País: Peru
PLIN brings free inter-bank payments to Peru
Scotiabank Peru, BBVA and Interbank find fast uptake with PLIN, to facilitate free and immediate peer-to-peer transfers, although interoperability is in question…
Credicorp targets Chilean retail banking market with app launch
Credicorp is taking aim at the Chilean retail banking market with the launch of a new digital banking app, Tenpo, through the corporate venture arm Krealo…
AI, cultural change and open banking: LatAm bank tech priorities in 2020
Digital transformation executives at Latin America’s biggest banks say artificial intelligence, internal culture and open banking regulations will be major areas of focus in 2020…
Payments revolution and an investment wave: LatAm fintech in 2019
Two major trends defined Latin America’s financial technology sector in 2019: disruption in payments and startup investment…
The cost of digital transformation, according to Credicorp
Credicorp customers are rapidly taking to digital channels – but fee income and loan provisions are suffering…
As big techs gain territory, banks warily seek partnerships
In Latin America, big tech and banking are increasingly overlapping. As the divisions between banking and technology blur, the two sides are teaming up – but also competing against each other….
Digital banking accelerates in Peru
Peruvians are banking twice as much through virtual channels compared to two years ago, as Banco de Credito and Interbank accelerate digital transformation…
Cyberthreats: The risks are here
How to develop a (now indispensable) strategy against cyberthreats?…
Language barrier hurts LatAm fintechs in global competition
Celcoin and 4ToldFintech win Inclusive Fintech 50 competition, but dozens of other LatAm applicants fell short because of poor English skills, say judges…
LatAm Fintech Snapshot: June 2019
In a record-breaking month, Andreessen Horowitz made its first fintech investment in LatAm…