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Finsocial raises US$20 million in debt financing to dish out more loans in Colombia

Contxto – Households across Colombia are scrambling to make ends meet with improvised businesses, pawnshops, and of course, requesting loans....

August 19, 2020

XP Investimentos to roll out credit card with investment cashback program

Contxto – XP Investimentos is a familiar face within the financial industry of Brazil. And since its IPO debut on...

July 23, 2020

Lending fintech BizCapital raises US$12 million through DEG

Contxto – Brazilian BizCapital raised some equity capital of its own. Yesterday (17) the lending startup for businesses announced it...

June 18, 2020

Lending fintechs see surge in loan requests, but will they answer the call?

Contxto – Lending fintechs in Latin America have been raising equity capital and financing rounds throughout 2020. Likewise they all...

June 17, 2020

Proptech Hent raises US$1 million with Canary

Contxto – Proptech Hent closed an investment for R$5 million (around US$1 million) and made the announcement this week. Brazil’s...

June 9, 2020

Brazilian retailer, Via Varejo, acquires fintech Airfox

Contxto – More often than not, it’s banks that buy out fintechs. But this time around it’s a little different....

May 25, 2020

Colombian fintech Avista tenders to an oft-ignored market after aqui-hire of IdeasLab

[wd_hustle id=”InArticleOptin” type=”embedded”/] Contxto – Colombian fintech Avista has been busy lately. First, it raised a debt financing round for...

April 22, 2020

SMEs in Brazil need a “lending hand,” in comes Mercado Libre US$114 million in hand

[wd_hustle id=”InArticleOptin” type=”embedded”/] Contxto – News is buzzing about the insufficiency of government-funded credit and support packages for small business....

April 20, 2020

Mercado Crédito puts 2 million loans on hold—but there is a catch

[wd_hustle id=”InArticleOptin” type=”embedded”/] Contxto – As humanity fights an invisible common enemy, society is starting to implement unprecedented initiatives to...

March 24, 2020