#Strategic Plays 📊 Interbank ends Rappi card tie-up in Peru RappiBank says goodbye to Peru. The Colombian superapp is ending its credit-card alliance with local partner Interbank after two years. As...
Rappi: Credit card ventures see slow take off
When Colombian super app Rappi made its debut in the credit card segment more than two years ago,...
Friday Briefing: Nubank eyes US expansion, Uber gets fintech license
This week, Nubank’s talks up its prospects in the Mexican market at its anniversary event in Sao...
Update – Will everything become fintech? Companies that branched into finance
The fintech boom of the last decade has taught other industries a valuable lesson: Companies don’t...
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Friday Briefing: Increased risk for credit fintechs
This week, we analyze the challenges facing credit fintechs in the region. We also look at how...
Friday Briefing: Apple vs Banks
Today we Apple's stunning growth in financial services. Plus - Mastercard is focusing on LatAm to...
Friday Briefing: First Republic Bank: the impact in LatAm
This week, layoffs continues, this time at Argentine fintech Callao....
First Republic Bank crisis prolongs ‘capital drought’ for startups
The turmoil at US-based First Republic Bank (FRB) has once again tripped alarms in the highly...
Friday Briefing: Fraudsters increasingly buying up digital accounts
This week, we sound the alarm in Mexico, due to the growing use of digital accounts by fraudsters....
Big Tech in payments: Google Pay’s strategy for Latin America
Google has found a way —indirectly, at least— to make its payment solutions profitable by...
Friday Briefing: Rappi rules out IPO, Covalto needs more time
This week, we review the progress of the digital real pilot in Brazil, and its impact on the...
Friday Briefing: The most outstanding news on fintech, payments and digital banking in Latin America
This week we tell you that interoperability begins in Peru. Also, startups in LatAm remain uneasy...
Credicorp proceeds with caution on crypto
With last year’s crytocurrency crash in the rearview mirror, Credicorp, Peru’s biggest financial...