Argentinian fintech Ualá lands $300m Series E funding round at $2.75bn valuation
The company claims that its app now has 8 million users across Argentina, Colombia, and Mexico.
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New digital wallet Kuady launches in several LatAm markets powered by Mambu
The Kuady digital wallet has recently become available in Argentina, Chile, Mexico, and Peru.
Santander launches e-commerce payments solution Getnet SEP for LatAm merchants
The solution is first being made available to merchants in Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Mexico.
Aleph acquires majority stake in Argentinian PSP Localpayment
Rebranded as Localpayment by Aleph, the PSP is to launch in Africa, the Middle East and Asia.
BNKA launches new payments function for LATAM migrants in Europe
BNKA is enabling migrants in Europe to pay bills in Argentina.
Argentinian fintech start-up Tapi bags $22m Series A led by Kaszek
The funding round also saw participation from Californian VC Andreessen Horowitz.
HSBC to sell Argentinian banking arm to Grupo Financiero Galicia for $550m
The deal is expected to be finalised within the next 12 months.
LatAm fintech Pomelo secures $40m Series B led by Kaszek
The fintech has now raised $103 million to date, including a $35 million Series A in October 2021.
Chilean digital bank Tenpo partners Dock for new credit card offering
The offering positions Tenpo as a competitor to traditional financial lenders in the country.
LatAm fintechs Belvo and Rebill raise funds
Latin American fintech start-ups Belvo and Rebill are among the lucky recipients of new funds.
Binance teams up with Mastercard for crypto payments card in Argentina
The Binance Card will convert crypto to fiat currency in real time at the point of purchase.
Geopagos lands $35m to expand Latin American footprint
Geopagos says the round marks its first institutional financing.
Argentinian fintech Ualá to acquire Mexico’s ABC Capital
The company launched in Argentina in 2017 before expanding its services to Mexico last year.
LatAm fintech Pomelo raises $35m in Series A round led by Tiger Global
Fintech claims raise is “one of the largest Series A investment rounds in the history of Latin America”.
Santander’s PagoNxt acquires majority stake in Mexican technology firm MIT
PagoNxt plans to bolster the development of its payments service Getnet.
Fintech software firm Veritran hits $225m valuation with Trivest investment
Veritran’s enterprise low-code platform facilitates billions of transactions annually.
Ualá hits $2.45bn valuation with $350m Series D round
Fintech start-up claims the funding is a record investment for an Argentine company.
Mexican fintech Clip raises $250m in SoftBank-led investment
The investment is the largest ever for a payments company in Mexico.
Argentina’s money management app Ualá launches in Mexico
“It’s a much better product than we had in Argentina [upon launch],” says the CEO.
Banco del Sol goes live with Temenos Transact at the core
The Argentine challenger is aiming for SMEs in the near future.
SoftBank to invest further $1bn in LatAm fintech, ecommerce and health care in 2020
LatAm has seen 17 companies and two VCs secure funding from the Japanese conglomerate.
Top 10 challenger banks by valuation and funding
It’s been a record year for fundraising across the challenger bank space.
Mexican lendtech start-up Konfio bags $100m investment led by SoftBank
This is the Latin American start-up’s fourth financing round.
Argentine money manager Ualá raises $150m in round led by SoftBank and Tencent
Bloomberg says Ualá is close to a $1 billion valuation.
Brazilian fintech Nubank’s user base soars to 15 million
The fintech has reached decacorn status with a $10 billion valuation.
Sibos 2019: “Digital transformation will happen quicker in LatAm than Europe”
McKinsey predicts “the spike” will hit soon.
Banco Galicia chooses Strands for mobile banking
Strands technology will become “a tool for financial education”
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SoftBank invests in Wirecard, Tencent in Argentinian Uala, and other Visa news.
Tencent takes a gamble on Argentina’s Uala
The amount of the equity investment has not been disclosed.
Advent International takes majority stake in Prisma Medios de Pago
The Argentinian payments giant covers a big market in the region.
Argentine Banco Galicia opens up Starbucks bank branch
Following Santander’s coffee + banking branch opening in Chile.
Cryptocurrency ATMs in Argentina take the peso
On the way and set to exploit peso volatility.
Lendtech MONI picks up $1.5m investment
Argentinian firm’s total investment reaches $10m.
Indra keeps tech up at Argentina’s Wilobank
A newly-launched fully mobile bank in Argentina.
An overview of neobanks in Latin America
To tackle financial inclusion, LatAm’s banking industry needs to undergo changes and disruption.
How Latin America’s fintech market could exceed $150bn by 2021
The rise and rise of LatAm fintech.
Nubi turns to Mambu for core banking tech
Nubi selects Mambu to underpin its digital services in Argentina.
Openbank extends Temenos deal to wealthtech
Openbank has extended its contract with Temenos to include the latter’s wealthtech offering.
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Fintech start-up Ualá targets Argentina’s unbanked with new mobile banking service
Argentina-based fintech start-up Ualá has launched a mobile banking service app to champion financial inclusion in the country.
