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

Stellar’s Airtm Investment Seeds DeFI Opportunity In LatAm Markets
Stellar’s Airtm Investment Seeds DeFI Opportunity In LatAm Markets
June 02, 2021  |  International

With Latin American eCommerce growing by 8.4 percent between 2019 and 2020 to over $200 billion, it’s safe to assume the need for safe, fast...

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Belvo Nets $43 Million In Series A Financing To Expand Open Finance Platform In LatAm
Belvo Nets $43 Million In Series A Financing To Expand Open Finance Platform In LatAm
June 01, 2021  |  Investments

Latin American open banking platform Belvo has raised $43 million in a Series A funding round, according to a company blog post. Get the Full...

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Today In Payments: EU Advances Plans For Digital Wallet; Circle Finalizes $440M Financing
Today In Payments: EU Advances Plans For Digital Wallet; Circle Finalizes $440M Financing
June 01, 2021  |  News

In today’s top news, the European Union (EU) is planning to announce an EU-wide digital wallet, and Circle has raised $40 million. Plus, U.S. officials...

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Kushki Lands $86 Million To Fix LatAm’s Fragmented Payments Infrastructure
Kushki Lands $86 Million To Fix LatAm’s Fragmented Payments Infrastructure
June 01, 2021  |  Payment Methods

“Latin America is one of the last frontiers where everything is completely ‘legacy.’ The technology is fragmented and unstandardized. It’s been a blank canvas,” Kushki...

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Bitcoin Daily: Stellar Invests $15M In Mexico’s Digital Wallet Airtm; Coinbase Debuts Crypto Service For Institutional, Business Investors
Bitcoin Daily: Stellar Invests $15M In Mexico’s Digital Wallet Airtm; Coinbase Debuts Crypto Service For...
May 25, 2021  |  Bitcoin

The Stellar Development Foundation has announced a $15 million investment in Airtm, a Mexican blockchain and bank-connected digital wallet and peer-to-peer (P2P) exchange platform, according...

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Brazil’s FinTech Ebanx Readies IPO, Eyes LatAm Acquisitions
Brazil’s FinTech Ebanx Readies IPO, Eyes LatAm Acquisitions
May 24, 2021  |  IPO

Brazilian FinTech Ebanx is looking at acquisitions in Latin America as it prepares for a possible initial public offering (IPO), Bloomberg reported. Get the Full...

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How X-Border B2B Payments Efficiency Supports ROI On LATAM Expansion
How X-Border B2B Payments Efficiency Supports ROI On LATAM Expansion
May 18, 2021  |  B2B Payments

While Latin America certainly plays a strategic role for many businesses expanding internationally, it is often not their core market and, as a result, can...

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Mercado Pago’s Digital Accounts Open New Doors To LATAM’s Connected Economy
Mercado Pago’s Digital Accounts Open New Doors To LATAM’s Connected Economy
April 20, 2021  |  Payment Methods

Take a short trip back in time, back to the dawn of the Internet era in the late ’90s. Argentina was not a country known...

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Why Banks Must Embrace End-to-End BaaS As The Invisible Engine of Innovation
Why Banks Must Embrace End-to-End BaaS As The Invisible Engine of Innovation
April 17, 2021  |  Digital Banking

Consumers take a somewhat binary view of the features and functions that come packaged as innovative: They either believe they solve a problem and embrace...

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