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US-based consumer products platform Aterian has begun selling product on the Mercado Libre marketplace.
ecommerce, online shopping, marketplace, partnership, expansion
Simetrik, a B2B financial solutions platform, has announced a USD 55 million Series B funding round led by Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs Asset Management.
funding, investment, financial services, artificial intelligence
Spiralem's Bruno Diniz explores the evolution of Open Finance in Latin America, its impact, and future prospects.
Open Banking, Open Finance, report
Bob Hoyler of Euromonitor discusses slowing growth, citing changing consumer behaviour. Despite challenges, cross-border ecommerce thrives, driven by marketplaces.
ecommerce, cross-border payments, behavioural biometrics, marketplace, research
Worldcoin, a company that verifies identities using iris scanning, has announced that it upgraded World ID’s in-app verification process in Argentina.
identity verification, fraud prevention, identity fraud, digital verification, identity method, product upgrade
Worldcoin has announced it now supports integrations for its World ID with Minecraft, Reddit, Telegram, Shopify, and Mercado Libre.
biometrics, online security, cryptocurrency, artificial intelligence, identity verification, blockchain
Tue To, Manager at Edgar, Dunn & Company, dives into the ways in which BigTech giants are reshaping finance, blurring boundaries, and disrupting traditional banking with innovation and embedded financial services.
ecommerce, bigtech, real-time payments, Open Banking, embedded finance, digital payments, banks, BaaS, growth markets, financial services, credit card, e-wallet, fintech, payments
‘Pull transfers’ have been put into operation in Argentina, enabling bank clients to send money directly from their bank accounts without entering the account of origin.
Open Banking, fintech, central bank, bank transfer, fraud prevention
Ecommerce player MercadoLibre has filed complaints against Apple with antitrust regulators in Brazil and Mexico for anti-competitive practices, accusing the company of monopoly.
growth markets, Competition and Markets Authority, marketplace, ecommerce, super app
New investment and payment players are appearing while some await approval of government regulation to gain clarity. Vinícius Vieira of Bexs Pay details this momentum shift.
cryptocurrency, CBDC
Citi Ventures, the venture capital arm of investment bank Citi, has invested in LATAM-based Open Finance fintech Belvo, according to AltFi.
investment, Open Finance, banks, fintech
US-based Ripple, a provider of enterprise blockchain and cryptocurrency solutions, has announced the launch of RippleNet’s On-Demand Liquidity (ODL) in Brazil in partnership with Travelex Bank.
expansion, product launch, crypto, B2B payments, payment methods
Bluebenx, a Brazil-based cryptocurrency investment platform, has suspended withdrawals for at least six months due to an alleged hack that made the company lose more than USD 31 million.
fraud management, fraud detection, AML, cryptocurrency, blockchain, financial crime
Mercado Libre, Latin America’s ecommerce company, has announced plans to expand its crypto trading feature across the region after a successful start in Brazil.
expansion, cryptocurrency, payment methods, blockchain
Spain-based international bank Santander has announced plans to offer crypto trading to its clients in Brazil in the latter half of 2022.
product launch, cryptocurrency, tokenization, cryptocurrency exchange
Mastercard has partnered with Mercado Libre to strengthen the security and transparency of its crypto ecosystem in Brazil.
cryptocurrency, transaction monitoring, risk management, MasterCard, blockchain, fraud prevention
Super apps are becoming more and more popular across the world. Annmarie Mahabir, Principal Payments Consultant at Endava, explores what banks can do to compete in this new space of super apps
super app, banks, payments , digitalisation, e-wallet, transactions , data, financial services, BaaS, regulation
Jeremy Gottschalk and Maximiliano Pinnau, on behalf of Marketplace Risk, talk about the key trends in the marketplaces sector and the main fraud challenges impacting this business model
marketplace, ecommerce, account takeover, credit card, cross-border payments, cross-border ecommerce
LATAM ecommerce platform Mercado Libre has announced it will invest USD 1.47 billion in its Mexico operation, increasing the funding by a third compared to the 2021 investment.
Mercado Libre, ecommerce, ecommerce platform, online shopping, funding, investment, digital payments, digitalisation
Argentina based ecommerce platform Mercado Libre has acquired shares in the 2TM Group, parent company of Mercado Bitcoin, and made an investment in Paxos.
Mercado Libre, cryptocurrency, cryptocurrency exchange, digital assets, investment, blockchain, Bitcoin, Ethereum