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

How Cross-Border eCommerce Challenges Provide Opportunities for Innovators in Latin America
How Cross-Border eCommerce Challenges Provide Opportunities for Innovators in Latin America
November 19, 2021  |  Digital Payments

Kludgey domestic payments infrastructure keeps merchants from giving consumers living in Latin America the chance to shop across borders in a seamless, secure way. In...

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Dafiti: How eCommerce Players Can Gain the Loyalty, Trust of Latin American Consumers
Dafiti: How eCommerce Players Can Gain the Loyalty, Trust of Latin American Consumers
November 18, 2021  |  Latin America

Latin American consumers are shopping more online, but marketplaces that want to gain their trust, loyalty and business need to do more than offer them...

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FinTechs Play Big Role in Helping Consumers Shop Across Latin America
FinTechs Play Big Role in Helping Consumers Shop Across Latin America
November 18, 2021  |  Digital Payments

eCommerce is quickly establishing itself as a significant industry in Latin America, with one report finding that 267 million online buyers now live within the...

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The Three Things Latin American Consumers Want from an Online Shopping Experience
The Three Things Latin American Consumers Want from an Online Shopping Experience
November 17, 2021  |  Latin America

Digital retail sales are set to skyrocket in Latin America in the next few years, predicted to reach $160 billion by the end of 2025,...

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Cash No Longer King in Latin America
Cash No Longer King in Latin America
November 17, 2021  |  Digital Payments

Colombia’s digital banking space expanded by 59% between 2019 and 2020. Other nations in Latin America are following that lead, Kushki Chief Revenue Officer Madeleine...

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China’s Whale Cloud Teams With Mexico’s Toka FinTech to Develop Payment App
China’s Whale Cloud Teams With Mexico’s Toka FinTech to Develop Payment App
November 10, 2021  |  B2B Payments

China-based Whale Cloud, which provides telecommunications software solutions, has partnered with Toka Fintech, based in Mexico, to develop a new digital payment app with Alipay+...

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Bitcoin Daily: La Haus to Take Bitcoin Payments; Mastercard Works With Asia-Based Crypto Companies on Card; Digital Yuan to Focus on Privacy; Twitter Rolls out Crypto Team; CPI Sees Gains in Bitcoin, Ether
Bitcoin Daily: La Haus to Take Bitcoin Payments; Mastercard Works With Asia-Based Crypto Companies on...
November 10, 2021  |  Bitcoin

La Haus, a property technology company based in Latin America, is now taking bitcoin for home purchases, CoinDesk reported. The purchases will go through on-chain...

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Brazil, Colombia Lead Latin America for FinTech Growth
Brazil, Colombia Lead Latin America for FinTech Growth
November 01, 2021  |  Fintech Investments

The FinTech trade is flourishing in Colombia, with an expansion of 120% each year and investments of more than $1 billion in the past three...

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Surging Debit Use Leads ‘Eighty-Fold’ Acceleration in LatAm Digital Payments
Surging Debit Use Leads ‘Eighty-Fold’ Acceleration in LatAm Digital Payments
October 25, 2021  |  Payment Methods

In just two years, Latin American debit and credit card use rates have essentially swapped their market share positions.  In 2019, roughly 60% of the...

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