We tell you the most important news of the week in digital banking, fintech and payments in Latin America…
Where did the Latin American fintech boom go? Devaluations, retreats and layoffs
The industry is seeing first signs of recovering after mass layoffs and reversals in growth plans. But is there really light at the end of the tunnel, or is it just a mirage?…
Friday Briefing: Interest rates as a hook for new customers
We tell you the most important news of the week in digital banking, fintech and payments in Latin America…
Interest-bearing accounts: Fintechs vie to attract user savings
This week, we report on the growing competition in the region’s market for interest-bearing accounts….
Where did the Latin American fintech boom go? Devaluations, retreats and layoffs
The industry is seeing first signs of recovering after mass layoffs and reversals in growth plans. But is there really light at the end of the tunnel, or is it just a mirage?…
Friday Briefing: Interest rates as a hook for new customers
We tell you the most important news of the week in digital banking, fintech and payments in Latin America…
Interest-bearing accounts: Fintechs vie to attract user savings
This week, we report on the growing competition in the region’s market for interest-bearing accounts….
‘We were very dependent’ — Two Mexican banks say no to external tech providers
As fintechs scale back their ambitions (and their workforces), two Mexican banks explain their decision to prioritize having strong tech teams and keeping development in-house…
Chile’s Bci hunts for the banking technologies of the future
Banco Bci, Chile’s biggest bank, is exploring the potential of new technological applications that have yet to be tested in the financial industry, as it tries to gain an edge in Latin America’s increasingly competitive digital sector. Manuel Sacasa is head of the...
Friday Briefing: Personalizing LGBTIQ+ credits
We tell you the most important news of the week in digital banking, fintech and payments in Latin America…
Inclusion and personalization: Fintech targets trans borrowers
We explore the issue of personalization and financial inclusion and, in particular, loans for the LGBTIQ+ community in Colombia….
These are the year’s top 10 digital finance developments so far
We list the 10 topics and trends that have generated most interest among our community of industry leaders, to give you a glimpse of the future of digital finance in the region…
Friday Briefing: Nearshoring: Stripe opens operations center in Mexico
Nearshoring and fintech: Stripe opens operations center in Mexico Digital payments processor Stripe this week opened an operations center in Mexico, a market it hopes will become a regional service hub for other countries, including the United States. The...
Santander takes on Nubank in Mexico with credit card offensive
The Spanish bank is simplifying its onboarding and emulating digital lenders such as Nubank and Rappi in an effort to increase demand for its LikeU and Samsung cards…
Friday Briefing: Fresh layoffs at LatAm fintechs
This week saw a spike in layoffs, with Nubank, Belvo and Provu announcing job cuts. Bradesco launched a global account, while more tech companies enabled Pix payments outside Brazil. In addition, Marcelo Claure unveiled a new investment company with US$500...
Pichincha Peru seeks partners, vendors to accelerate open banking strategy
Exclusive: The subsidiary of Ecuador’s biggest bank is looking for partners, vendors and regulatory solutions to develop new open banking businesses….
Friday Briefing: Ualá, Klar set out Mexico growth strategies
We tell you the most important news of the week in digital banking, fintech and payments in Latin America…
The challenge of providing financial services to migrants in Latin America
Few banks and fintechs cater to the millions of people that have migrated within Latin America, and there is a business opportunity in providing them with much-needed with financial services…
Friday Briefing: Brazil rivals UK in open banking roll-out
We tell you the most important news of the week in digital banking, fintech and payments in Latin America…
Brazil has 800+ institutions in its open finance ecosystem
This week, Brazil’s central bank gives us a peek into open banking uptake – and the numbers are impressive. And while it was revealed that Nubank is leading the pack in terms of API calls in Brazil, the decacorn posted another quarter of record profits. …
Friday Briefing: Ualá, Klar set out Mexico growth strategies
We tell you the most important news of the week in digital banking, fintech and payments in Latin America…
The challenge of providing financial services to migrants in Latin America
Few banks and fintechs cater to the millions of people that have migrated within Latin America, and there is a business opportunity in providing them with much-needed with financial services…
Friday Briefing: Investors seek a new generation of fintechs
We tell you the most important news of the week in digital banking, fintech and payments in Latin America…
Alternative capital and cross-border payments set to be the next fintech wave
What will the new generation of Latin American fintechs look like? Rafa de la Guía, partner at Quona Capital, told us that the focus will be on solutions that facilitate access to the alternative capital market and the evolution of cross-border payments….
Credicorp’s Tenpo sticks to neobank plan despite sluggish economy
The fintech, which aims to become Chile’s first neobank, will move a step closer to that goal in the coming days with a license to issue credit cards…
Friday Briefing: Itaú and Rappi take their first steps in Chile
We tell you the most important news of the week in digital banking, fintech and payments in Latin America…
Rappi: Credit card ventures see slow take off
We look at Rappi’s credit card numbers in the region, which have lagged the rapid growth enjoyed by other digital lenders….
Itaú and C6 strategize to conquer the nomadic dollar
Fintechs such as Wise and Nomad are leading the way in catering to digital nomads while banks feel the pressure from customers demanding cheaper, easier international payments….
Friday Briefing: Nubank eyes US expansion, Uber gets fintech license
We tell you the most important news of the week in digital banking, fintech and payments in Latin America…
Update – Will everything become fintech? Companies that branched into finance
We list the Latin American businesses that have diversified into financial services, from retailers such as Walmart and Ripley to digital platforms such as Habi and Rappi…