Tag: AWS Fargate

The needs for dedicated card machines (or readers) tied to point-of-sale (POS) systems have historically restricted certain micro-merchants from adoption of electronic payments. New advancements in payments technology and standards have led to the development of software point-of-sale (SoftPOS). SoftPOS is a software-based solution that transforms near field communication (NFC)-enabled smartphones into a contactless payment […]

In response to the mounting impacts of climate-driven extreme weather, and continued global and regional mandates, industries and businesses worldwide are increasingly investing in sustainability, environmental, social, and governance (ESG), as well as Net-Zero strategies. This includes setting goals to reduce businesses’ carbon emissions by 2030 and accelerating investments in the adoption of clean energy […]

Introduction Communications service providers (CSPs) are striving to transform their businesses to ensure success in the digital world and position themselves to be digital service providers (DSP). They understand the need to evolve their architectures to simplify the delivery of connectivity and to enable the launch of new market offers through a multidimensional open ecosystem. […]

How do you maintain a lean and impactful IT operation when both your customer base and your engineering team are growing rapidly? This was the situation facing FinTech FreeAgent in 2018. In the following blog post we’ll explore how FreeAgent remained agile, while scaling their business, by adopting AWS fully-managed services. The Company U.K.-based FreeAgent […]

In this edition of the Financial Services Industry (FSI) Service Spotlight monthly blog series, we highlight five key considerations for customers running workloads on Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS) with AWS Fargate: achieving compliance, data protection, isolation of compute environments, audits with APIs, and access control/security. Across each area, we will examine specific guidance, suggested […]

This post was co-written with Soufiane Matine, Senior Expert Architect at Société Générale and Thierry Wilmot, IT Managing Director at Société Générale. View the blog post in French. One of the many benefits of using the AWS Cloud is the ability to access resources on demand in seconds. That’s why many customers are using the […]

Brazilian financial institutions such as banks, investment brokers, and insurance companies are authorized to use cloud services, as long as they comply with applicable legal and regulatory requirements. AWS has a Compliance Center that offers financial institutions a central location to research cloud-related regulatory requirements and how they impact your industry. For example, the Resolution 4658 provides for the cyber […]