Antony Pinedo
Digital payments get aboard public transport
Millions of people in Latin America purchase bus or metro tickets on a daily basis. It’s an opportunity to bring digital payments to a critical mass of users …
A Mexican WeChat? Baz expands its superapp
Grupo Salinas’ digital platform, Baz, is building an ecosystem for low-income Mexicans and is adding users at an average pace of one million per mont…
Remittances in LatAm are digitalized… little by little
The amount of money being sent to LatAm is breaking records. However, the industry continues to rely on cash and physical channels, and both fintechs and traditional players see blockchain as a potential game changer…
Credicorp adds loans to Yape in bid to become a Peruvian superapp
Peruvian digital wallet Yape will add credit to its offering, says Francesca Raffo, new chief investment officer at Credicorp…
Pensions in the crosshairs: Fintechs take aim at new market
Investment fintechs want to fill the space left by traditional finance in the vast retirement-savings market and present products to attract voluntary contributions from workers…
The end of the POS? Rappi looks to a future of mobile payments
The Colombian superapp has introduced Pay with Rappi, a service that’s set to compete with platforms such as Mercado, and complete its ecosystem of financial solutions….
Santander’s PagoNxt envisions collaboration with big tech, not rivalry
Santander payments fintech anticipates opportunities to become the third largest provider of electronic payments in Latin America…
Friday Briefing: Argentina and Mexico bolster fintech oversight
Regulators in Argentina and Mexico introduced changes. Itaú BBA is working on a venture debt strategy and Flink gained a foothold in Colombia….
Bancolombia experiments with crypto in sandbox, anticipates increased use in Latam
Traditional institutions are even starting to experiment with crypto, in anticipation of more widespread usage in Latin America…