Carïcaco, Newtopia VC, and Carao Ventures announce new partnership to support Central American startups
Three major players in the Latin American startup ecosystem have joined forces to provide support and funding for…
Amazon expands fraud prevention program to Brazil
LatamList – Amazon is to expand Project Zero, a program for counterfeit products prevention, to seven new countries,…
BBVA Mexico acquires Telefonica payments platform
LatamList – BBVA Mexico acquired Telefonica’s payments platform Adquira. The bank already owned 50% of the business before…
XP’s founding partners and General Atlantic bid $1B shares in NY
LatamList – XP Inc just announced that the asset manager General Atlantic and the founding holding company, XP…
Facebook and Cielo petition for a revision of WhatsApp payment suspension
LatamList – Facebook and Cielo, a Brazilian fintech, petitioned the Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE) for a…
Facebook launches WhatsApp payments in Brazil
LatamList – Facebook launched its new WhatsApp payment function, powered by Facebook Pay, in Brazil. Facebook plans to…
Caixa credit line for SMEs reaches $204M
LatamList – The credit line for SMEs provided by government-owned Caixa and Sebrae contracted $204M (R$1B) as more…
Banco BS2 terminates sponsorship deal with Flamengo and Amazon is a potential sponsor
LatamList – Banco BS2, a Brazilian bank and main shirt sponsor of Brazilian soccer team Flamengo, will end…
Microsoft plans to invest $1.1B in Mexico over the next the 5 years
LatAm List – The global tech company Microsoft has plans to invest $1.1B into the Mexican ecosystem over…
Amazon’s AWS to invest $236.18M in Brazil
LatAm List – The cloud computing subsidiary of Amazon, Amazon Web Services, will invest $236.18M (R$1B) in the…