Avenida Paulista is a top tourist attraction in São Paulo, Brazil, with shops, restaurants, cultural and music venues lining the 2.7-kilometer road. It is also one of the country’s most over-branched areas.…
Mexico’s financial technology law, a unique piece of regulation in Latin America that took effect nearly 3 months ago, continues to draw mixed reactions from the industry. Although initially thought of as a regional…
Sharp cost-cutting by Brazilian banks could drive price-based fintech models out of business. Lack of historical data and high customer acquisition costs puts fintechs at a disadvantage in comparison to…
Foreign investments have boosted a new phase of capital building across Latin America’s financial technology sector, but industry experts at a fintech conference in Miami this week caution that valuations…
A month and a half into the Chilean protests that have spurred senior government resignations and a revamp of the country’s constitution, Chile is on the brink of losing its…
Accelerating venture capital flows to Latin America signal that “it is now the best time” to invest in the region’s budding fintech market, Driss Temsamani, the regional head of digital…
Shortly after primary election results catapulted Peronist presidential candidate Alberto Fernández to front-runner status, he promised bondholders that his government would not default on its debt, unlike prior administrations in his…
As Brazilian regulators push to create an open banking system to help drive competition and convenience, some market experts are raising red flags on the cybersecurity challenges it will create…