Categoria propia: Lending
Fintech investment in Latam soars to new heights
Fintech investment in Latam: Global investors have fallen in love with Latin America’s financial technology industry, driving up deal sizes and valuations…
Brazil’s biggest banks call for level playing field | Ciab 2021
Chief executives from Brazil’s biggest banks hail the success of central bank moves to encourage financial innovation, but say they are concerned about unequal regulatory treatment for different types of institutions…
‘Buy now, pay later’: Lack of data slows growth in Latam
Financing big-ticket purchases through “buy now, pay later” is gaining ground internationally. In Latin America, the credit model faces a bumpy growth outlook…
Brazil digital bank C6 expands services, Cora closes $26m Series A
The key fintech and digital banking news this week: Brazilian digital startup C6 Bank adds global investment functions; Bolivia’s Banco Economico launches QR payments; Brazilian fintech Cora raises record-breaking Series A round, and more…
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…
Amid Covid stress-test, investors keep betting on LatAm fintechs
Brazilian SME lender BizCapital’s series B round is the latest proof that fintech investment amid Covid is still possible – albeit tougher…
Digital banking and fintech webinars: Cybersecurity; Machine Learning; and more
Here are the best webinars and online events in the digital banking and fintech sector in Latin America, from June 15 to 19 …
#TopNews: Argentine banks nab Nubank exec for digital payments
Here’s everything you need to know about what happened in LatAm digital banking and fintech this week…
Digital banking gets Covid-19 push – but can it last?
Banks’ digital channels in Latin America are getting a sharp boost from coronavirus social distancing. But will this become a long-term trend?…
Mercado Libre gets closer to becoming a bank, targets credit growth
Mercado Pago is moving into banking, applying to become a financial institution in Chile to grow its payments and credit business, following its IFPE application in Mexico, says Matias Spagui, Chile CEO, in exclusive interview…