Chile’s BancoEstado Ends Dispute with the Fintech Company Floid

The dispute started between Khipu and BancoEstado after the fintech company filed an appeal for protection against the state-owned company for preventing users from using this payment solution to process their transactions in commerce. But there are also other fintech companies that have been blocked by the state-owned company. One of them was Floid. That is, until now, because the bank announced that it has sealed an agreement so that this fintech company can operate on its platforms.

In a statement, BancoEstado said that it “sealed a satisfactory working agreement with the open banking technology platform Floid, after holding a series of conversations in order to provide a more secure service to the bank’s customers who use this platform.”

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BancoEstado and Floid reach an agreement

They added that “this agreement is a reflection of the permanent willingness to dialogue that BancoEstado has expressed with the different fintech companies, with the aim of developing a framework of self-regulation that allows the development of these companies and at the same time to comply with the security requirements that the bank has been implementing for the benefit of its clients in terms of cybersecurity”.

BancoEstado’s vice-president, Pablo Correa, commented: “We are very pleased to have reached this first agreement. We want to thank Floid for the work developed together. We hope that more technology firms will join us in this path of creating an ecosystem that will allow us to raise cybersecurity standards, protect our customers and develop the Fintech and open banking ecosystem.”

Pablo Correa added that “this understanding is a clear proof of BancoEstado’s willingness to reach an agreement with all fintech companies, always with the main objective of safeguarding the security of our customers.”

For his part, the executive director of FinteChile, Ángel Sierra, commented: “We applaud this first step taken by Banco Estado with fintech companies. The next step is to publish the agreement reached with Floid. After all, this agreement begins to set a precedent in the industry and the entire financial system deserves to know about it and discuss it.”

Specifically, the state-owned company said in the statement that it committed to “evaluate the technological solutions that may allow Floid to operate, provided that such technical possibility does not mean diminishing, attenuating or affecting the security and operational continuity of BancoEstado, nor the security of its clients.”

According to the same press release, Alfonso Maira, co-founder and CEO of Floid, said that “the agreement will allow them to return to operate in a secure and stable manner with all those people who seek through the companies we work with, to obtain better conditions or financial products.”

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