Walmart Acquires Mexican Fintech Trafalgar
Walmart acquired Trafalgar, a Mexican fintech that offers electronic payment solutions. By acquiring Trafalgar, Walmart expects to strengthen its…
Nubank âacquihiresâ Plataformatec
LatAm List – Nubank, a leading fintech company in Latin America, recently bought consulting firm Plataformatec which specializes…
Uber to acquire majority stake in Cornershop
LatAm List – Cornershop made headlines in early 2019 after closing a $225M acquisition deal with Walmart. Then…
Coinbase acquires Xapo at $55M
LatAm List – Coinbase, a cryptocurrency exchange recently acquired Xapo, a bitcoin wallet and custody service provider, for…
Brazilian startup Resale acquired by BTG Pactual
LatAm List – In a recent transaction, BTG Pactual acquired control of 65% of the Brazilian startup Resale.…
Micro mobility startup Bird acquires Scoot
LatAm List – Micro mobility is on the rise in Latin America, as commuters seek alternatives to traditional…
Rappi acquires Mexican fintech Payit
LatAm List – Rappi, a last-mile delivery platform that became Colombia’s first unicorn in 2018, recently announced that…
2018: The year traditional businesses in Chile woke up?
This article originally appeared in El Mercurio, written by Nathan Lustig. Will there be more acquisitions this year?…
Update: StoneCo valuation hits US$9B after IPO
LatAm List – This week’s IPO by Brazilian credit card processor StoneCo attracted international attention from Jack Ma’s…
MercadoLibre acquires machine learning startup Machinalis to improve recommendations
LatAm List – When you go on to MercadoLibre to try to buy a drill, you will immediately…