Entidad: Startups
Mexican fintechs plan last-minute license requests
Financial technology companies are advancing with authorization requirements under Mexico’s Fintech Law, but will wait until strictly necessary to apply, says industry association…
How to drop the gender bias in financial inclusion
Women are far less likely than men to have a bank account. Here’s what we need to do about it…
Empty queue for Mexico Fintech Law registrations
Five months in, no companies have requested approval to operate under Mexico’s Fintech Law…
Fintech Snapshot – January 2019
Brazil led the way for LatAm fintech deals in January – plus several startups forged bank deals…
Brazil’s Quod brings together AI, big data, for credit risk analysis
Quod, Brazil’s new credit bureau owned by the country’s biggest banks, aims to improve credit scores with deeper data pools and better analytics…
Career path: Nicolas Arrellaga, Co-founder, Nexoos
Nicolas Arrellaga is a co-founder of Brazilian peer to peer lending platform Nexoos. Here’s how he got there…
Sign-ups accelerate at Next as Bradesco tracks shifting competition
Bradesco’s digital bank Next, which is increasing the speed of new user sign-ups, offers new vantage point for one of Brazil’s biggest banks to monitor new digital finance trends and new competitors…
Brazil plans changes to instant payments
Brazil’s Central Bank is advancing with a new instant payments infrastructure that will allow low-cost transfers around the clock…
BancoEstado plans wallet, aims for scale with ComprAquí
The Chilean bank is preparing to scale its mobile POS system ComprAquí, and studying options to develop digital wallet…
Career Path: Denisse Cuellar, Banco de Crédito del Perú
Denisse manages relationships with startups at Peru’s Banco de Credito. Here’s how she got there…