep pace. Many cite a significant skills gap in managing GenAI with existing infrastructure, and 97 % of respondents admit they could do more to secure their GenAI models and applications.
The report surveyed financial services leaders on GenAI adoption, Kubernetes and container usage, and where they are running mission-critical applications today – and where they intend to run them in future. Key findings include:
• GenAI adoption is widespread but not without risk: Nearly all industry respondents report using some form of GenAI today, with use cases focused on customer support, content generation and automation.
• Infrastructure modernisation is critical for GenAI success: Ninety-two percent of respondents say their current infrastructure needs improvement to fully support cloud-native applications and containers.
• IT talent shortage could slow GenAI momentum: Nearly all respondents( 98 %) face difficulties scaling GenAI from development to production, citing a lack of skilled personnel and integration challenges. www. intelligentfin. tech
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