Entidad: Startups
Mobile banking explodes in Brazil
Ciab 2021: Amid an overall surge in digital in Brazil, mobile transactions have shot to a huge lead over all other channels, according to data from Brazil’s banking federation…
C6 Bank, Kubo, Fintual and Treinta raise investments
This week’s key fintech and digital banking news: Kaszek Ventures and JPMorgan make new investments in fintech LatAm, and the president of the Central Bank of Brazil points to the importance of AI…
AI at the core of future financial intermediation: BCB’s Campos Neto
Competition in financial services is turning into a “battle” over how to monetize AI-powered data, the head of Brazil’s Central Bank says…
Brazil’s Pix plots ambitious expansion after massive growth
Ciab 2021: Pix, Brazil’s new instant payments system, has been greeted with huge adoption – and now the system’s architects are planning further expansion to incorporate more corporate payments services and further broaden the user base…
Softbank invests in Konfio and Atom; Colombian neobank Iris unveils strategy; Brazilian banks call for level playing field
This week’s key fintech and digital banking news: Investments for Konfio and Atom Finance; Iris, a neobank launched by a traditional Colombian player, shares its plans; Brazil’s biggest banks call for an equal regulatory footing…
Brazilian digital banks attract new customers amid pandemic
Leaders of digital banks in Brazil say the onset of the covid-19 crisis has driven greater adoption of their services by customers of all demographics…
Payments startups feature among latest fintech profiles in iupanaConnects
We are adding Dapp, Lendico, M2Crowd, Reworth, Tesabiz, E-fectivo, Juancho Te Presta, Castor, Nubloq and LatinPay to our database of Latin American fintech profiles, iupanaConnects Data, this week….
LatAm insurtech shifts focus to operational innovation
LatAm insurtech startups say the industry needs to move beyond just digitalizing insurance sales, to innovate in back office areas such as claims processing…
Ebanx receives $430m private equity round; Credijusto buys Banco Finterra
The key news in LatAm digital banking, fintech and payments: Investments for Ebanx, Betterfly and Dapp; Credijusto buys Banco Finterra…
Nubank adds US$ 500m to its Series G; Bitcoin gets the green light in El Salvador
#TopNews: The key news in LatAm digital banking, fintech and payments: Nubank reaches a US$30bn valuation; Brazil’s BS2 makes fintech acquisition, Citibanamex, Dann Regional make digital banking advances…