From financial technology to transforming historical industries, Three leaders agree that change is not only inevitable, but necessary. Sebastian Butcher, Commercial Director of Interbanking; Nadia Pisculic, Sales Manager, Philip Morris Argentina; Sebastian Callens, Vice President of Product Development at Fiserv for Latin America, Shared in Chapter 11 of Future Worksan event organized by LA NACION, A shared vision: putting technology at the service of impact.
In the meeting, moderated by journalist Carla Quiroga, executives analyzed a panorama in which innovation is no longer a goal and has become the engine of change.
Explaining his company’s work, Butcher said Interbanking – a multi-bank platform targeting corporate treasury teams so they can manage their collections and payments on a single platform – In recent years, there has been a cultural change that has focused on asking users (treasurers) what their “hassle” is and how they can help them save time.
In parallel, Kalins revealed that Fiserv’s main goal is to develop technology and payment methods associated with businesses. “We are the engine of everything that happens behind the scenes. What is on the table today is how to give more value to the trade without adding more hardware on top of the table.“, he stated.
Being a company with innovation in its DNA, Philip Morris, Pisculic said, decided to stop putting chips on the product that generated business for it. “Since 2016, we have been committed to a smoke-free world To achieve this, we provide the user – through science and innovation – with alternatives that are much less harmful than cigarettes.
He revealed that they had been researching these new categories for nearly 20 years. “Today we have a huge portfolio: from heated tobacco products and vapors to nicotine patches. This allows the consumer to find where they want to migrate to.”
Thanks to the fact that it connects all banks in the country with companies, Interbanking occupies a privileged position in terms of information. “3-4 years ago, we launched the Interbanking Index in which we show global numbers approximately every 6 months to understand how the market is moving,” Butcher explained.
This comes from a completely different industry, but one that has benefited just as much from data, Pisculic revealed “As a region, Latin America is a bit underdeveloped compared to other parts of the world like Asia or Europe.”. In Sweden, he said that only 5% of nicotine users do so through cigarettes. “Today this country has the lowest rate of lung cancer in Europe,” he declared. “This is what we are looking for.”
Finally, regarding… The success of digital payment methodsAnd Callins showed it Among the factors that speed up this process: the fact of having active money without depreciation, the practicality of paying for something and the ability to do it using your cell phone.. “Today we probably went an entire weekend without touching a bill and we see that at all levels.”
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