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

PayRetailers Consolidates LatAm eCommerce Sector with 2 Acquisitions
PayRetailers Consolidates LatAm eCommerce Sector with 2 Acquisitions
April 07, 2022  |  B2B Payments

Latin American FinTech payment specialist PayRetailers on Thursday (April 7) acquired online payments platforms Paygol and Pago Digital, moves that help to bring together the...

READ MORE >
PYMNTS Intelligence: How the Rise of the Gig Economy Is Influencing Latin American Consumers’ Payment Needs
PYMNTS Intelligence: How the Rise of the Gig Economy Is Influencing Latin American Consumers’ Payment...
April 07, 2022  |  Latin America

Consumers worldwide have altered various aspects of their lives during the pandemic, including how they shop, pay bills and work. Digital-first remote or freelance positions...

READ MORE >
Alchemy Offers SaaS Platform to Automate Commercial Lending to Small Businesses
Alchemy Offers SaaS Platform to Automate Commercial Lending to Small Businesses
April 06, 2022  |  Loans

Alchemy will debut software to help lending companies offer “much needed” financing products for millions of smaller businesses, a press release said The release noted...

READ MORE >
Cabify: Why Latin American Gig Platforms Must Make Space for Digital Payments
Cabify: Why Latin American Gig Platforms Must Make Space for Digital Payments
April 06, 2022  |  Latin America

As Latin America’s gig economy expands, these same employees are also looking for flexibility and convenience in how they're paid. In PYMNTS new "Digitizing Payments...

READ MORE >
Flexible Payouts Prove Tempting Way to Capture Loyalty of Latin American Gig Workers
Flexible Payouts Prove Tempting Way to Capture Loyalty of Latin American Gig Workers
April 05, 2022  |  Latin America

Consumers worldwide are reconsidering the way they do everything from pay bills to meet their job responsibilities in the aftermath of the global health crisis,...

READ MORE >
Colombian FinTech Leal Snags $10M in Series A Funding
Colombian FinTech Leal Snags $10M in Series A Funding
March 31, 2022  |  Investments

Colombian-based consumer and FinTech company Leal raised $10 million in a Series A fundraising round that will help it roll out its co-branded credit card...

READ MORE >
Rising Streaming Costs Threaten LatAm’s Digital Shift
Rising Streaming Costs Threaten LatAm’s Digital Shift
March 30, 2022  |  Subscriptions

Latin America is a continent as case study when it comes to digital modernization from payments to streaming, blazing trails that emerging and developed markets...

READ MORE >
FinTech Clara, Mastercard Expand in Colombia
FinTech Clara, Mastercard Expand in Colombia
March 24, 2022  |  Partnerships

Three months after it achieved unicorn status with a value of more than $1 billion, the Latin American startup Clara has launched into Colombia with support...

READ MORE >
Mercado Libre Boosts Its Billion-Dollar Brazil Investment
Mercado Libre Boosts Its Billion-Dollar Brazil Investment
March 22, 2022  |  Investments

South American eCommerce firm Mercado Libre is boosting its investment in Brazil by 70% this year, planning to spend 17 billion reais ($3.44 billion), as...

READ MORE >