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

Payments Processor PayRetailers Expands in Brazil With Transfeera Acquisition
Payments Processor PayRetailers Expands in Brazil With Transfeera Acquisition
December 19, 2024  |  Acquisitions

PayRetailers, a payments processor serving Latin America and Africa, acquired business payments FinTech Transfeera. The deal was approved by the Administrative Council for Economic Defense...

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Keo Expands Access to B2B Payments Platform in Brazil
Keo Expands Access to B2B Payments Platform in Brazil
December 17, 2024  |  B2B Payments

Keo World is expanding access to its B2B payments platform Workeo in Brazil through a partnership agreement with investment bank BTG Pactual Bank S.A. This partnership will...

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Nuvei Adds Google Pay to Cashier Solution in Latin America
Nuvei Adds Google Pay to Cashier Solution in Latin America
December 12, 2024  |  Partnerships

Nuvei can now integrate Google Pay into its cashier solution for merchants across Latin America. The capability represents an expansion of the company’s global partnership...

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MercadoLibre and Nubank Get More Aggressive in LatAm Digital Banking Race
MercadoLibre and Nubank Get More Aggressive in LatAm Digital Banking Race
December 10, 2024  |  Latin America

Who will become Latin America’s dominant digital banking force, MercadoLibre or Nubank? It’s a question posed Tuesday (Dec. 10) in a report by Bloomberg News,...

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Latin America May Offer Roadmap for Passkeys to Replace Passwords
Latin America May Offer Roadmap for Passkeys to Replace Passwords
December 09, 2024  |  Identity

The passwordless future has long been promised, but has long been just over the horizon — remaining more an aspiration than a reality. Passwords, after...

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Equifax and Mastercard Partner on Fraud Management in Latin America
Equifax and Mastercard Partner on Fraud Management in Latin America
December 05, 2024  |  Partnerships

Equifax and Mastercard have partnered to provide fraud management tools to businesses in Latin America, excluding Brazil. This collaboration will make these tools available to Mastercard business...

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dLocal Becomes Certified Payment Initiation Service Provider in Brazil
dLocal Becomes Certified Payment Initiation Service Provider in Brazil
November 26, 2024  |  Cross-border Payments

Cross-border payment platform dLocal can now facilitate Pix payments directly within the Open Finance ecosystem, without redirecting users to bank apps. The company gained this ability by...

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Brazilian Banks Improve Profitability, Led by Digital Players
Brazilian Banks Improve Profitability, Led by Digital Players
November 21, 2024  |  Digital-First Banking

Digital banks reportedly led Brazilian banks’ profitability improvements during the first half of the year. The country’s digital banks saw their annual return on equity (ROE)...

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Unlimit and Pagaloop Form Small Business Expense Management Pact
Unlimit and Pagaloop Form Small Business Expense Management Pact
November 14, 2024  |  B2B Payments

FinTech company Unlimit has launched a collaboration with Latin American B2B payments platform Pagaloop. The partnership is designed to bolster the Pagaloop app’s credit and debit card processing...

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