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Innovation with Impact Award: 8 finalist companies in Banco Nación and Endeavor’s call

Banco Nación's headquarters, in the historic center of Buenos Aires, filled on the night of October 30 with founders, investors, and executives from the Argentine entrepreneurial ecosystem. Amid speeches and applause, Fundación Banco Nación...

Fundación Banco Nación and Endeavor Argentina presented the 2026 Innovation with Impact Award

At the Innovation with Impact Award, N5 received first prize from the organizers, Banco Nación and Endeavor.

El ejecutivo que se olvida

Los gerentes y directores dedican 13 horas semanales a reuniones y más de la mitad sale de ellas sin saber qué sigue. Memo by N5 hace con cada decisión ejecutiva lo que la escritura hizo con el conocimiento humano hace 5.000 años: sacarla de la memoria y ponerla por escrito.

Inteligencia artificial en bancos: cuando la productividad no deshumaniza

El propósito de escalar por IA es superado hoy por la asistencia humana en la resolución de problemas.

Banks have stopped asking whether they have AI: now they ask how much autonomy to give it

The race to adopt artificial intelligence ended before many banks even realized it. Now a much harder one begins: deciding what still shouldn't be delegated. For years, the challenge was getting AI to be able to act. Now the harder one begins: teaching it how far.

From a Bank Branch to 18 Countries: The Story Behind N5, Told by Its Founder

N5 founder Julián Colombo shares on Poker de Damas how he went from a bank branch to leading a fintech in 18 countries — the real story behind the $100.

When the Bank Disappears: The Promise (and the Trap) of Embedded Finance

Embedded finance integrates payments, credit, and insurance within apps that aren't banks. Using the myth of Hermes as a guiding thread, this piece explains what embedded banking is, why it's growing in Latin America, and what risks it demands be managed responsibly.

Trust as Currency in Digital Banking

Decades of financial crises have left Latin America with a reasonable sense of distrust. Today, digital banking and applied artificial intelligence face the region’s real challenge: eliminating friction is not enough—trust must be rebuilt, one transaction at a time.

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