Antony Pinedo
Friday Briefing: Argentina: Bye-bye ank and hello YOY
This week, Itaú shut its digital wallet in Argentina, ank, and Chinese lender ICBC launched one of its own, YOY. In addition, Mexico’s Klar buys an artificial intelligence company and BCI starts operations in Peru….
Smart POS: Paytechs explore new frontiers beyond payments
Payment fintechs are looking to multifunctional point-of-sale terminals as allies to set themselves apart in a highly competitive market…
Friday Briefing: BNPL under pressure
This week, we analyze the future of BNPL from Kueski’s perspective, PicPay Bank gets the green light in Brazil and Itaú acquires a digital broker. In addition, Mercado Pago obtains a credit line from Goldman Sachs….
Friday Briefing: Learnings from Colombia’s crypto sandbox
This week, Colombia’s financial regulator tells us about the lessons learned from the crypto sandbox, the bigtech Meta shuts its remittance pilot in Guatemala and a “funtech” is born in Brazil. We also bring you the latest legal news with iupanaPRO….
Fintech Magalu: Ready to cash in on open finance in Brazil
Magazine Luiza wants to become a supplier of all the products that open finance will enable and, in addition, expects positive growth for the second half of the year…
Friday Briefing: The fintech winter cuts both ways
This week, leading investors including Propel, ALLVP and 17Sigma comment on the current fintech financing landscape in LatAm. Also, Brazil’s C6 expands its credit products and in Chile, banks and fintechs stop squabbling and reach agreement on standards for open finance….
Nubank Mexico in a ‘position of strength,’ says CEO
[EXCLUSIVE] With better data management and newly capitalized, Nubank Mexico is ready to keep expanding, despite the increasingly complex economic situation, says the company’s CEO…
2022’s largest fintech investment rounds to date
The amounts raised in investment rounds this year are a long way from the highs reached in 2021, underscoring the region’s complex financing climate…
LatAm fintech investments: As financial conditions tighten, it’s time to show results
Small fintechs will struggle to raise capital and large ones will have to meet tangible goals, investors such as Softbank and Magma Partners are warning…
Revolut makes its Brazilian debut in November. This is its strategy
The country head of Revolut in Brazil details the British neobank’s plans for revving up its operations, implementing open finance and creating a local talent hub…