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OCTOBER 23, 2018

Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BofA Merrill) is introducing a new solution for other financial institutions (FIs) in the interbank payment system to automate foreign exchange (FX) conversion. 22), BofA Merrill said the solution also integrates data analytics and machine learning technologies to accelerate the process.

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MARCH 7, 2019

Bird , the scooter sharing startup, is gearing up to roll out a new program in New Zealand, Canada and Latin America dubbed Bird Platform, in which it sells vehicles to entrepreneurs at cost and gets 20 percent of the ride revenue. Ultimately, the company expects each region to operate hundreds and eventually thousands of scooters.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2020

SoftBank will add $1 billion this year to its $5 billion Latin America Fund introduced in 2019, adding to last year’s $1.6 Its investment in Latin America this year will target eCommerce, healthcare, FinTech and other industries, as it looks at about 650 firms in the region. billion, Bloomberg reported on Friday (Feb.

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MAY 30, 2018

What will it take to make Latin America more digital — in payments, commerce, FinTech or even healthcare? Cash remains king in the region, with about two-thirds of consumers in Latin America preferring that payment method over credit, according to estimates. Healthcare seems likely to play a role.

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AUGUST 13, 2019

Bantotal , a core Latin America banking service provider that works with 60 banks in 14 countries, has partnered with Bitex to perform cross-border payments using bitcoin blockchain, according to reports. A Bantotal spokesperson said the service is used by around 20 million people. Bantotal is based in Uruguay.

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MARCH 19, 2019

According to a Fintech Finance report, Gottschalk will be based in San Francisco and will focus on strengthening the fund via investment opportunities in the region. portfolio companies a stronger entrance into North America. It also gives the fund’s non-U.S. Prior to Blumberg, Gottschalk worked at Menlo Ventures.

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DECEMBER 30, 2016

Canada and the Netherlands, as well as a larger launch in Europe this year, Mastercard is now unveiling Identity Check Mobile to Latin America. The first two countries in the region to receive it are Brazil and Mexico. After fruitful trials in the U.S., The concept is similar to a “selfie” and thus is being dubbed “selfie pay.”.

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Perficient

AUGUST 4, 2023

In today’s rapidly advancing technology landscape, businesses face a profound revolution in operations, customer interactions, and innovative endeavors. Partnering with the right digital transformation service provider is vital to thrive in this digital age.

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Banking Exchange

JUNE 14, 2021

Bank of America ranks highest in banking mobile app satisfaction, reports JD Power Retail Banking Feature Lines of Business Technology Mobile Online Tech Management Feature3 Community Banking Consumer Compliance Customers.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 28, 2018

But the recent thefts, along with other attempted and completed cyberattacks, demonstrate why payments officials in the region are expressing fresh concern about financial security there. Evidence of that comes from Swift’s Latin America Regional Conference , held earlier this month in Miami. Fraud is a Top Worry.

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Bobsguide

AUGUST 1, 2022

To better serve banks and broker-dealers in North America and APAC regions on the NYFIX network around the clock, global Fintech leader, Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. NYSE:BR), announced a global partnership with Blue Ocean Technologies (BOT), a unique capital markets Fintech focused on global afterhours trading.

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Cisco

JANUARY 10, 2023

As a change agent serving the financial services industry for over 20 years, it is a great privilege to collaborate with Bank, Insurance, and Wealth Management institutions to devise and execute digital transformation strategy, solve complex business problems, and leverage technology to strengthen business results.

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CB Insights

JULY 18, 2018

Investors from around the globe are flocking to Latin America — within the first half of 2018, deep-pocketed investors like Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia Capital, and DST Global have backed startups in the region. Private technology companies in Latin America have raised over $5.8B Want the 12-page report for free?

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

Corporate payments firm WEX is pushing virtual card technology within Latin America and has announced a new partner to help the cause. Argo will integrate WEX’s virtual card number (VCN) technology as an additional payment option for its corporate and travel agency clients.

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

In 6 years, Latin America (LatAm) fintech funding has grown from less than $50M to top $2.1B This has caused some investors to pull back in the region and challenged startups to raise funding from new investors, as illustrated further below by the number of unique investors and startups in the LatAm fintech market. across 139 deals.

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AUGUST 9, 2020

The final wave concerns the Asia Pacific region. suppliers were switched over, and in May of this year, the rest of North America, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa made the jump, the release says. Google’s transition to SAP Ariba ‘s cloud-based services has a completion date set for Aug.

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JANUARY 26, 2020

Latin America-based AlphaCredit has signed up for a funding round to raise $125 million, led by SoftBank’s Latin America fund. AlphaCredit is a FinTech platform with a focus on consumer lending and finance solutions. It provides credit lines to individuals and has usually worked in communities without much access to banks.

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OCTOBER 30, 2020

We have deep dives on cloud technology, business-to-business (B2B) payments and Visa’s deal to acquire YellowPepper. Visa has signed a deal to acquire YellowPepper, which works with upstarts in Latin America and the Caribbean. during the summer months in lowering infections, caseloads have suddenly jumped all over the region.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 11, 2016

In talking about global payment technology, emerging markets are an area of keen interest. Latin America is a land of opportunity, but it also presents challenges that demand an on-the-ground understanding of commerce and transacting within the various countries and cultures that it comprises.

