{
  "id": 8955354,
  "title": "Santander ficha al director general de la 'fintech' del exCEO de BBVA Ángel Cano",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/santander-ficha-al-director-general-de-la-fintech-del-exceo-de-bbva",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-21T15:56:23.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Expansion ES",
    "slug": "expansion-es",
    "url": "https://www.expansion.com/empresas/banca/2026/09/21/6ab13ce1468aeb0a0c8b4586.html"
  },
  "original_language": "es",
  "account": "Santander has secured Luis Cantero, previously the Chief Executive Officer of Silbo Money, a fintech initiative spearheaded by ex-BBVA CEO Ángel Cano and other former banking executives, to develop a WhatsApp-based payment application. Cantero joined Silbo in 2022 after a career spanning over 16 years at Accenture. He was instrumental in the rollout of Bizum, a payment service launched over a decade ago. Now, Cantero will join the AI-focused teams led by Ignacio Bernal, the Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer of Santander, reporting to Ricardo Martín Manzano, who oversees the Group's Data and AI unit. His primary responsibility will be to leverage AI and emerging technologies to transform business operations across various sectors and working methods.",
  "summary": "Luis Cantero se ha incorporado a los equipos de la unidad global de Datos a Inteligencia Artificial de Santander. Leer",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}