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 Are Digital Passport for Businesses Seeking Access to LatAm Consumers
Payments Are Digital Passport for Businesses Seeking Access to LatAm Consumers
July 08, 2022  |  Digital Payments

Some people equate an end to the pandemic with completion of the digital shift. They obviously haven’t visited Latin America, Asia, the Middle East and...

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FinTech UnDosTres Raises $30M to Reach the 40% of Mexicans Who Don’t Transact Online
FinTech UnDosTres Raises $30M to Reach the 40% of Mexicans Who Don’t Transact Online
July 06, 2022  |  Investments

Digital payments platform UnDosTres has raised $30 million in a Series B funding round, the Mexico City-based company announced in a Wednesday (July 6) press...

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PYMNTS AM Radar: Musk Coin Love; Survivor FinTech; Meta Taste Buds; Smart Tech; ICYMI
PYMNTS AM Radar: Musk Coin Love; Survivor FinTech; Meta Taste Buds; Smart Tech; ICYMI
June 21, 2022  |  News

Today is Tuesday, June 21 and it’s the first day of summer and the longest day of the year. While this would normally be a...

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‘Survival of the Fittest’: Nubank Hunts M&A LatAm FinTech Bargains
‘Survival of the Fittest’: Nubank Hunts M&A LatAm FinTech Bargains
June 21, 2022  |  Digital-First Banking

Digital bank Nubank is on the hunt for FinTech bargains in Latin America as venture capital money dries up amid rising interest rates and tighter...

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Google Announces Investment Initiatives in Brazil
Google Announces Investment Initiatives in Brazil
June 14, 2022  |  Google

Google announced on Tuesday (June 14) a series of initiatives and investments in Brazil, a country with both a huge market of more than 200...

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Uber, PayU Team Up to Break LatAm’s Cash Habit
Uber, PayU Team Up to Break LatAm’s Cash Habit
June 14, 2022  |  Digital Payments

Expanding into new markets in other countries is the way many big companies got big. Yet even after the pandemic and digital shift that it...

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Today in Data: LatAm’s Digital Transformation
Today in Data: LatAm’s Digital Transformation
June 10, 2022  |  Today In Data

Today in data, Google makes a big investment in Latin America amid that region’s ongoing digital transformation. Data $175B: Projected value of digital transactions in...

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Kushki CEO: Latin America’s Digital Payments Explosion Demands New Infrastructure 
Kushki CEO: Latin America’s Digital Payments Explosion Demands New Infrastructure 
June 07, 2022  |  Digital Payments

Around the globe, inflation mounts, sapping purchasing power and straining budgets. In Latin America, inflation is running at double-digit percentage points. Logic might hold that...

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PYMNTS Intelligence: How Demand for Digital and Contactless Payments Is Growing Across Latin America
PYMNTS Intelligence: How Demand for Digital and Contactless Payments Is Growing Across Latin America
June 06, 2022  |  Latin America

The pandemic accelerated the digitization of companies’ customer interactions by as much as four years and the share of their digital product offerings by an...

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