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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….
Friday Briefing:”Doing more with less money”: Fintech investment slides backwards
The prognosis is not encouraging. for investments in the region. We see the dispute between payment fintechs against card companies in Chile. Also regulatory news, thanks to iupanaPRO….
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 …
Latin America needs more capital, says Ualá CEO
The Argentine unicorn’s founder lays out his strategy for Mexico following the launch of Ualá Bis, a payments service for SMEs, and offers his perspective on the fintech ecosystem…
Friday Briefing: Argentina stomps on banks’ crypto moves
Argentina’s Central Bank moved quickly to stamp out banks’ incipient forays into crypto. Meanwhile, Xepelin nabbed a good-sized Series B round, and Colombia set out priorities for the next intake to its regulatory sandbox. This and more in our weekly summary…
Friday Briefing: Brazil’s senate approves crypto regulatory framework
We analyze the progress of Brazil’s regulatory framework for cryptocurrency. In addition, Mercado Libre initiates legal action against Argentina’s central bank, alleging it took measures that are detrimental to its payments business. We also look at the Argentine debut of Revolut. …
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…
Friday Briefing: Acquiring networks in check
We look at Rappi and Nubank’s foray into the changing digital payments industry. We present the latest regulatory thanks to iupanaPRO and an interview with a professional hacker….