Tagged: latam

February 17, 2023 @ 4:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nu Holdings Ltd. (NYSE: NU), one of the world’s largest digital financial services platforms, released its Fourth Quarter & Full Year 2022 financial results. Financial results are “expressed in U.S. dollars and are presented in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).” The full earnings… Read More

February 12, 2023 @ 8:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nu Colombia, Nubank’s (NYSE: NU) subsidiary in the country, announces that Catalina Breton, who has served as General Manager for the past 4 years, will be “stepping down from her role in the upcoming weeks to focus on personal projects.” Breton will be working “with… Read More

February 10, 2023 @ 8:38 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitso, the cryptocurrency-powered financial services company in Latin America, has released the regulatory principles that “guide its operations and its strategic decisions in adherence with the highest industry standards.” At a time when the crypto industry is facing unparalleled doubt and scrutiny due to both… Read More

February 6, 2023 @ 10:32 pm By JD Alois  |  

Ecuador-based BuenTrip Ventures, a Latin American-focused VC fund, and accelerator, has secured its first institutional investor in its second fund. The funding included the participation of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) through IDB Lab. IDB Lab aims to support innovation and the development of the… Read More

January 31, 2023 @ 1:48 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance and Mastercard (NYSE: MA) are excited to announce the launch of Binance Card in Brazil. Brazil is among “the top ten markets for Binance globally and becomes the second country in Latin America to have the product, following its release last year in Argentina.”… Read More

January 25, 2023 @ 10:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Young Brazilians already “demonstrate mastery of basic concepts of financial education and how to spend money thinking about the future,” according to an update shared by C6 Bank. The most recent survey by C6 Bank/Datafolha indicated, for example, “that 50% of boys and girls aged… Read More

January 25, 2023 @ 8:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nubank (NYSE: NU) has launched a new functionality that allows customers to view, within the Nu application, the balance of all their bank accounts linked to Open Finance. The tool is still “in the testing phase, and will initially be offered to 300,000 customers that… Read More

January 19, 2023 @ 11:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Dock, an innovator in financial technology infrastructure across Latin America, has launched Dock One, an integrated cloud-based platform for banking and payments that “allows companies to easily scale business operations anywhere in the world by offering financial services enablement to their customers.” The innovative platform… Read More

January 18, 2023 @ 9:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The financial services sector has evolved considerably during the past decade, with many new Fintech startups and banking challengers raising substantial funding to fundamentally improve how consumers perform transactions. Individuals and business organizations across the globe have been moving their activities online, a digital transformation… Read More

January 14, 2023 @ 6:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

EBANX, a payments fintech helping global companies grow in Latin America and other world regions, announced the appointment of Fabio Scopeta as its new Chief Product & Technology Officer (CPTO), “to lead EBANX’s Product and Technology divisions globally.” With more than 25 years of experience,… Read More

January 12, 2023 @ 10:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Weltio has launched a wealth management platform for Latin Americans with Alpaca Broker API. Weltio is a technology wealth management platform that “offers Latin American investors the opportunity to invest in U.S. stocks, ETFs, and cryptocurrencies.” Weltio, was founded in September 2021 by David Abusaid… Read More

January 12, 2023 @ 11:54 am By JD Alois  |  

Bitso has become the first digital asset exchange to offer Circle’s Euro-based stablecoin, according to a note from the firm. This means customers may now choose to transact in either US dollars or Euros by leveraging Circle’s digital currency. Bitso offers services in various Latin… Read More

January 3, 2023 @ 3:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

2022 has been a year of “success” and excitement, the team at Poloniex claims. As a proponent of blockchain technology, Poloniex says that it understands very well that education and adoption “are the key to fostering the development of Web3.” Since its establishment in 2014,… Read More

January 1, 2023 @ 5:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

C6 Bank has again expanded the investment options available to its clients. Now, there are reportedly more than 500 funds listed on C6 Invest, the investment platform that is within the bank’s application. Among the options “are fixed income, equity, multimarket, currency and crypto funds,… Read More

December 26, 2022 @ 8:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

GoCredit received an investment grade (BBB) with Stable Perspective from one of the “leading” rating agencies in Mexico and Latin America: PCR Verum. According to GoCredit, the report highlights: Positive evolution in financial performance Increasing profitability Positive management of liquidity Good control over assets and… Read More

December 26, 2022 @ 8:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In yet another step towards democratizing access to the world of cryptocurrencies in Latin America, Nubank (NYSE: NU) announced two more digital currencies as part of the Nubank Cripto experience, currently “available to more than 67 million of customers in Brazil.” Launched in May “with… Read More

December 23, 2022 @ 10:22 am By JD Alois  |  

Yesterday, the Brazilian President signed into law a framework for regulated crypto. Law 14,478/22 determines the guidelines for regulating the provision of virtual asset services. Digital assets deemed to be securities will be regulated by the Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission. Another entity will regulate… Read More

December 8, 2022 @ 12:46 pm By JD Alois  |  

Crypto platform Bitso has partnered with Félix Pago to offer a service to enable remittances from the United States to Mexico. Bitso is a leading crypto exchange in Latin America operating in Brazil, Colombia, Argentina and Mexico. Félix Pago is a provider of “chat remittance… Read More

December 7, 2022 @ 8:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Nubank, which claims to be one of the world’s largest digital financial services platforms, announced an equity capitalization of $330 million, which will be “invested to finance the expansion of the company’s portfolio, increase penetration across market segments and strengthen its operations and long term… Read More

December 6, 2022 @ 5:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

AltScore, a fintech start-up that provides B2B lending infrastructure, announced it has raised $3.5 million in seed funding. The financing will help AltScore “continue developing its end-to-end Lending-as-a-Service (LaaS) solution to help its B2B partners embed and deploy credit products while giving MSMBs fair and… Read More