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

Clocktower Technology Ventures: Understanding Latin America’s Fragmented Payments Landscape
Clocktower Technology Ventures: Understanding Latin America’s Fragmented Payments Landscape
September 23, 2021  |  Digital Payments

Financial institutions (FIs) entering Latin America have their work cut out for them in a place where cash still reigns and the digital payments ecosystem...

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PSPs Hold Infrastructure Key to Solving LatAm’s Fragmentation Problem
PSPs Hold Infrastructure Key to Solving LatAm’s Fragmentation Problem
September 22, 2021  |  Digital Payments

Latin America has become an attractive market for financial institutions (FIs), FinTechs and payment services providers (PSPs) to expand as payment digitization and use of...

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For Brazil-based Businesses, It’s a Good Time to Expand to US, But Not an Easy One
For Brazil-based Businesses, It’s a Good Time to Expand to US, But Not an Easy...
September 10, 2021  |  Cross-border Payments

The digital shift in U.S. consumers’ shopping habits has created new opportunities for Brazilian businesses. However, companies attempting to expand overseas and reach new customers...

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B2B Marketplace wherEX Sees Buy Now Pay Later As Boost To Building Buyer Trust, Sales
B2B Marketplace wherEX Sees Buy Now Pay Later As Boost To Building Buyer Trust, Sales
August 30, 2021  |  B2B Payments

When a company is shopping for materials, there’s no catalog of B2B merchants like there is for consumer goods — a company’s needs are too...

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Brazilian FinTech Nubank Readies For IPO, Valuation Could Top $55B
Brazilian FinTech Nubank Readies For IPO, Valuation Could Top $55B
August 25, 2021  |  IPO

Nubank, a Brazil-based FinTech that has amassed more than 40 million clients in Latin America in part by looking for business among constituencies ignored by...

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LatAm’s Xepelin Debuts SMB Lending, Revenue Service
LatAm’s Xepelin Debuts SMB Lending, Revenue Service
August 01, 2021  |  B2B Payments

Xepelin, a Chilean FinTech that provides an online financial services platform for small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs), has raised $30 million in equity and another...

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Citi Latin America Launches Digital Accounts For Corporate Clients
Citi Latin America Launches Digital Accounts For Corporate Clients
July 13, 2021  |  Banking

Citi Treasury and Trade Solutions (TTS) Latin America has rolled out its Citi Digital Account to help institutional clients digitize their banking experiences, eliminating the...

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Insurance Sales Spike In Latin America Post-COVID
Insurance Sales Spike In Latin America Post-COVID
June 18, 2021  |  Insurance

Purchasing insurance may be a given in the U.S., but that hasn’t always been the case in Latin America. However, that is quickly changing as...

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Mexican Digital Payment Platform Clip Raises $250 Million
Mexican Digital Payment Platform Clip Raises $250 Million
June 10, 2021  |  Investments

Payments FinTech Clip, based in Mexico, has received $250 million from the SoftBank Latin America Fund as well as Viking Global Investors, according to a...

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