Chilean banks
Financial supermarkets in Chile: Ripley tests remittances and Bice microcredit
Executives from Chek and Go Bice explain how these digital platforms have leveraged their parent banks’ product offerings and other advantages of being part of financial group…
Banks want a slice of BNPL but the challenge is to reach retailers
Peru’s BCP and Argentina’s Banco Galicia are among the banks keen to lead the expansion of the buy now, pay later model in Latin America. …
Bice aims to become Chile’s leading BaaS provider
Fresh from launching its Banking as a Service operation, Bice now wants to promote embedded finance and take advantage of Open Banking in Chile…
Friday Briefing: The fintech winter cuts both ways
This 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….
Open banking began to take root in Latin America in 2021
#Series2021: Several countries are seeking to follow in the footsteps of the region’s biggest economies in rolling out open banking regulation…
Digital currencies gained support among central banks in 2021
#Series2021: Central banks in several countries announced plans to introduce their own digital currencies, following the lead of Caribbean nations…
Acceleration of M&A in fintech gives new impetus to financial rebundling
Shifting power dynamics in financial services are driving a wave of regrouping among banks and fintechs…
Interview: Banks should be customers’ invisible partner
Banks must invest in innovation in order to change their negative image, even though it may take time before they see the results, says Claudio Rodrigues, technology leader at Banco Ripley in Chile…
Bank and startup acquisitions are rising in LatAm’s hot fintech market
A trend of fintech and bank mergers & acquisitions is gaining momentum in Latin America…
Chile moves towards regulating fintech and making open finance mandatory
Chile is making a major push to regulate the fintech sector and introduce open banking rules to make payments and transactions simpler and more efficient….