Tagged: peru

June 1, 2025 @ 5:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Kaspersky Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT) discovered a new version of the Zanubis mobile banking trojan targeting users in Peru. When Zanubis originally emerged in 2022, it “mimicked PDF readers or Peru government organizations’ apps, and now in 2025 it disguises itself as two… Read More

January 29, 2025 @ 12:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nisum, a Silicon Valley-based technology consulting partner, made a strategic move to expand its global footprint with a new business hub in Lima, Peru. This marks a significant milestone for the company and is a major boost for LatAm technology. Nisum’s expansion highlights the importance… Read More

June 10, 2024 @ 2:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

NPCI International Payments Limited (NIPL) and the Central Reserve Bank of Peru (BCRP) have announced a partnership to enable the deployment of a UPI-like real-time payments system in Peru. This collaboration marks a significant milestone, “making Peru the first country in South America to adopt… Read More

March 26, 2024 @ 3:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Peruvian Fintech company Leasy has reportedly completed a $28 million Series A round in equity and debt. The investment round is said to have been led by Magma Partners with Entangle Group, DeBa Ventures, Noa Capital, and Grupo CAPEM, also making contributions along with various… Read More

October 18, 2023 @ 2:40 pm By JD Alois  |  

Banco de Credito (BCP) in Peru has selected i2c for its digital banking services, according to a company statement. BCP is supported by Credicorp Ltd. (NYSE: BAP), the primary financial holding company in Peru. The bank has a presence in Chile, Colombia and Bolivia. i2c… Read More

August 25, 2023 @ 10:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Citi (NYSE: C), which claims to be a global leader in foreign exchange (FX) markets, has made a strategic investment in Rextie, Peru’s fintech for FX services. The investment makes Rextie Latin America’s first FX fintech “to receive an investment from one of the largest… Read More

December 17, 2021 @ 1:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ViewTrade Holding Corp. has announced its partnership with Seminario y Cia Sociedad Agente de Bolsa S.A., which claims to be the largest “independently owned” retail broker-dealer in Peru. As mentioned in a release, the integration with the Fintech solutions provider ViewTrade is now “enabling Seminario’s… Read More

November 22, 2021 @ 8:04 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Peru’s Fintech sector has been expanding at a steady pace during the past few years. There are at least 171 Fintechs operating in the country, as of September 2021. These numbers represent a sizable 16% increase from last year, as well as a yearly growth… Read More

August 20, 2021 @ 11:56 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Peruvian fintech B89 this week became the newest node operator on Polymesh, a permissioned blockchain purpose-built by Polymath specifically for regulated assets. It is currently in testnet phase with mainnet launch anticipated for later this year. Polymesh said most public blockchains are insufficient at meeting… Read More

June 26, 2019 @ 3:03 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Cathio Inc. (Cathio), an organization that was founded specifically to reform the transfer of money and resources in the Catholic economy by applying technology to offer an easy-to-use payment solution that responds to the needs of the Catholic community, nonprofits and institutions, announced on Wednesday… Read More

August 9, 2018 @ 6:40 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Nova Credit, started as a Stanford graduate research project in 2015, has quickly gained ground as a cross-border credit reporting agency aiming to solve the problem of credit access for immigrants and underbanked.  The platform will begin serving immigrants from South America through partnering with the Brazilian credit bureau… Read More

December 13, 2017 @ 8:27 am By JD Alois  |  

Described as an initiative to fight global poverty and inequality, Patrick Byrne, founder of Overstock (NASDAQ:OSTK) has formed joint venture with Hernando de Soto – prominent economist who has been deeply engaged in the Blockchain and cryptocurrency sector.  The new company, called De Soto, Inc., will… Read More

May 15, 2017 @ 10:51 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Fermin Bueno, Managing Partner & Co-founder at Finnovista and Startupbootcamp FinTech Mexico City, recently posted a Fintech Radar for Peru via LinkedIn, in which he and his team identified 45 Fintech startups currently operating in Peru. The Peruvian Fintech ecosystem is currently experiencing extremely rapid growth, according… Read More

December 4, 2015 @ 11:24 am By Erin Hobey  |  

P2P-Banking.com’s Claus Lehmann posted a comprehensive interview this morning with Alejandro Cosentino, the CEO of Afluenta.  Afluenta, a leading marketplace lending company in Latin America (LatAm) that connects creditworthy borrowers with investors, to create more convenient loans and better investment opportunities, provides an innovative investment alternative for individuals… Read More

October 21, 2015 @ 9:54 am By JD Alois  |  

Argentina based Afluenta, a P2P lending platform, is staking claim as the first crowdfunding platform to set up shop in Peru.  The company reports this is the first step in a significant regional expansion. The company expects to launch in Mexico and Colombia, followed by Brazil,… Read More

January 24, 2015 @ 9:01 am By Midori Yoshimura  |  

  Crowdcredit, founded by Tomoyuki Sugiyama, a former bond trader in Lloyds Bank’s Tokyo branch, is Japan’s first lending platform focused on only cross-border peer to peer lending, as P2P-Banking.com notes. The company, based in Tokyo, invests Japanese capital in credit markets in various Latin American countries, such… Read More

February 13, 2013 @ 6:42 pm By Karsten Strauss, Forbes  |  

Several months ago we spotlighted a soon-to-launch crowdfunding company that sought to bring crowdfunding to independent film. That company – Seed & Spark – has launched and now boasts an upcoming film starring Edward Burns among its list of financing projects. Largely financed by Atlantic Pictures, the… Read More