Mexican fintech Aplazo concluded its Series B funding round, securing $70 million, with an additional $45 million in new equity financing.
Argentina's market regulator launched a fintech innovation hub, a likely first step toward issuing cryptocurrency and fintech regulation.
Argentina has lagged behind the region in new fintech trends such as Open Finance. 2023 could be the year for regulating crypto instead.
Startups in Argentina have been used to dealing with various crises in the last decade and the pandemic just adds...
Argentine banks sued Mercado Libre for alleged dominant position in the market, while the fintech responded by dennouncing "cartelization".
Last month, Geopagos left its bootstrap status and took $35 million in funding to grow aggressively into Brazil.
In a complex scenario for Latin American startups fintechs in Argentina push forward with plans for international expansion.
Argentine payments fintech Pomelo secured $40 million in a Series B round led by Kaszek Ventures, taking total funding to over $100 million.
Argentina's fintech unicorn Ualá will invest $150 million over the next 18 months to boost its digital banking endeavors in the region.
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After a sharp lending slowdown in 2022, fintechs in Latin America gear up for credit growth next year as rate pressures fade out.