País: Colombia

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…

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…

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…

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…

LatAm’s cross-border fintechs say local partners pivotal
Starting business in an international market can take 18-24 months to kick off, say Latin America’s cross-border fintechs. Local partners – among other assists – can make the process faster….

Kushki and Belvo raise capital; Banorte signs deal with Google Cloud
#TopNews: This Week’s Key Fintech & Digital Banking News: Kushki and Belvo Raise Capital; Banorte and Google Cloud sign deal…

Financial blockchain in Latam: from exploration to application
Latin American financial institutions have become more open-minded about blockchain in recent years. Yet solid use cases are needed for it to become more wide-spread…

Kaszek, Addi, capture fresh capital; Peru readies its regulatory sandbox
This week’s key fintech and digital banking news: Kaszek raises US$ 1bn to invest in LatAm startups; Peru readies its regulatory sandbox…

Nubank said to target US IPO; Merama and Warren score big rounds; Revolut tests Peru demand
This week’s top digital banking and fintech news: Nubank is rumored to be preparing a US IPO; Fintechs Merama and Warren raise big investment rounds. …

Open banking: Why official APIs should just be the starting point
APIs should be thought of as a foundation, and everything built on top of them should be left to third parties….