Ualá hits $2.45bn valuation with $350m Series D round
Fintech start-up claims the funding is a record investment for an Argentine company.
Fintech start-up claims the funding is a record investment for an Argentine company.
The investment is the largest ever for a payments company in Mexico.
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The Brazilian digital bank’s Series G funding round has now topped $1.15 billion.
The Series A funding round is claimed to be the largest to date for a fintech in Latin America
Addi is continuing a planned expansion into Mexico and Brazil.
The Mexico-based company is planning expansion in Latin America, starting with Brazil.
A clutch of early investment rounds from May you could have missed.
Instant credit will range from $500 to $1,500.
Plenty of funding rounds may have slipped you by this week.
Minu has raised $20 million since 2019, and plans an expansion in its home country.
The round was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners.
Brazilian challenger reaches $1.8 billion in total funding raised.
Albo has now raised just over $72 million across five rounds.
In August, Mozper – with the help of partner Visa – launched its closed beta with 500 families.
“We help people build credit by looking at how and where they spend their money.”
“It’s a much better product than we had in Argentina [upon launch],” says the CEO.
Currently in beta, the 2019-founded start-up is yet to go live.
Omni operates across Chile and Colombia.
In Q1 of 2020, Nubank acquired 42,000 users each day.
The firm is also looking to hire between 40-50 new developers.
“We began our journey in a kitchen trying to lend our own money,” says start-up.
Payments firm set to focus on US, Canada, and Europe.
Mexican challenger bank has also launched its credit card.
FinTech Futures speaks to its CEO Délber Lage about its platform and future plans.
Thirty fintech start-ups from South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria, India and Mexico will get funding.
It’s been a record year for fundraising across the challenger bank space.
The bank says it has already cut its emissions by 27% since 2011.
The round was led by Valar Ventures, PayPal founder Peter Thiel’s fund.
The Spanish technology company sees a bright future in Flink.
Neobank seeks to reach underbanked with smartphones.
This is the Latin American start-up’s fourth financing round.
ID Finance is on track to double revenues to €90m this year.
The fintech has reached decacorn status with a $10 billion valuation.
The investment is $7.5 million in equity and $50 million in debt.
The companies had “several” event run-ins.
Offering three different tiers of account and services.
Serving corporations and medium-sized businesses in Mexico.
The Mexican lendtech provides SMEs with credit.
Nation’s central bank in talks with tech titan.