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Celent Banking

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

Celent has been collaborating to help create the fintech ecosystem in the Latin American region since its inception and I had the honor, for 2nd time, to judge the fintech start-ups participating in the BBVA Open Talent, which brought the Latin American finalists into town as part of Finnosummit. Discover the finalists of all regions here.

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MAY 16, 2020

100 for User A in America, 200 pesos for User B in Mexico and so forth) in order to perform transactions in a secure, fast and reliable way.”. Visa further said the technology would allow transactions using digital fiat currency “to be processed and completed immediately without requiring settlement and clearing processing.”.

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MAY 10, 2018

In a survey by Zynstra , some 65 percent of retailers said they pegged mobile payments as their top priority for in-store technology, Chain Store Age reported. According to a press release from Market Research Future , North America is the leader in the wireless POS market as the region has “advanced technological infrastructure.”

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MARCH 29, 2019

New research from UBS points to the largest spenders on bank technology: JPMorgan and Bank of America. billion technology budget for the year ahead. percent increase from 2018 figures, with researchers finding nearly half of its technology budget last year was spent on disruptive technology to implement within the institution.

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OCTOBER 20, 2020

Colombia-based RobinFood — Latin America’s fastest-growing chain of “cloud” restaurants — credits proprietary technology, the explosive growth of FinTechs and pandemic-led lifestyle changes as the secrets of its success. Despite low average incomes, Latin America offers a huge overall market size and growth potential.

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MAY 8, 2020

Now more than ever, people are counting on technology to help them make contactless payments, shop, and manage their finances without leaving the house,” said Sang Ahn, vice president and GM of Samsung Pay’s North America service business, in a statement. By early 2019, Samsung Pay’s international presence grew to six global regions.

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DECEMBER 7, 2020

The collaboration will allow for local currency payments via the large international partner network and strong technology abilities of Thunes, according to the announcement. The sizable rise of international coverage will encompass nations throughout Asia, Africa, Latin America and Europe.

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OCTOBER 14, 2020

Pat Thelen , vice president and North America managing director at Ripple, said both companies understand the necessity of using blockchain to help bolster cross-border payments. By expanding this relationship, we broaden our reach into the Asia-Pacific region, while providing customers the rapid payment delivery they expect.”.

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JANUARY 9, 2020

The Körber Group is looking to shape the supply chain of the future in Latin America with the acquisition of a majority stake in Brazil-based Otimis , Körber announced on Wednesday (Jan. “With Otimis, we have an ideal basis for further growth in Latin America, and for offering our customers market-leading logistics solutions.”. .

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MARCH 3, 2020

To continue supporting technology in regions all over the world from North America to Southeast Asia, Leonid Boguslavsky-founded RTP Global unveiled a new $650 million fund to keep investing in early-stage tech companies. on early-stage technology companies,” Boguslavsky said, according to reports.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 13, 2019

The move is another move by Japan’s SoftBank Group — which is a shareholder in Uber — to integrate its business in Latin America. SoftBank also recently announced a $5 billion Innovation Fund focused on Latin America, with the goal of investing in technology companies across the region, including eCommerce, FinTech and healthcare.

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Celent Banking

APRIL 25, 2016

Digital is the new reality in Latin America. In Latin America the major milestones in Digital development we had seen were Nubank (Brazil – Market Cap $500M) and Bankaool (Mexico – ~$142M in assets), until March of 2016 when Banco Original (~$1,67Bn in assets) launched in Brazil.

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America Digital Banking Strategy Fintech 100

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MAY 24, 2018

Through our investment in YellowPepper, we want to bring the best of Visa’s technology and capabilities to a broader set of partners and clients across the region,” Eduardo Coello, regional president for Visa Latin America and the Caribbean, said in the announcement.

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JANUARY 3, 2020

Latin America -based Loft , a digital real estate startup that aims to make buying and selling real estate in the region easier, has raised $175 million in a series C funding round, according to a press release. The company improves real estate transactions by using an organized digital platform that provides data and efficiency.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 14, 2020

MercadoLibre , which operates platforms for buying and selling goods across Central and South America, is eyeing an investment in Brazil next year that would be even bigger than its $716 million investment this year, Bloomberg reported. However, it is not simply a technology or a regulation.

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OCTOBER 18, 2020

And through work with RippleWorks, the nonprofit arm of the cryptocurrency, Mercy Corps will work to implement new digital technology like distributed ledgers and cryptocurrency over a three-year project. Scott Onder , senior managing director for Mercy Corps Ventures, said the initiative would help to fix a broken system. “The

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Payments Source

JANUARY 21, 2020

Ebanx isn't new to the payments technology game in Latin America, having focused on cross-border e-commerce technology a few years ago to allow consumers in that region to make purchases from international merchants.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

1 issue for executives residing in Europe and other advanced economies, while a lack of national governance was a major concern for executives in Latin America. Cyberattacks worried executives in three of the eight regions covered in the research. Back in 2016, cybersecurity was only a major concern for the North American region.

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