Handy is a Uruguayan fintech company specializing in electronic payment solutions for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Founded by the private equity firm InCapital, Handy has rapidly expanded its presence in Uruguay’s digital payments ecosystem. In 2023, Itaú Unibanco acquired a 40% stake in the company, highlighting its strategic role in accelerating digital financial inclusion.

As the company scaled its merchant network and transaction volumes, Handy required a robust cloud infrastructure capable of supporting real-time payment processing while maintaining high levels of security, scalability, and operational reliability.

To support this growth, Handy partnered with Pyxis to design, operate, and continuously evolve its AWS-based infrastructure.

Challenge

Handy experienced rapid adoption among SMEs seeking simple and reliable digital payment solutions. This growth created increasing demands on its cloud infrastructure.

The company needed to:

• Scale its platform to support a growing number of merchants and transactions

• Ensure high availability and performance for real-time payment processing

• Maintain strong security and regulatory alignment for financial operations

• Enable access to transaction data for business intelligence and decision-making

• Build a technology foundation capable of supporting long-term growth

Handy required a cloud architecture designed for scalability, resilience, and data-driven operations.

Solution

Pyxis partnered with Handy to support and evolve its AWS environment, taking co-ownership of the existing infrastructure and collaborating closely with Handy’s engineering teams.

Together, the teams optimized the AWS architecture to support the performance and reliability requirements of a digital payments platform. The solution enables secure transaction processing, scalable infrastructure management, and advanced data capabilities for business analytics.

In addition to strengthening the core infrastructure, Pyxis implemented solutions to enable both near real-time and batch data analysis, allowing Handy to transform operational data into actionable insights for business growth.

By leveraging AWS cloud capabilities, Handy gained the flexibility to scale its services as adoption increased while maintaining operational stability and regulatory alignment.

AWS Services Used

Services Provided by Pyxis

• AWS cloud architecture design and optimization

• Cloud infrastructure management and operations

• Scalable infrastructure implementation for fintech workloads

• Data architecture for analytics and business intelligence

• Continuous improvement and operational support

Results

By leveraging AWS and Pyxis’ cloud expertise, Handy established a scalable and resilient platform capable of supporting rapid business growth.

Key outcomes include:

• Over 20,000 merchants onboarded by 2023, with projections of 30,000 by 2024

• Infrastructure capable of supporting more than $1 billion in annual transaction volume

• Reliable and scalable digital payment platform for SMEs

• Improved operational efficiency through optimized cloud infrastructure

• Enhanced ability to leverage transaction data for business insights

This cloud-native architecture allows Handy to continue expanding its digital payment services while supporting the financial growth of SMEs across Uruguay.