Editor’s note: Today’s post is by Raul Chavarria at B3. B3 is the Brazilian stock exchange and a complete market infrastructure provider, offering services ranging from equities and fixed income to controlling car leasing.
Read the full story to learn how Android Enterprise enabled B3 to:
- Implement a secure, compliant mobile solution for 1,000 employees in just two weeks
- Improve security with AI threat detection, Managed Google Play and more
- Empower employees with 24/7 connectivity using devices with long-lasting batteries
- Project 30% cost savings over the next 10 years
As a regulated financial institution, maintaining strong security and compliance standards is a top priority for B3. So it is a big task to provide our employees with mobile devices that enable constant availability and productivity while meeting extremely strict legal requirements.
We chose Android Enterprise because of its multi-layered security, including hardware encryption, app sandboxing, and AI threat detection. Android and Samsung also offer budget-friendly pricing without compromising on performance, ensuring a consistent experience for everyone from front-line staff to executives. This choice followed extensive testing of both ecosystems across all benchmarks.
Enables fast, secure self-service deployment
In the past, deploying devices required significant coordination and in-person support, lengthening deployment timelines and creating operational complexity. By partnering with Samsung as a device vendor and using Android Enterprise zero-touch enrollment, we were able to equip most of our workforce—including our fully managed mobile fleet and BYOD employees—in less than two weeks.
Once a device is powered on, our IT team can manage it through a centralized dashboard and manage policies for all devices to ensure security. And with Managed Google Play, we can control where and how apps are distributed – another tool to maintain security.
Safely equipping a workforce
Our operations teams need to be available 24/7 and battery life used to be a major pain point. In addition, our employees had difficulty reading messages on small 5-inch screens.
When we switched to Android, we provided our workforce with lightweight devices with 7-inch screens, superior refresh rates, and longer-lasting batteries. Employee feedback has been very positive as the new devices comfortably support a wide range of business applications. This keeps our mostly office-based team securely connected through various internal and third-party web apps.
Embrace AI and reduce costs
At B3, we are actively expanding our use of artificial intelligence to increase management productivity, shifting from an experimental phase to a more “agentic” approach. Our staff love the built-in Google Gemini on Android AI features. These features support content creation, information access, task optimization and more, contributing to a more agile and responsive work environment.
Financially, this shift is also incredibly beneficial. Over the next decade, we have projected cost savings of around 30% by choosing Android. These savings will enable us to comfortably perform multiple update cycles during this time frame and keep our staff equipped with brand new hardware.
B3 is a technology-focused company constantly experimenting with new innovations, from AI agents to super-low latency data centers. With Android devices and the exceptional support we’ve received from Google and Samsung, we can easily maintain compliance and ensure our workforce has the secure, cutting-edge tools they need to drive our business forward.
Want to know more? Find out why financial services companies choose Android Enterprise.