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
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Friday Briefing: About that crypto winter
We analyze what the dreaded “crypto winter” means for Latin American exchanges. The real estate unicorn Habi obtains a line of credit and applications for fintech licenses accumulate in Mexico.
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Financial inclusion goes at full throttle in Peru with BN’s first digital bank account
The project to give access to a free and digital bank account received a boost in the pandemic, almost 2 million Peruvians have joined.
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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
Friday Briefing: Uncertainty in Colombia
The election in Colombia spells uncertainty for the fintech sector. while Argentina and the Dominican Republic head towards open banking regulations. Here’s what you need to know this week.
Will BNPL take off in Brazil?
Digital point-of-sale loans have advanced slowly in Brazil, but local experts see growth potential for BNPL (buy now, pay later) services
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
Friday Briefing: Inter gets green light for migration to Nasdaq
Banco Inter prepares to transfer its shares to Nasdaq. Mercado Pago obtains its operating license in Mexico and inaugurates its investment service in Brazil. And Nubank starts offering crypto trading to Brazilian customers.
What will it take for open finance to accelerate in Brazil?
The future of open finance in Brazil is promising in terms of inclusion but insufficient public awareness is a drag on participation
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
Convenience or safety? The key to tackling financial cybercrime
Financial institutions must strike a balance between multi-factor authentication and a frictionless user experience
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
Friday Briefing: Fintechs in Brazil fear new rules will hurt growth
Brazilian fintechs express concern about regulatory changes for payment companies, and Apple Pay arrives in Peru. We also have much more.
Credicorp modernizes data management as hyper-personalization beckons
Credicorp Capital, the investment banking arm of Peru’s Credicorp group, is getting to grips with a problem facing many banks in Latin America—poor quality data. The bank has introduced a new data management policy in a bid to improve the analysis of information...
Banco Inter: Brazilian digital bank prepares for U.S. listing, international growth
Banco Inter’s CFO details the lender’s plans for expanding into the U.S. banking market and listing shares on Nasdaq, hot on the heels of Nu’s NYSE debut
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
#Friday Briefing: The weekly report on fintech and digital banking
British neobank Revolut seeks a banking license in Mexico, and digital bank Neon becomes a unicorn after an investment from BBVA.
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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
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Friday Briefing: About that crypto winter
We analyze what the dreaded “crypto winter” means for Latin American exchanges. The real estate unicorn Habi obtains a line of credit and applications for fintech licenses accumulate in Mexico.
Friday Briefing: About that crypto winter
We analyze what the dreaded “crypto winter” means for Latin American exchanges. The real estate unicorn Habi obtains a line of credit and applications for fintech licenses accumulate in Mexico.
Financial inclusion goes at full throttle in Peru with BN’s first digital bank account
The project to give access to a free and digital bank account received a boost in the pandemic, almost 2 million Peruvians have joined.
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
Friday Briefing: Uncertainty in Colombia
The election in Colombia spells uncertainty for the fintech sector. while Argentina and the Dominican Republic head towards open banking regulations. Here’s what you need to know this week.
Will BNPL take off in Brazil?
Digital point-of-sale loans have advanced slowly in Brazil, but local experts see growth potential for BNPL (buy now, pay later) services
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
Friday Briefing: Inter gets green light for migration to Nasdaq
Banco Inter prepares to transfer its shares to Nasdaq. Mercado Pago obtains its operating license in Mexico and inaugurates its investment service in Brazil. And Nubank starts offering crypto trading to Brazilian customers.
What will it take for open finance to accelerate in Brazil?
The future of open finance in Brazil is promising in terms of inclusion but insufficient public awareness is a drag on participation
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