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Coreless banking takes composable banking to the extreme: not one core, but best-of-breed capabilities orchestrated via APIs and events. What it is, when it fits, the risks.

SMEs are LATAM's backbone and banks serve them poorly. The reason isn't commercial—it's architectural. A modern core makes the segment profitable.

With PIX and SPEI, payments are irreversible in seconds. Fraud is stopped before approval, not after. Why a batch core arrives too late and what real time demands.

CoDi and DiMo promised to kill cash and stalled. The problem isn't the QR code or Banxico—it's the banks' core. Real numbers vs. PIX and what to do.

Splitting the core into microservices isn't enough. The next level is making it react in real time to events: payments, fraud, limits. Why batch no longer cuts it.

Modernizing a legacy system wired into the core isn't replacing an app. It's operating on a living piece of the business without the business ever going down. Here's how a well-prepared rollback plan made all the difference.

The useful generative AI in banking isn't the chatbot: it's the cases that touch the core and the data. Real examples—JPMorgan, Citi, Nubank—and what it takes.

La IA agéntica emerge como una solución que no solo mejora procesos, sino que también impulsa la modernización del Core, permitiendo a las instituciones competir en un mercado cada vez más dinámico.

Modernizing the core is no longer just for big banks. How a credit union or microfinance institution modernizes with an OPEX model, without a bank's CAPEX.

Mexico received $64.7B in remittances in 2024 and 99% arrived digital. Why a legacy core loses that flow and how a modern one captures it.

Only 3 in 10 core transformations end well. The 7 criteria that truly decide whether you pick the right vendor—or regret it for years.

Your customers operate 24/7; many cores are still built for branch hours. What an outage costs and how a core that doesn't go down is built.

Mexico reformed its data law in 2025 and the regulator is no longer autonomous. Why your core must handle residency, encryption, and consent out of the box.

24/7 instant payments break overnight batch reconciliation. Why your legacy core falls out of balance with SPEI and PIX, and how to reconcile in real time.

In banking, the speed of launching a product isn't decided by your team: it's decided by your core. The numbers on how much a legacy core slows you, and how to change it.

The core is the last load banks move to the cloud, out of fear of downtime. How to migrate it without switching off 24/7 operations, and what the CNBV requires.

Modernizing your core into microservices widens your attack surface. Why Zero Trust stops being optional and how to apply it to a distributed core.

Open Finance is, by law, sharing data via APIs. Why putting a gateway on your legacy core doesn't make you API-first, and what actually does.

Financial inclusion in LATAM is advancing, but the legacy core makes serving those who need it most too costly. How a modern core makes the unprofitable profitable.

Full core replacement fails 4 out of 5 times. The Strangler pattern modernizes piece by piece, without switching the system off. How to apply it in banking.