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• The Professional Association of Computer Engineers of Castilla y León will award the Salamanca-based company the i3 Award for the Most Relevant Company or Organization in Information Technology on May 16, on the occasion of the Computer Engineering Night of Castilla y León.

  
  

• The collegiate body has recognized Global Exchange's evolution, its international expansion and commitment to talent, with 120 university graduates working in the group's technology division in Salamanca, GETD (Global Exchange Digital Technologies).

  
  

• Manuel Martin Portillo, Corporate Technology Director of Global Exchange, has valued the award as a "recognition of many years of work betting on talent, innovation and a business model where technology is the heart of our growth".

  
  

Global Exchange has been recognized with the i3 Award for the Most Relevant Company or Organization in Information Technology. It is an award given by the Professional Association of Computer Engineers of Castilla y León, which will be presented at the Computer Engineering Night of Castilla y León on May 16, an event that highlights the excellence and dedication of the most outstanding professionals and institutions in the technology sector in the community.

The choice of Global Exchange responds to the consolidation of the Salamanca-based company as an international reference in technology-based currency exchange, deeply rooted in Castilla y León. The Professional Association of Computer Engineers of Castilla y León highlights how, from Global Exchange's headquarters in Salamanca, the company has expanded worldwide, currently operating in 26 countries, with a workforce of 2,600 employees and a portfolio of 12.5 million customers, reaching an annual business volume of 2,300 million euros.

As Manuel Martín Portillo, Corporate Technology Director of Global Exchange, expresses, "Global Exchange's commitment to Salamanca and Castilla y León is demonstrated by the more than 120 university-qualified professionals working at its excellent technology headquarters in Salamanca. Graduates with a great capacity to generate added value, working in areas such as cloud infrastructure management, development of proprietary applications and integration of third-party software solutions, BigData, AI, process automation, cybersecurity and, in general, innovation and business based on computer engineering. Furthermore, this award is a great source of pride for the entire team. It is recognition of many years of work betting on talent, innovation and a business model where technology is the basis of our growth". Martín has highlighted the distinction by the Professional Association of Computer Engineers of Castilla y León and describes it as "an added motivation to continue developing solutions from Castilla y León with global impact".

GETD: the technological soul of the Global Exchange Group

The award to be presented by the Professional Association of Computer Engineers of Castilla y León reiterates the excellence of Global Exchange Digital Technologies (GETD), the technological soul of Global Exchange and its true engine of digital transformation. GETD is the reference center for the company's operational maintenance at a global level, but also the area that conceives and develops innovative digital solutions that respond to the present and future of the company's business.

"GETD embodies the Group's commitment to a development model that combines territorial roots and global implementation and symbolizes how it is possible to build solid and competitive technological structures on an international scale from Castilla y León," the Corporate Technology Director of Global Exchange highlighted in this regard.

In addition, GETD's headquarters in Salamanca has been conceived not only as a workspace, but also as a living environment for holding events, technical conferences and activities aimed at fostering technological vocations among new generations, promoting the development of future experts in computer engineering and forging synergies and alliances between professionals, institutions and companies in the sector.