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

Binance, Inswitch Roll Out Binance Pay to LatAm Merchants
Binance, Inswitch Roll Out Binance Pay to LatAm Merchants
September 06, 2022  |  Payment Methods

Embedded payments finance Inswitch has teamed up with cryptocurrency platform Binance to offer Binance Pay to all merchants in Latin America. “The partnership between Binance...

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R2 Raises $15M to Promote Latam Small Business Lending
R2 Raises $15M to Promote Latam Small Business Lending
September 02, 2022  |  Investments

Mexico City-based lending platform R2 has raised $15 million in a Series A funding round. The round, led by Wen-Wen Lam of Google’s venture fund...

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Brazil’s Bolsonaro Takes Credit for Pix Payment System Amid Election
Brazil’s Bolsonaro Takes Credit for Pix Payment System Amid Election
September 02, 2022  |  International

Brazil’s Pix instant payment system has become a central issue in that country’s upcoming presidential election. President Jair Bolsonaro is using the system — launched...

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Ripple, Brazil’s Travelex Bank Add Crypto-Based X-Border Payments
Ripple, Brazil’s Travelex Bank Add Crypto-Based X-Border Payments
August 18, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Aiming to use cryptocurrency to enable cheaper, faster cross-border payments, enterprise blockchain and crypto solution provider Ripple has teamed up with Travelex Bank to launch...

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Goldman Sachs Group Lends $150M to Clara to Meet LatAm Firms’ Need for Loans
Goldman Sachs Group Lends $150M to Clara to Meet LatAm Firms’ Need for Loans
August 08, 2022  |  Loans

Helping to meet Latin American corporations’ need for loans and assistance with spend management, Goldman Sachs Group has lent $150 million to Clara, a Mexican...

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Kontempo Raises $30M to Expand BNPL for B2B Transactions in LatAm
Kontempo Raises $30M to Expand BNPL for B2B Transactions in LatAm
August 05, 2022  |  Buy Now Pay Later

Kontempo has raised $30 million in a seed round to continue expanding its buy now, pay later (BNPL) solution for B2B transactions in Latin America....

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LatAm’s eCommerce Boom Propels MercadoLibre to 53% Increase in Sales
LatAm’s eCommerce Boom Propels MercadoLibre to 53% Increase in Sales
August 03, 2022  |  Earnings

MercadoLibre, the Latin American eCommerce company, is seeing record revenues even while the economy slows all over the world, including in that region, Bloomberg reported...

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PayStand Acquires Yaydoo in One of Latam’s Biggest Tech Mergers
PayStand Acquires Yaydoo in One of Latam’s Biggest Tech Mergers
August 03, 2022  |  Acquisitions

Blockchain-enabled B2B payments company PayStand has acquired Mexican FinTech Yaydoo, marking what the company called “one of the biggest technology unions” in Latin America. PayStand...

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PYMNTS AM Radar: Age of Change; Smart Convenience; Digital Transformation Momentum; Fighting Professional Fraudsters; ICYMI
PYMNTS AM Radar: Age of Change; Smart Convenience; Digital Transformation Momentum; Fighting Professional Fraudsters; ICYMI
July 08, 2022  |  News

Today is Friday, July 8 and in one of the world’s safest countries, a former prime minister was shot dead while giving a speech. Shinzo...

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