Decades before “fintech” became a buzzword, one of British Columbia’s earliest tech pioneers—INETCO—was already delivering transaction monitoring and fraud prevention solutions to Canadian firms like Moneris, BlueShore Financial, and Celero.
While INETCO remains a trusted partner at home, the company’s quiet expansion into over 30 countries—including rapidly developing markets in Latin America, the Middle East, and Africa—has become its most compelling story.
Today, dozens of financial institutions across these regions are relying on INETCO’s AI-driven technology to elevate digital payment capabilities, prevent fraud, and meet regulatory compliance—capabilities once reserved for the world’s largest banks.
Founded in 1984, INETCO has evolved from a domestic player into a global leader in real-time transaction monitoring. Its latest partnership with Serfinsa, a top payment service provider in El Salvador, is a prime example of how INETCO is empowering the next generation of financial institutions.
Serfinsa is adopting INETCO Insight, INETCO’s flagship real-time monitoring platform, as a cornerstone of its regional expansion strategy. The move supports Serfinsa’s goal to deliver ultra-reliable “Acquiring-as-a-Service” solutions across Central America, starting with markets like Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama.
“If our customers win, we win,” said Leandro Guini, CEO of Serfinsa. “That is why it is critical for Serfinsa to deliver the most reliable payment services possible. With INETCO Insight, we gain end-to-end visibility into every transaction needed for proactive performance management—without sacrificing processing speed. We’re especially excited to offer our acquiring customers real-time analytics and insights that will help them thrive in an increasingly competitive payments landscape.”
Over the past five years, Serfinsa has grown its customer base fivefold, now serving 90% of El Salvador’s acquiring banks. To compete with top-tier processors, the company sought a solution that could detect performance issues before they affect clients, streamline diagnostics, and enable comprehensive business reporting.
INETCO Insight was selected for its unique ability to monitor all POS, e-commerce, and ATM transactions in real time—end-to-end and without slowing authorization speeds. The platform can proactively detect bottlenecks, failures, and declines before they impact users, while also decoding ISO 8583 messages to provide full visibility into transaction data through real-time dashboards and analytics. Its ability to support seamless deployment and rapid scaling across multiple markets makes it ideally suited to meet Serfinsa’s ambitious regional growth plans.
“Real-time intelligence is the new currency of competitive payments,” said Bijan Sanii, CEO of INETCO. “As Serfinsa scales its acquiring services across Central America, INETCO Insight gives them the operational edge to stay ahead—turning every transaction into a strategic signal that helps their customers grow faster, smarter, and more securely.”
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