Tagged: latam

June 10, 2022 @ 11:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

On the margins of the Ninth Summit of the Americas, DFC and Mastercard (NYSE: MA) announced the first joint program in response to the Call to Action for Northern Central America the Vice President launched in May 2021. The Call to Action is designed “to… Read More

June 6, 2022 @ 3:38 pm By JD Alois  |  

One of the most successful Fintech VCs around, QED Investors, has hired Camila Vieira to boost its presence in Brazil – an important region in the hot Latin American Fintech market. Vieira is the company’s first employee based in Sao Paulo, Brazil, where she will… Read More

June 3, 2022 @ 8:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bexs Pay, which claims to be a “pioneer” in offering cross-border transactions, has entered a partnership in order to provide Brazilian consumers with convenient access to global products and services. Bexs Pay will, from now on, be responsible for transfers via NuPay, which is Nubank’s… Read More

June 2, 2022 @ 11:40 am By JD Alois  |  

Leading Latin American crypto exchange Bitso has partnered with Addem Capital to provide access to capital for entrepreneurs not in fiat but in crypto. Addem Capital Group aims to provide access to capital in Latin America via three companies whose purpose is to increase and… Read More

May 30, 2022 @ 8:20 am By Omar Faridi  |  

C6 Bank has an “exclusive” promotion for new subscribers to the Atoms C6 Platinum points accelerator plan. Customers of the C6 Platinum card who subscribe to the points accelerator plan “will have the monthly fee charged for the first three months reversed in the following… Read More

May 26, 2022 @ 6:52 pm By JD Alois  |  

Bitex has been purchased by Huobi Global, according to a company statement. Bitex is the first crypto exchange to operate in Latin America and currently has a presence in Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, and Chile. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. Huobi Group already… Read More

May 25, 2022 @ 2:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Mercado Bitcoin, which claims to be the largest exchange in Latin America, has teamed up with the Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) in order to develop one of the nine projects selected for the LIFT Challenge Real Digital, “a collaborative environment carried out by the Central… Read More

May 22, 2022 @ 4:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

C6 Bank has announced that it recently added new equity investment options to its C6 Invest platform. From now on, clients who were already able to trade mini dollar and index (Ibovespa) contracts since August last year “can also trade full futures contracts on the… Read More

May 20, 2022 @ 8:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Neon, a Fintech firm and digital bank focused on “improving the lives of working Brazilians,” has announced an overview of the company’s growth and momentum that “led up to its recent US$300M Series D round, resulting in a valuation of US$1.6B and its achievement of… Read More

May 18, 2022 @ 10:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Foley & Lardner LLP recently represented Nomad, a Latin American Fintech firm that enables Brazilian consumers to maintain bank accounts in the United States, in its $32 million (R$160 million) financing. The Fintech company’s investment round was led by Stripe, followed by monashees, Spark Capital,… Read More

May 12, 2022 @ 10:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Agri-Business Capital Fund (ABC Fund) recently revealed that it has finalized $3 million loan to Colombia-headquartered Finamiga, which mainly focuses on lending to small farmers as well as independent workers. As mentioned in the update, the lending brings the Fund’s total number of investments… Read More

May 2, 2022 @ 6:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

C6 Bank clients are now able to use Samsung Pay in order to make purchases “without the physical card.” C6 Bank customers can now “register their C6, C6 Platinum, C6 Carbon and C6 Business cards in Samsung Pay.” Samsung’s service “allows users to make contactless… Read More

April 24, 2022 @ 10:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Gr4vy, a Cloud-native payments company, recently announced new partnerships with Boku and EBANX to quickly give merchants access to local payment methods “in new geographies.” These partnerships will fuel international growth and revenue “while reducing risk, resource burden and the overall total cost of ownership.”… Read More

April 22, 2022 @ 5:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Citi’s Treasury and Trade Solutions (TTS) have announced that they are entering into an agreement with international payment processor EBANX in order to offer an end-to-end digital collection solution (eCommerce) “for Citi’s institutional clients in Latin America.” Citi’s clients will be able “to accept more… Read More

April 20, 2022 @ 10:43 pm By JD Alois  |  

Treinta, a super-app that aims to provide SMEs with a range of services supporting these firms across the Latam region, has raised a large $46 million Series A funding. According to the company’s website, in Latin America there are more than 50 million microenterprises, of… Read More

April 19, 2022 @ 11:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

SoftBank Group Corp.’s Shu Nyatta and Paulo Passoni, two of the managing partners at the SoftBank Group Corp.’s Latin America Fund, recently revealed that they’re leaving to launch their own venture business, which will mainly focus on late-stage startups in the area. As reported by… Read More

April 19, 2022 @ 10:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In addition to financial services, the Aliada Digital Card offers a range of free “basic” assistance, such as a 24-hour online doctor, ambulance service, unlimited online counseling with a psychologist, legal advice and “one-click concierge services,” as well as “all the benefits offered by the… Read More

April 18, 2022 @ 8:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

EBANX, a payments Fintech with an international presence, and VTEX, a digital commerce platform for large firms and retailers, has announced a partnership aimed at “broadening cross-border payments for Brazilian e-commerce companies in Latin America.” Via this collaboration, Brazilian firms will be able to enjoy… Read More

April 9, 2022 @ 5:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fintech firm RITMO has finalized a $200 million debt funding round, which was led by i80 Group and Avellinia Capital, making it one of the largest rounds of any digital commerce finance business in Europe and Latin America. The debt financing was reportedly offered by… Read More

April 8, 2022 @ 5:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

PayRetailers, the LatAm Fintech payment specialist, has announced the acquisition of two online payments platforms, Chile’s Paygol and Colombia’s Pago Digital. The two acquisitions “strengthen PayRetailers’ breadth and depth as the company moves to realise the potential of e-commerce payments across Latin America.” Paygol and… Read More