Ivan Shchukin, Head of Data Warehouse at Plata, on using AI agents, Snowflake and automation to scale Mexico’ s fastest-growing fintech bank
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Ivan Shchukin, Head of Data Warehouse at Plata, on using AI agents, Snowflake and automation to scale Mexico’ s fastest-growing fintech bank
When Ivan Shchukin joined Plata three-and-a-half years ago, the Mexican fintech had no data warehouse. Today, it has a department of more than 50 people, near-real-time data processing and an ambition to render traditional business intelligence software obsolete. The journey from that starting point to where the company stands now says much about how seriously Plata takes data – and how central that decision has been to its growth.
Plata, which recently obtained a banking licence in Mexico, offers a suite of financial products including credit cards, debit cards and cashback schemes. It also operates investment products and products for small businesses The company’ s stated mission is to make financial services simple and accessible across Latin America, with ambitions to expand beyond Mexico into further countries in the region.
Ivan came to fintech by an unconventional route. Grounding his origins as an electrical engineer, he accumulated experience across project management, software development and data analysis before being headhunted by Plata’ s Chief
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