Tagged: South America

May 26, 2023 @ 5:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitfinex, a  digital asset trading platform, has announced a new investment in the leading Chilean crypto firm Orionx, as both companies look “to ramp up efforts to promote financial freedom and inclusion throughout Latin America.” Paolo Ardoino, CTO at Bitfinex, said: “We’re excited to collaborate… Read More

May 23, 2023 @ 1:19 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In one more step to increase security for customers, Nubank (NYSE: NU) announces two new tools: the Reporting Channel, which allows “the reporting of fraud or attempted fraud involving the company, and the Me Roubaram (I was robbed) feature, a site that Nubank customers can… Read More

May 21, 2023 @ 9:19 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Tether, the company operating the blockchain-enabled platform tether.to that powers the first and most widely used stablecoin, announced a collaboration with KriptonMarket, an on/off ramp solution, in order “to give users in Argentina access to stablecoins at the Central Market of Buenos Aires, one of… Read More

May 11, 2023 @ 11:48 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Visa (NYSE: V), a firm focused on digital payments, was one of nine finalists tasked with exploring innovative blockchain-based use cases for the Real Digital (Brazil’s central bank-issued digital currency, or CBDC) as part of the most recent LIFT Challenge. The company partnered with Agrotoken,… Read More

May 9, 2023 @ 12:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Finastra has announced that Banco Sofisa, a nationally ranked São Paulo, Brazil-based financial institution known for its Sofisa Direto digital bank, has partnered with Finastra “to implement Vector Risk, a market and credit risk solution.” Delivered via Finastra’s FusionFabric.cloud and hosted on Microsoft Azure, Vector… Read More

April 28, 2023 @ 3:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

InvestCloud, the global firm focused on digital transformation for the financial industry with over $6 trillion in assets, has been selected by BUNKER, a US-based fintech seeking to democratize access to the US markets for Latin Americans, “to help launch a pioneering mobile-first digital investment… Read More

April 28, 2023 @ 8:29 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Nubank (NYSE: NU), which claims to be one of the largest digital financial services platforms in the world, reportedly reached the milestone of 80 million customers in Latin America “in the first week of April 2023, where it maintains operations in Brazil, Mexico and Colombia.”… Read More

April 27, 2023 @ 10:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

FinanZero, the online credit marketplace in Brazil, recently announced that it has raised USD 1.5 million in a funding round. The proceeds from the investment round will be “used towards strengthening FinanZero’s position in the market through product development, specifically developing new online financing products… Read More

April 27, 2023 @ 12:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Strike, which claims to be one of the world’s leading digital payments platforms built on Bitcoin’s Lightning Network, announced the expansion of “Send Globally” to Guatemala, bringing its cross-border payment service to Latin America. In 2022, Latin America and the Caribbean “received more than $140… Read More

April 24, 2023 @ 6:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nubank (NYSE: NU), which claims to be one of the world’s largest digital financial services platforms, announces NuPay – which is described as “the exclusive online payment service for Nubank customers – as the newest payment method on iFood, a Brazilian technology company.” As of… Read More

April 13, 2023 @ 7:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

SMBs based in Latin America have received another boost in lending services with the recent $4 million investment in Kala, a Colombia-headquartered firm creating Fintech infrastructure for enabling more efficient lending. The firm, which has been co-founded by Manuel Alemán, Rodolfo Lazo and Pablo Cattólica… Read More

April 10, 2023 @ 4:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nubank (NYSE: NU), one of the world’s largest digital financial services platforms, launched the campaign” “Those who have Nubank have more security and less concerns.” The action aims “to highlight the company’s security features, high technology, and data protection tools offered to more than 70… Read More

April 3, 2023 @ 6:42 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In yet another initiative with the aim of taking care of our planet, C6 Bank launched the Carbon Extract, being the “first” bank in Brazil to launch a tool of this type in its application. In this new bank tool, it is possible “to calculate… Read More

March 28, 2023 @ 11:33 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Nubank (NYSE: NU) reveals that it has supported the financial inclusion of 5.7 million Brazilians in the credit card market in one year, according to a study released by Data Nubank – the company’s research and analysis platform on finances. The survey analyzed “the spending… Read More

March 13, 2023 @ 4:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Equifax Inc. (NYSE: EFX) has filed a registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in connection with the company’s acquisition of Boa Vista Serviços, which is reportedly the second-largest credit bureau in Brazil. Equifax and Boa Vista Serviços “entered into a Merger… Read More

March 11, 2023 @ 5:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance, which claims to be the world’s leading blockchain and cryptocurrency infrastructure provider, has announced the launch of Binance Card in Colombia. One of Binance‘s top markets boasting high levels of crypto adoption, Colombia becomes the third country in Latin America “to support the product,… Read More

March 7, 2023 @ 5:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Six months after its pre-seed, B2B payments platform Barte has raised a $3m seed round, bringing total funding to date to over $4 million. The Brazilian fintech will use the money raised from the investment round “to establish itself as the premium B2B payments platform… Read More

March 6, 2023 @ 5:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

C6 Bank has reportedly launched features that allow customers to manage overdue credit card invoices. Now, the bank’s app “has an exclusive home page for paying invoices in short arrears (up to 67 days), a specific chat bot for self-service on this topic and a… Read More

March 5, 2023 @ 9:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nubank, one of the largest digital financial services platforms in the world, announces the launch of Nucoin, “a free-of-charge native crypto token that rewards users’ engagement through a loyalty program.” First announced in late 2022, the novelty was “developed through a decentralized creation process, gathering… Read More

February 23, 2023 @ 12:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

FinanZero, the online credit marketplace in Brazil, announces that it has reached 40 million loan applications made through its platform to date. FinanZero was “founded in São Paulo in 2016 by Swedish entrepreneurs Olle Widén and Kristian Jacobsson together with Swedish-Brazilian investment firm Webrock Ventures.”… Read More