Latin America news and trends

Nuvei: LatAm Beckons to eCommerce Companies ‘Going Local’
eCommerce // March 12, 2025

For merchants seeking new customers around the globe — to gain top-line momentum through eCommerce — few markets beckon like Latin America. PYMNTS Intelligence has found, as detailed in the “How the World Does Digital” reports, that Brazil, for example, has among the most digitally...

Prometeo Debuts Borderless Banking to Ease US-to-LatAm B2B Payments
B2B Payments // March 11, 2025

Prometeo has introduced a solution designed to streamline B2B payments between Latin America and the U.S. Borderless Banking, announced by the Uruguay-based FinTech Tuesday (March 11), allows for access to local bank accounts for receiving payments and automating collections, while also facilitating international payment disbursement and optimizing global...

The World Tour: How Working Capital Is Impacting Eight Global Industries
Working Capital // February 24, 2025

Suppose a construction company in Singapore that’s juggling projects from high-rise apartments to infrastructure development is feeling the pinch of rising interest rates and unpredictable material costs. They need to manage cash flow to reduce costs and navigate shifts in the business cycle. Now suppose...

MercadoLibre Payment Volumes Leap 33% as Platform Reaches 100M Buyer Milestone
Earnings // February 20, 2025

MercadoLibre’s fourth quarter results showed double-digit growth in unique active buyers and items sold across the company’s marketplace, along with momentum in its credit card business. The most recent earnings supplementals, released after the markets closed on Thursday (Feb. 20), detailed that during the fourth...

Interviews & Exclusives
Nuvei: LatAm Beckons to eCommerce Companies ‘Going Local’

March 12, 2025
For merchants seeking new customers around the globe — to gain top-line momentum through eCommerce — few markets beckon like Latin America. PYMNTS Intelligence has found, as detailed in the “How the World Does Digital” reports, that Brazil, for example, has among the most digitally engaged consumers in the world, using their devices to do […]

Bank of America’s Take on Latin America’s Digital Payments Advantage

January 13, 2025
Digital payments are growing in Latin America as companies like Mercado Libre and TerraPay rapidly advance digital banking and digital wallets in the region. Central bank instant payments mandates and...

Latin America May Offer Roadmap for Passkeys to Replace Passwords

December 09, 2024
The passwordless future has long been promised, but has long been just over the horizon — remaining more an aspiration than a reality. Passwords, after all, are sticky. We’ve used...

CEO Interview: Pay-as-You-Go Options Help LatAm Consumers Battle ‘Prepaid Fatigue’

November 11, 2024
In Latin America, where many consumers are unbanked or underbanked, roughly three-quarters of consumers don’t have credit cards, so prepaid cards are widely used to pay for everything from streaming...

Quick Reads
LoanPro and NovoPayment Team to Boost LatAm Financial Inclusion

March 19, 2025
Credit platform LoanPro has joined financial infrastructure provider NovoPayment in a Latin America-focused partnership. The collaboration, announced in a news release Wednesday (March 20), is designed to give financial institutions and FinTechs in Latin America infrastructure that can support essentially any class of credit and lending product. The release notes that the partnership comes as Latin America’s financial services market is […]

Prometeo Debuts Borderless Banking to Ease US-to-LatAm B2B Payments

March 11, 2025
Prometeo has introduced a solution designed to streamline B2B payments between Latin America and the U.S. Borderless Banking, announced by the Uruguay-based FinTech Tuesday (March 11), allows for access to local bank accounts...

Wise Launches In Mexico to Tap $28 Billion Remittance Market

January 30, 2025
Cross-border payments provider Wise is continuing its Latin American expansion by launching in Mexico. The London-based company announced in a news release Thursday (Jan. 30) that users will now be able to send money...

Moove Acquires Kovi to Expand Rideshare Operations in Latin America

January 29, 2025
Rideshare fleet operator Moove plans to expand its footprint in Latin America by acquiring Brazil-based urban mobility provider Kovi. The acquisition, which is subject to customary closing conditions, will add Kovi’s fleets...