Tagged: mexico

April 13, 2022 @ 11:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Financiera Contigo (CEGE Capital), a lending firm doing business in Mexico,  will provide investment opportunities on Mintos with interest rates of “up to 12% per annum.” Financiera Contigo was founded in 2010 ​​by two brothers Allan and Emilio Cherem, who were “nominated by Forbes for… Read More

February 16, 2022 @ 2:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Mundi is announcing their Series A round of $16M, which has been led by Union Square Ventures. Mundi’s investment round included contributions from Upper90, FJ Labs, Base10 Partners, Exor, AndBank, Alleycorp, Operator Partners, and Gilgamesh Ventures along with fintech exec from Brex, C2FO, Bluevine, Wisetack,… Read More

February 13, 2022 @ 2:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Dignity Gold, LLC, the US-based digital security that is taking an innovative approach to using verified gold reserves to back its security token, has appointed Marina De Alba to its Advisory Board. Dignity Gold, a blockchain development firm using security tokens and a regulation-focused approach… Read More

February 8, 2022 @ 8:49 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Mintos has published the latest edition of Mintos Insight, which is their monthly publication that offers an overview of what’s been going on (on their platform), including commentary from their experts, recent investor activity, educational topics, and other updates. Key insights from… Read More

January 24, 2022 @ 4:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at LatAm Fintech Belvo has shared an update titled the State of Open Banking in Latin America in 2022. Belvo writes in a blog post that open banking – the opening of financial markets via technology, data, and the creation of new digital… Read More

January 12, 2022 @ 10:51 am By Omar Faridi  |  

EBANX, a Latin American payments Fintech, is reportedly expanding its presence and portfolio in Mexico with the introduction of solutions focused on local online merchants. In addition to providing services to assist national firms and international platforms to expand their sales in the LatAm region,… Read More

December 26, 2021 @ 9:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Rapyd, a Fintech-as-a-Service firm, shared the results of a survey exploring the adoption of digital finance tools and e-commerce in Argentina, Colombia, Mexico, and Brazil. Even though the region has a fairly large unbanked population, the survey revealed that among those with active bank accounts,… Read More

December 19, 2021 @ 11:39 am By Omar Faridi  |  

VIP$ Coin (VIP$), which claims to be an asset backed and blockchain-powered cryptocurrency, has reportedly been holding discussions with the Mexican government in order to look into the possibility of supporting the nation’s economy with a decentralized currency. In a letter sent to VIP$ Coin’s… Read More

December 8, 2021 @ 8:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Dock, a provider of modern financial technology infrastructure in Latin America, announced the completion of its acquisition of Cacao, a card processing solutions provider operating in Mexico, from now on “branded also as Dock.” The deal expands Dock’s regional presence and “advances its goal of… Read More

December 3, 2021 @ 11:38 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Mexico’s online lending platform and Buy Now, Pay Later or BNPL service provider Kueski has secured $202 million in capital via a debt and equity round that has been led by StepStone Group. Kueski claims to be the largest online consumer lender in Mexico. It… Read More

November 30, 2021 @ 3:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Mexico is one of the fastest-growing economies in the world, but its local businesses still struggle to access credit without super-high fees and tedious paperwork. Mastercard (NYSE: MA) and Jeeves, the financial partner for Mexican businesses, have teamed up to address this issue by introducing… Read More

November 28, 2021 @ 12:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ID Finance, which claims to be one of the fastest-growing Fintechs in Spain and Mexico, has raised 106% (€1,062,883) of its €1M fundraising target from 459 investors (at the time of writing) via Crowdcube with 3 days left in its crowdfunding campaign. After a record-setting… Read More

November 25, 2021 @ 11:13 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Mastercard (NYSE: MA) announces that it has acquired Arcus FI, an alum of the firm’s Start Path program, in order to help support the delivery of bill pay solutions and “other real-time payment applications across Latin America.” As mentioned in the announcement: “With offices in… Read More

November 18, 2021 @ 3:51 pm By JD Alois  |  

Bitso, a top crypto platform in Latin America that reports over 3.3 million users, has launched “Bitso Shift,” a service that allows Mexican people and companies to send and receive payments between Mexico and the United States. According to Bitso, Bitso Shift is targeting Mexican… Read More

November 15, 2021 @ 10:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Whale Cloud, a tech firm offering software solutions and services for telecommunications and several other industries has formed a partnership with Toka Fintech, a Mexican financial group, in order to assist with creating its own virtual payment app with Alipay+ Digital Wallet Solution, providing consumers… Read More

November 13, 2021 @ 11:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Credit card-led Fintech firm Stori announced that it has closed one of the largest Series C equity financing rounds in Latin America. As mentioned in the announcement, Stori’s investment round is supported by a debt raise that will be channeled towards Stori’s fast-growing credit card… Read More

November 6, 2021 @ 11:56 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Argentina-based Fintech firm Ualá is reportedly expanding its operations and overall presence in Mexico via the acquisition of domestic bank, ABC Capital. The transaction, which is currently subject to government approval, should allow Ualá to move into different business segments. Pierpaolo Barbieri, CEO at Ualá,… Read More

October 22, 2021 @ 9:55 am By JD Alois  |  

Neobank Revolut has selected Juan Miguel Guerra as CEO for Mexico as the Fintech moves into a new market. Guerra was previously at RappiPay and is said to have held senior executive roles at Citibanamex and other Fintech firms. Mexico is Revoluts first step into… Read More

October 19, 2021 @ 11:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

DriveWealth, LLC, a pioneer in fractional investing and embedded finance, has formed a partnership with Grupo Bursátil Mexicano (GBM), the investment platform and brokerage company that is streamlining the investing sector with the goal of democratizing investing in Mexico. By leveraging DriveWealth’s real-time fractional trading… Read More

October 14, 2021 @ 1:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Banco Santander (NYSE: SAN) (via Santander Universities) and MIT Professional Education are providing 400 “Santander Tech | Emerging Technologies Program by MIT Professional Education” scholarships “geared at courses related to in-demand technologies such as blockchain, AI, and cybersecurity in a job market dominated by digitalization… Read More