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

Visa On Capturing The Digital Payments Opportunity In Latin America
Visa On Capturing The Digital Payments Opportunity In Latin America
June 18, 2020  |  VISA

The advance of digital payments in Latin America over the last two decades has been slow when measured against other parts of the globe. Get...

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Greensill Buys Omni, Eyeing More Latin America Work
Greensill Buys Omni, Eyeing More Latin America Work
June 16, 2020  |  B2B Payments

Greensill, which provides working capital finance for customers around the world, has acquired Latin America-based lender Omni, a lender to small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs)....

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MercadoLibre: The ‘Amazon Of Latin America’ Spreads Its Wings
MercadoLibre: The ‘Amazon Of Latin America’ Spreads Its Wings
June 03, 2020  |  Retail

Imagine if a North American company had the market share of Amazon, the payment flexibility of PayPal and the credit portfolio of Visa. In Latin...

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Sage Exits Latin America Amid Cloud Transition Growing Pains
Sage Exits Latin America Amid Cloud Transition Growing Pains
March 03, 2020  |  B2B Payments

The British accounting software company Sage is offloading its operations in Brazil in a deal estimated to be valued at £1 million, plus deferred consideration...

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Latin America’s Dark, Crypto-Driven, Cybercrime Underbelly
Latin America’s Dark, Crypto-Driven, Cybercrime Underbelly
February 28, 2020  |  Security & Fraud

To get a sense of the new frontiers in cybercrime, and how cryptocurrency helps fraudsters cover their tracks or finance their schemes … look, perhaps,...

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Creating LATAM’s Commerce ‘Digital Value Chain’
Creating LATAM’s Commerce ‘Digital Value Chain’
February 17, 2020  |  Digital Banking

Instant payments, digital commerce and banking across mobile devices are all gaining ground no matter where you look, geographically speaking. Get the Full Story Complete...

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SoftBank Earmarks $1B For eCommerce, Healthcare And FinTech In LatAm
SoftBank Earmarks $1B For eCommerce, Healthcare And FinTech In LatAm
February 16, 2020  |  Investments

SoftBank will add $1 billion this year to its $5 billion Latin America Fund introduced in 2019, adding to last year’s $1.6 billion, Bloomberg reported...

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MercadoLibre’s FinTech Unit Expands LATAM Credit Offerings
MercadoLibre’s FinTech Unit Expands LATAM Credit Offerings
January 24, 2020  |  Latin America

Mercado Pago, a unit of Argentinian eCommerce platform MercadoLibre, is introducing new services to its app-based wallet users, in a move to stay competitive in...

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Brazil’s Unicorn FinTech EBANX Pilots Digital Wallet
Brazil’s Unicorn FinTech EBANX Pilots Digital Wallet
January 15, 2020  |  Digital Banking

Brazil’s unicorn FinTech and payments startup EBANX is trialing a digital wallet, called Ebanx Go, with 10,000 consumers on a test basis, the company announced...

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