Panama's largest domestic bank with 2M+ customers, modernizing infrastructure and fraud detection
Banco General is Panama's largest domestically-owned bank, serving over 2 million customers across retail and commercial segments. The tech stack spans AWS, Azure, and GCP, with active adoption of business intelligence (Power BI, MicroStrategy) and testing frameworks (Selenium, Cucumber, JMeter) — a pattern consistent with modernizing a legacy banking platform. Current hiring velocity is accelerating across finance, sales, and engineering, with projects centered on hybrid cloud migration and fraud prevention, indicating a push toward operational efficiency and risk containment in digital channels.
Notable leadership hires: Center Director
Banco General operates as a full-service retail and commercial bank headquartered in Panama City, Panama. The institution was founded in 1955 and maintains a partnership structure. Product offerings include credit cards, mortgages, auto loans, personal loans, mobile banking, and specialized services under brands including Yappy and Casa Cash, alongside accident and life insurance products. The organization employs 5,001–10,000 people and is expanding its financial advisory and securities business while modernizing its technology footprint across cloud platforms.
Banco General uses AWS, Azure, and GCP in a hybrid model. Active projects include hybrid cloud orchestration, cloud migration rule updates, and enterprise architecture roadmap development, with optimization and cost management listed as ongoing challenges.
Digital channel fraud prevention projects are active, with fraud risk identification and fraud control implementation listed as key challenges. Security represents 2 of 22 current job openings.
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