Tagged: latam

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

March 31, 2022 @ 2:37 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Colombian-based consumer and fintech company Leal has raised a $10 million Series A round co-led by Rakuten Group (through its investment arm Rakuten Capital) and IDC Ventures. This will enable the company to launch its co-branded credit card and scale its operation in Mexico. Latin American consumers lack access to… Read More

March 30, 2022 @ 4:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

DriveWealth, LLC, a pioneer in fractional investing and embedded finance, and Sproutfi, a “social-first” investment platform which provides securities via its affiliate Northbound Securities LLC, has announced a partnership in order to expand “affordable access to investing in the U.S. markets to everyone in Latin… Read More

March 28, 2022 @ 10:21 am By JD Alois  |  

According to multiple reports, Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) is poised to purchase the Brazil-based 2TM parent company of  Mercado Bitcoin (Bitcoin Market). Expectations are for an announcement soon in April. This past December, Mercado Bitcoin raised $50.2 million in Series A funding that was part of a larger… Read More

March 28, 2022 @ 1:03 am By Omar Faridi  |  

QOALA, a “free” browser extension and mobile app that “automatically rewards users while shopping online” with the aim to help digital commerce sites to improve their conversion rates, has acquired 78% (€391,365) of its €500,000 target via Crowdcube (at the time of writing) with 29… Read More