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Volante Technologies named a Leader in Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Banking Payment Hub Platforms

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Volante Technologies named a Leader in Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Banking Payment Hub Platforms
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Volante Technologies named a Leader in Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Banking Payment Hub Platforms

2026-02-03 23:15 Last Updated At:02-04 13:16

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb 3, 2026--

Volante Technologies, the global leader in Payments as a Service (PaaS), today announced its recognition as a Leader in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Banking Payment Hub Platforms, which evaluates vendors based on Ability to Execute and Completeness of Vision. In Volante’s view, Gartner positioned them as a Leader based on their capacity to support enterprise-scale payment processing in banks and financial institutions across multiple regions, deployment models, and operational environments.

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As the highest positioned provider in Ability to Execute, Volante believes its AI-powered Payments Platform is ISO 20022 native and provides complete, always-on, and composable payment processing support and can be deployed progressively alongside existing payment infrastructure, or as a full payment hub or SaaS model, allowing clients to own their modernization journey.

“In our view, being positioned as a Leader reflects Volante’s ability to execute through an unrivaled blend of curiosity, boldness, and discipline,” said Vijay Oddiraju, CEO at Volante. “Financial institutions are navigating real-time adoption, cloud transformation, and the emergence of digital value such as stablecoins. Our goal is to give them the freedom to innovate at their own pace, without compromising reliability and control.”

Embedded intelligence is built into how Volante delivers payment processing at scale. Banks must manage complexity as volumes, message formats, and routing requirements increase. By applying AI-powered capabilities directly within payment flows, Volante supports higher data quality, improved routing accuracy, and more efficient exception handling in production environments. As a result, payment operations teams improve productivity and reduce external dependencies.

Oddiraju continued, “We strongly feel this Gartner recognition provides independent context for the direction we’ve taken and the trust Volante clients place in our services, whether it’s a global money center powering entire economies or a Tier 4 bank supporting local commerce.”

Across the payments industry, financial institutions are facing convergence of regulatory change, infrastructure modernization, and rising expectations, driving institutions to modernize payment hubs in ways that balance speed, scale, and operational control. Gartner forecasts worldwide IT spending will total $6.08 trillion in 2026, which Volante feels reflects the significant investment organizations are making to modernize core infrastructure and meet evolving operational requirements in depth, transparency, and control.

“Payments modernization is not a single event – it’s a series of technical and operational decisions that must work in live, high-volume production environments from day one, and that’s what our teams and clients have proven at scale,” said Deepak Gupta, Chief Product, Engineering, and Delivery Officer, Volante Technologies. “Banks choose Volante because we give them flexibility, whether that’s an accelerated move to a unified, end-to-end payments platform, or a phased transition from legacy environments.”

“As our clients progress at their desired pace, we’re dedicated to investing for the future – just as we were 25 years ago. Through composable capabilities, AI-driven enhancements, and always-on multi-cloud delivery, Volante will be the payments modernization foundation for banks and financial institutions of all tiers and regions, no matter how their requirements evolve,” Gupta added.

To access the full Gartner Magic Quadrant for Banking Payment Hub Platforms report, visit https://www.volantetech.com/volante-leader-in-gartner-magic-quadrant/

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MADRID (AP) — A Spanish court is investigating former Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero for alleged influence peddling and other possible crimes tied to a government airline bailout.

The National Court in Madrid is probing possible financial wrongdoing in connection with the Spanish government’s rescue of the Plus Ultra airline, which in 2021 received 53 million euros (now $62 million) in public money as part of COVID-19 recovery funds.

The court said in a statement that the investigation was widened to include Zapatero, who was summoned to answer a judge’s questions on June 2. Police with warrants from the investigating judge searched Zapatero’s office on Tuesday.

Zapatero, 65, was prime minister from 2004 to 2011. He is a member of the Socialist party headed by current Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez.

He denied any wrongdoing related to the bailout in a Senate hearing in March, saying he “never received any commissions from Plus Ultra.”

Plus Ultra is a Spanish-owned airline with investors from Venezuela. It specialized in flights between Spain and Venezuela, Peru and Ecuador.

Since leaving office, Zapatero has focused a large part of his activity on maintaining dialogue with the far-left regime in Venezuela, which was largely isolated from Western countries after it cracked down on the democratic opposition.

Zapatero had been out of public office for a decade when Plus Ultra received the bailout.

The former premier is considered a political ally of Sánchez, whose party has been rocked by other corruption scandals over the past two years.

FILE - Spain's former Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero speaks to journalists in La Paz, Bolivia, Thursday, May 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Juan Karita, File)

FILE - Spain's former Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero speaks to journalists in La Paz, Bolivia, Thursday, May 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Juan Karita, File)

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