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Mastercard Brings Financial Inclusion Offering to Central America
Financial Inclusion // May 12, 2022

Mastercard is rolling out a financial inclusion program in Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras that will “accelerate the company’s objective of including five million unbanked individuals and digitize and provide credit access to one million micro and small businesses (MSMBs)” in the next five years....

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

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

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 — even though the transition is critical to the region’s economic future. In the "Digitizing Payments In Latin America Playbook,"...

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

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Overcoming the Cash-Centric Culture of Central America and the Caribbean

May 10, 2022
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The Rise Of The Super App In Central America

September 10, 2020
For platforms offering a variety of services — courting sticky relationships with their end users — the holy grail is the super app. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

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PayU Expands Into Emerging Central America Markets

December 13, 2022
PayU is expanding its digital payments business in Central America. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By completing this form, you agree to receive marketing communications from PYMNTS and […]

Mastercard Brings Financial Inclusion Offering to Central America

May 12, 2022
Mastercard is rolling out a financial inclusion program in Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras that will “accelerate the company’s objective of including five million unbanked individuals and digitize and provide...