Banks must invest in innovation in order to change their negative image, even though it may take time before they see the results, says Claudio Rodrigues, technology leader at Banco Ripley in Chile
Investments in fintechs in Mexico and Colombia continue.
Brazilian unicorns Nubank and Creditas have reported financial results for the first half of the year. Here’s how they are doing
Bradesco became the sole owner of digital bank Digio.
A trend of fintech and bank mergers & acquisitions is gaining momentum in Latin America
#FridayBriefing: The National Banking and Securities Commission (CNBV) turned down authorization requests from five Mexican fintechs this week.
The financial industry is exploring the use of cryptocurrencies in payments or as collateral for loans
#FridayBriefing: Rappi, the largest of the companies, told local media that it requested the unilateral cancellation of the contract it had with the bank.
#FridayBriefing: Konfío is the region’s new unicorn and Merama raised US$225 million in Series B round.
#FridayBriefing: Chile has embarked on the road to issuing its own digital currency.
Brazil’s fifth largest private bank seeks more partnerships to distribute products under Banking as a Service (Baas) and similar models
#BuenasFuentes: BTG Pactual lanzará una plataforma de negociación de criptoactivos, Mynt y Belize Bank presentó su billetera digital E-Kyash
#FridayBriefing: Kavak becomes the second highest rated fintech in Latin America.
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The health crisis caused by COVID-19 has accelerated the digitization processes in Latin America. This trend had been progressing since before the pandemic, but the lockdowns have highlighted the need to continue working to achieve progress in financial...
In 2020, four Latin American fintechs closed investment rounds worth hundreds of millions of dollars. Yet others had to change their financing strategies as a result of the pandemic. So, what does 2021 hold for fintech founders looking for capital?In this...
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Murilo Menezes of Juvo, Paolo Fidanza of Mo Tecnologies and Thiago Dias of Mastercard discuss the benefits and challenges of fintech partnerships
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Understand the transformation of payments & e-commerce in the Americas in 2020 with this executive White Paper
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This new interactive report explores which parts of Latin America’s fintech lending market are most affected by the new coronavirus, how serious the impacts are – and how fintech lenders are responding.
