EBANX is Latin America’s Newest Unicorn
LatAm List – EBANX, a payments fintech company based in Curitiba announced a significant follow-on investment from FTV…
Kushki Pagos acquires QVO to enter the Chilean market
LatAm List – Kushki Pagos, a US payments processing platform, acquired QVO, a Chilean fintech founded by Oscar…
Softbank contributes to $100M round for Mexico’s Clip
LatAm List – Clip develops mobile credit card readers much like Square in the United States, allowing small businesses to…
Mercado Pago and Bancolombia close e-commerce partnership
LatAm List – Mercado Pago, Mercado Libre’s digital payment platform, and Bancolombia, a Colombian bank, have signed a…
Credicorp’s corporate VC fund seeks further fintech investments in LatAm
LatAm List – Credicorp’s venture capital arm, Krealo, recently invested in Peruvian payment processor Culqi, proving the bank’s interest…
Visa makes first Brazilian investment in fintech Conductor
LatAm List – Visa recently announced a small strategic investment into tech payments processor, Conductor, which has been…
MercadoLibre debuts QR code payments in Brazil
For the past two months, MercadoLibre has tested QR code payments in physical stores in Argentina. Over 160,000…
Observe Technologies wins Start-Up Chile Demo Day G19
Sixteen startups presented their pitches at the Start-Up Chile Generation 19 Demo Day at Bridge Cowork in Santiago,…
Colombian fintech Portal Finance closes US$200M lending deal with BTG Pactual
Portal Finance is an invoice-backed finance company that streamlines access to capital for small- and medium-sized businesses in Latin…
Santiago Stock Exchange launches Startech blockchain and fintech accelerator
El Mercurio reports that Santiago’s stock exchange has long seen innovation as inseparable from the finance market. For…