Atos and Backbase to accelerate secure, AI-native banking across regulated markets
Atos and Backbase signed a Master Collaboration Agreement covering collaboration for regulated financial institutions across multiple international markets. The agreement focuses on how AI-native banking capabilities would be deployed while maintaining governance and regulatory compliance requirements in those regions.
Atos said the work targets International Markets that include Africa, Asia Pacific, Middle East, Portugal, Spain, Southeast Europe, Switzerland, and Turkey. Backbase described the need for an approach that aligns AI ambitions with operating capabilities at scale while meeting local data sovereignty requirements.
The agreement set out a collaboration framework that includes opportunity development, professional services, delivery enablement, training, and joint go-to-market initiatives. It combined Backbase’s AI-Native Banking OS with Atos’ AI-powered transformation expertise, systems integration, sovereign cloud, cybersecurity, and large-scale services delivery, alongside support for modernizing customer journeys and digital engagement.
Daniele Principato, head of International Markets, Atos, said: “This agreement with Backbase reflects our commitment to helping financial institutions in International Markets harness the power of AI in a secure and scalable way. The demand for resilient and future-ready banking platforms continues to grow across all our markets and by combining our global expertise with strong partners and our regional leadership, we are well positioned to support our clients in navigating transformation with confidence and control.” Ricardo Ribelles, global VP partnerships and alliances, Backbase, added: “Atos brings the sovereign Cloud infrastructure, integration depth, and regional reach that banks in these markets need. Together we close the gap between a bank's AI ambitions and the reality of running those capabilities at scale - inside a governed, compliant architecture that meets local data sovereignty requirements.”