Latin America

Latin America is a group of countries and dependencies in the Western Hemisphere where Romance languages such as Spanish and Portuguese are predominantly spoken; it is broader than the terms Ibero-America or Hispanic America.

Source: en.wikipedia.org

Mercado Bitcoin, Stellar Team on CBDC Project

Mercado Bitcoin, Stellar Team on CBDC Project
Mercado Bitcoin, Stellar Team on CBDC Project
May 24, 2022  |  CBDC

Latin American exchange Mercado Bitcoin is teaming with the Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) on one of the nine projects in the LIFT Challenge Real Digital,...

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LatAm Payments and Banking Platform Dock Raises $110M
LatAm Payments and Banking Platform Dock Raises $110M
May 12, 2022  |  Investments

Dock, a payments and digital banking platform for Latin America, has raised $110 million in a funding round, which will go towards expanding internationally and...

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PYMNTS Intelligence: Overcoming Barriers to Digital Payments Adoption in Central America and the Caribbean
PYMNTS Intelligence: Overcoming Barriers to Digital Payments Adoption in Central America and the Caribbean
May 12, 2022  |  Latin America

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EVVA on FinTechs’ Commitment to Overcoming Central America’s Cash-Centric Culture
EVVA on FinTechs’ Commitment to Overcoming Central America’s Cash-Centric Culture
May 11, 2022  |  Latin America

Financial institutions (FIs) and FinTechs anxious to usher Central American and Caribbean countries into the global digital payments stage face cultural, historical and regulatory hurdles...

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Overcoming the Cash-Centric Culture of Central America and the Caribbean
Overcoming the Cash-Centric Culture of Central America and the Caribbean
May 10, 2022  |  Latin America

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Coinbase’s M&A Talks With 2TM Fall Apart
Coinbase’s M&A Talks With 2TM Fall Apart
May 04, 2022  |  Partnerships

Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has reportedly shut down discussions for a controlling interest in the cryptocurrency brokerage 2TM, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday (May 4), citing unnamed...

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PayPal Ventures Invests in Latam SMB Platform Xepelin
PayPal Ventures Invests in Latam SMB Platform Xepelin
May 03, 2022  |  B2B Payments

Xepelin, the B2B payments and financial services platform working in Latin America, has raised $111 million in a Series B round including some from PayPal...

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Today in Data: Small Businesses Are US Backbone but Still Need Support
Today in Data: Small Businesses Are US Backbone but Still Need Support
April 22, 2022  |  Today In Data

Today in data, small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are the backbone of the U.S., and it’s no surprise that Latin American companies are becoming the...

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