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SoftBank’s Greensill acquires Omni Latam to finance more regional SMEs

Contxto – A London-based fintech wants to strengthen its foothold in Latin America. But rather than expanding its already-established Americas...

June 16, 2020

Kaszek leads US$21 million investment in fintech Remessa Online

Contxto – The coronavirus pandemic may have slowed investments down. But some significant rounds are still trickling through and giving...

June 16, 2020

Facebook’s WhatsApp debuts payment service in Brazil

Contxto – Social media behemoth Facebook is debuting a highly-anticipated feature in Brazil. Through its Facebook Pay service and Cielo—a...

June 15, 2020

Corfo favors lending fintechs with latest announcement

Contxto – Corfo—Chile’s economic development agency—is giving fintechs a fighting chance. A couple of weeks ago, authorities had announced the...

June 9, 2020

Visa Everywhere Initiative to disperse US$50,000 among startups that help SMEs

Contxto – Visa and Finnovista have teamed up to launch the fourth edition of the Visa Everywhere Initiative (VEI) for...

June 4, 2020

Startups will have to amp up their game to win users over, says fintech Dank’s CEO

Contxto – Fintechs are experiencing first-hand just how Covid-19 is expediting the use of electronic payments, e-wallets, and every other...

June 2, 2020

Biko.cr joins the food delivery competition in Costa Rica

Contxto – Another food delivery startup is entering the market of Costa Rica; zipping in is Biko.cr. It wants to...

June 1, 2020

Apperto wants to be the super app of small cities in Latin America

Contxto – Despite startups’ constant preaching of “democratizing access to this” and “inclusion of that,” many are guilty of only...

June 1, 2020

Santander InnoVentures leads US$5 million investment in a55

Contxto – Santander Bank’s corporate venture capital (VC) arm, Santander InnoVentures led a US$5 million investment in Brazilian fintech a55....

May 30, 2020

Albo empresas is this fintech’s secret weapon into the B2B world

Contxto – Mexican fintech, albo, is all in. Though the startup is best known for its banking app for individuals,...

May 29, 2020