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

Banco de Bogotá On What’s Driving Payments Digitization Forward In Colombia
Banco de Bogotá On What’s Driving Payments Digitization Forward In Colombia
October 20, 2021  |  Digital Payments

Consumers, businesses, financial institutions (FIs) and payment providers alike are all paying closer attention to Latin America as its digital payments ecosystem develops further in...

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Rising Smartphone, Digital Service Usage Drives Adoption of Non-Cash Payments in Latin America
Rising Smartphone, Digital Service Usage Drives Adoption of Non-Cash Payments in Latin America
October 14, 2021  |  Digital Payments

Cash use is so prevalent in many Latin American markets that consumers actually go out of their way to use it to make a payment...

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Deep Dive: Examining Latin America’s Payments Ecosystem and the PSP Opportunity
Deep Dive: Examining Latin America’s Payments Ecosystem and the PSP Opportunity
September 24, 2021  |  Digital Payments

The pandemic has accelerated Latin America’s shift to a digital-first economy as a growing majority of consumers opt to shop and access financial services online....

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Clocktower Technology Ventures: Understanding Latin America’s Fragmented Payments Landscape
Clocktower Technology Ventures: Understanding Latin America’s Fragmented Payments Landscape
September 23, 2021  |  Digital Payments

Financial institutions (FIs) entering Latin America have their work cut out for them in a place where cash still reigns and the digital payments ecosystem...

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PSPs Hold Infrastructure Key to Solving LatAm’s Fragmentation Problem
PSPs Hold Infrastructure Key to Solving LatAm’s Fragmentation Problem
September 22, 2021  |  Digital Payments

Latin America has become an attractive market for financial institutions (FIs), FinTechs and payment services providers (PSPs) to expand as payment digitization and use of...

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For Brazil-based Businesses, It’s a Good Time to Expand to US, But Not an Easy One
For Brazil-based Businesses, It’s a Good Time to Expand to US, But Not an Easy...
September 10, 2021  |  Cross-border Payments

The digital shift in U.S. consumers’ shopping habits has created new opportunities for Brazilian businesses. However, companies attempting to expand overseas and reach new customers...

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B2B Marketplace wherEX Sees Buy Now Pay Later As Boost To Building Buyer Trust, Sales
B2B Marketplace wherEX Sees Buy Now Pay Later As Boost To Building Buyer Trust, Sales
August 30, 2021  |  B2B Payments

When a company is shopping for materials, there’s no catalog of B2B merchants like there is for consumer goods — a company’s needs are too...

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Brazilian FinTech Nubank Readies For IPO, Valuation Could Top $55B
Brazilian FinTech Nubank Readies For IPO, Valuation Could Top $55B
August 25, 2021  |  IPO

Nubank, a Brazil-based FinTech that has amassed more than 40 million clients in Latin America in part by looking for business among constituencies ignored by...

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LatAm’s Xepelin Debuts SMB Lending, Revenue Service
LatAm’s Xepelin Debuts SMB Lending, Revenue Service
August 01, 2021  |  B2B Payments

Xepelin, a Chilean FinTech that provides an online financial services platform for small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs), has raised $30 million in equity and another...

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