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October 8, 2025

PagoNxt Payments automates €150M+ in Annual Cross Currency Invoice Payments for Gesban

Paying suppliers worldwide should be effortless. Yet for more than a decade, Gesban — Santander’s backbone for supplier invoice payments — faced a different reality: every cross-currency transaction meant approvals, manual checks, and reconciliations that took around 15 minutes per operation. Complexity slowed teams, raised costs, and kept global efficiency out of reach. Until automation changed the game.

By integrating Gesban’s SAP system with PagoNxt’s Payments platform, everything transformed. Today, cross-currency payments flow seamlessly end-to-end — from approval to FX execution to reconciliation — with zero manual intervention. What once took 15 minutes is now completed in seconds, securely and at scale.

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The Impact  

- Full automation of cross-currency invoice payments, eliminating manual steps.
- Processing times reduced from 15 minutes to seconds.  
- 2–3% FX margin improvement, enabling larger volumes at better rates.  
- Reduced operational risk by eliminating human error.  
- Global reach, supporting USD, GBP, BRL, JPY, CHF, PLN and more.  
- Already processed €13M in pilot (around 165 payments with one entity).  
- Scaling to 1,700–2,000 annual payments, equivalent to €150M+.
- Expansion already in progress: Gesban México has started adopting the model, with 10 additional Santander entities expected to follow.

Voices from the Project

Javier Calderón, Head of Internal Control and Management at Gesban
“For more than a decade we looked for a way to automate international invoice payments. With PagoNxt, we finally achieved it — improving efficiency, reducing risks, and unlocking better FX margins for the Group. Without a doubt, we recommend working with PagoNxt. The professionals are excellent, the human touch is outstanding, and working with them is very easy.”

Charo Martín, Head of Payments and Settlements at Gesban
“Before, our teams had to manage every step manually. Today, payments that used to take 15 minutes are executed in seconds, giving us more time to focus on higher-value tasks and supporting our suppliers.”  

David Marchite, Project Team Leader at Gesban
“From a technology standpoint, the integration was smoother than expected. Connecting SAP directly with PagoNxt’s Global Payouts platform means we now have a fully automated, secure, and transparent process.”

Key Results

- €13M already processed in pilot phase.
- €135–160M projected annual volume with full rollout.
- FX savings: 2–3% margin improvement.
- Execution time: reduced from ~15 minutes → seconds.

Looking Ahead

This project is not just about automation — it is about building a scalable payments backbone that futureproofs Santander’s supplier ecosystem. With full rollout, PagoNxt Payments will handle €135–160M annually, demonstrating the trust placed in us to deliver mission-critical infrastructure at global scale.

Inspired by Gesban’s journey?  If you’re ready to simplify your cross-currency payment processes and strengthen your operational capabilities, partner with PagoNxt Payments — a paytech backed by Santander Group, specializing in account-to-account (A2A) solutions for Financial Institutions, NBFIs, and Corporates.

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