PicPay acquires BX Blue to enter the consigned credit market in Brazil
PicPay acquired BX Blue for an undisclosed amount, strengthening its position in the financial marketplace. This acquisition will…
JOKR raises $50M Series C round
After shutting down operations in Colombia, JOKR raised $50M, led by GGV Capital. Tiger Global Management, HV Capital,…
Antonio Soares, CEO of Dock: ‘Embedded finance will boost financial inclusion’
Antonio Soares is CEO of Dock. Dock is a Brazilian platform that offers solutions for the entire payments…
Mexican healtech Welbe Care receives $4.1M seed-round
Mexico-based Welbe, a healthtech that offers companies and their employees a health membership, secured a $4.1 million seed-round…
Brazilian Flapper raises $5.6M in Series A funding
Flapper, a Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil-based private aviation company for Latin America, secured a $5.6M in a…
Nubank announces $330M equity capitalization to strengthen its presence in Mexico
The Brazilian digital bank Nubank announced a $330M equity capitalization in Mexico to continue expanding operations in that…
Brazilian femtech Feel secures round with all female investors
Brazilian femtech Feel has secured an all-female pool of angel investors to a pre-seed round worth just over…
Greatest Hits Episode: Pedro Moura, Flourish Fi: Building the tech infrastructure to help people make better financial decisions, Ep 196
For this week on the Crossing Borders podcast, we’re revisiting one of our greatest hits episodes featuring Pedro…
Swedish paytech Zimpler expands to Brazil
Zimpler, a fintech company born in Sweden, established its LatAm headquarters in São Paulo, catering to the growing…
Brazil’s Central Bank to release Pix’s protocols to other countries for free
The president of Brazil’s Central Bank, Roberto Campos Neto, stated last week that they’ll release Pix’s technology to…