Developer resources are now devoted to product and platform innovation rather than infrastructure maintenance
Since migrating to Google Cloud, Impesa is seeing a 28% reduction in costs thanks to efficient resource utilization
Google Cloud security tools allow Impesa to maintain compliance while proactively identifying and mitigating threats
Impesa partnered with Google Cloud to overcome infrastructure and security issues, accelerating innovation, enhancing customer experiences, and achieving cost savings—solidifying their position as a leading financial services provider in Latin America.
Impesa partnered with Google Cloud to overcome infrastructure and security issues, accelerating innovation, enhancing customer experiences, and achieving cost savings—solidifying their position as a leading financial services provider in Latin America.
From constrained to cloud optimized
In the heart of Costa Rica's burgeoning tech scene, Impesa emerged as a fintech pioneer, setting out to revolutionize how businesses and consumers manage their finances. Following the successful launch of Monibyte, their SaaS platform for banks, Impesa began facing the limits of their own success. As word of mouth spread, the surge in customers was causing their on-premises infrastructure to buckle under the load of its growing user base. Wary of performance bottlenecks, the Impesa team connected with Google Cloud to determine what options were available to them, and how a migration to the cloud can improve the entire user experience.
Impesa worked hand-in-hand with Google Cloud engineers to map out the transition of their workloads, applications, databases, and more to the cloud. With Impesa already having agile development principles in-place, the team faced little difficulty adapting to the scalability and flexibility of on-demand resource provisioning.
We needed to accelerate our delivery, boost reliability, and consolidate costs. Google Cloud's cost-effectiveness, serverless tools, and familiar technology platform were the perfect fit for our transformation.
Johnny Robles
CTO, Impesa
Efficiency and innovation at scale
Leveraging Google’s suite of services to address their various challenges, Impesa quickly worked to orchestrate a robust and agile cloud environment. Developers leverage App Engine, Cloud Build, and Cloud Functions to build and deploy their applications, while Cloud Spanner and BigQuery manage and analyze the data these applications generate for further optimization.
This combination of agile development principles and agile infrastructure has fostered a culture of continuous improvement and experimentation within Impesa. Developers can now seamlessly test and deploy new features and updates up to eight times per day, gathering valuable user feedback and iterating rapidly. This accelerated pace of innovation not only enables Impesa to stay ahead of the competition but also ensures they are consistently delivering value to their customers.
Impesa has re-fortified their security posture significantly by moving to Google Cloud. Cloud Armor acts as a robust shield, defending their applications against DDoS attacks and other web-based threats, ensuring uninterrupted service for their customers. Security Command Center provides a centralized hub for monitoring and responding to potential security incidents, offering Impesa unparalleled visibility and control over their entire cloud environment. This proactive approach to security, coupled with Google Cloud's compliance features, allows Impesa to safeguard sensitive financial data and maintain customer trust.
Since migrating to Google Cloud, Impesa has already seen an increase in development productivity and a 28% saving when consolidating their infrastructure. By utilizing managed services, Impesa is achieving a remarkable reduction in their total cost of ownership.
Impesa's complete migration to Google Cloud has dramatically enhanced our operational efficiency and scalability. With advanced analytics and robust security, we have accomplished significant cost reductions and improved service delivery, positioning us for future growth and innovation.
Mario Hernandez
CEO, Impesa
Aligning developer agility with scalable infrastructure is directly translating into improved customer experiences. The ability to rapidly deploy new features and scale resources on-demand ensures seamless performance even during peak usage.
“Monibyte for Business processed 20 million transactions this past year without any service outages” says Impesa CTO Johnny Robles.
While processing more transactions than ever, Impesa is rolling out new protections and services such as industry-leading fraud protections and cryptocurrency trading. As Impesa continues scaling their operations, providing new features for users, and optimizing their infrastructure, Google Cloud is working alongside them to ensure the high availability their customers have come to expect.
Impesa is one of Latin America’s leading fintech innovators whose digital payment solutions help banks streamline operations and enhance customer experiences.
Industry: Financial Services
Location: Costa Rica
Products: Google Cloud, App Engine, Cloud Build, Cloud Functions, Cloud Spanner, BigQuery, Cloud Armor, Security Command Center
