Katie Llanos-Small
Friday Briefing: Blockchain innovation in Argentina’s harvest🌽🪙
This week, we take a look at how blockchain is boosting agricultural lending and attracting the likes of Santander into the arena. In addition Pix heads to Colombia and Kavak obtains US$810 million in financing….
Nubank IPO raises US$ 2.6 billion in landmark deal for Brazilian fintech
Nubank raised US$2.6bn in a landmark IPO for Latin American fintech on Wednesday. Here’s a look into Nubank’s strategy – and the IPO’s implications…
Fintechs drive financial inclusion during the pandemic
Covid has shown that LatAm fintechs have a lot of potential in terms of financial inclusion – and so do banks…
Does Peru need a Fintech Law? Banks say yes – but startups aren’t so sure
BBVA Peru has made progress in partnerships, but the bank’s head of open innovation says the lack of fintech regulation is a concern…
Payments and E-Commerce LatAm: Trust grows as transactions surge
The pandemic has propelled greater trust in digital payments and e-commerce in Latin America, resulting in a surge of transactions – but also a number of disruptions and new challenges, according to a new report launched today…
Webinars: Eliminate Friction in Digital Onboarding; Reactivate Mexico; Alternative payments
How did Rappi get to have 10 million active users? Hear the company’s digital onboarding secrets in a webinar this week. Also, explore banking transformation and payment trends in top webinars….
Real-Time Payments LatAm: Options expand but usage grows slowly
Real time transfers are rapidly becoming a reality across Latin America, but getting customers to use them regularly remains a challenge….
With new scoring models, LatAm fintechs keep lending through crisis
Fintech lenders are using new data sets and evaluation tools to measure the credit risk of new borrowers – and say the models are here to stay…
Open banking: Regulations and technology push change in LatAm
Changes in regulation and technology are moving financial services towards open banking in Latin America…
Instant payments Colombia: Transfiya transfers multiply
Transfiya, a new system system for instant P2P payments in Colombia, is gaining strength, but challenges remain….