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ISO 20022: Building a universal language for payments
7 July, 2022
Friday Briefing: The fintech winter cuts both ways
1 July, 2022This week, leading investors including Propel, ALLVP and 17Sigma comment on the current fintech financing landscape in LatAm. Also, Brazil’s C6 expands its credit products and in Chile, banks and fintechs stop squabbling and reach agreement on standards for open finance….
Friday Briefing: From Proptech to Fintech
24 June, 2022This week we talk to the unicorn Habi about its plans to make more mortgage loans available in Colombia and Mexico. In addition, the global economic woes impact Ank, Itaú’s Argentine wallet, and Ebanx – while Nubank says it sees opportunities. …
2022’s largest fintech investment rounds to date
20 June, 2022The amounts raised in investment rounds this year are a long way from the highs reached in 2021, underscoring the region’s complex financing climate…
Friday Briefing: About that crypto winter
17 June, 2022We analyze what the dreaded “crypto winter” means for Latin American exchanges. The real estate unicorn Habi obtains a line of credit and applications for fintech licenses accumulate in Mexico….
Financial inclusion goes at full throttle in Peru with BN’s first digital bank account
8 June, 2022The project to give access to a free and digital bank account received a boost in the pandemic, almost 2 million Peruvians have joined….
Friday Briefing:”Doing more with less money”: Fintech investment slides backwards
27 May, 2022The prognosis is not encouraging. for investments in the region. We see the dispute between payment fintechs against card companies in Chile. Also regulatory news, thanks to iupanaPRO….
Remittances in LatAm are digitalized… little by little
25 April, 2022The amount of money being sent to LatAm is breaking records. However, the industry continues to rely on cash and physical channels, and both fintechs and traditional players see blockchain as a potential game changer…
Friday Briefing: Credicorp hunts for cryptocurrency business models
11 March, 2022Peruvian bank BCP begins its dive into the crypto world, while CBDC use cases take a step forward in Brazil. Ualá customers report accounts being emptied, Creditas closes 2021 in the red. …
Biometric authentication facilitates customer acquisition and retention
13 December, 2021Leading financial institutions in Mexico are already employing Veridas biometric technology for remote customer onboarding and identity verification using facial or voice authentication…
