UK fintech Revolut marks Latin America debut with Brazil launch
Revolut will initially offer a multi-currency account and crypto investing for customers.
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LatAm open finance platform Belvo acquires Brazilian paytech Skilopay
The deal will see Belvo become “the most complete” account-to-account (A2A) payments provider in Brazil.
Mexico’s Clara secures $60m in equity funding round led by GGV Capital
Clara has now raised a total of $160m in equity funding since it began operations over two years ago.
Demystify Podcast: Demystifying social media in banking with Paula Rothman, Nubank
Paula Rothman, Nubank’s social and content lead, explains how the challenger bank harnesses the power of social media.
Visa and Mastercard reportedly in talks to acquire Pismo
Visa has reportedly submitted a bid of $1.4bn after an initial offer of $1bn was rejected by Pismo.
Nubank appoints former Meta crypto head David Marcus to board
Marcus previously spent seven years at Meta and co-created the firm’s cryptocurrency Diem (formerly Libra).
Brazilian central bank gives Meta the go-ahead to launch WhatsApp business payments feature
Customers will soon be able to make payments to small businesses directly from WhatsApp.
Thunes appoints Victor Lucena as new head of Latin America
Lucena has previously worked for financial services firms including Binance, Rapyd, Worldpay and PayU.
Inter&Co acquires real estate investment start-up YellowFi
Inter&Co provides financial services through its ‘super-app’ to more than 25 million users.
Brazil’s C6 Bank taps Thought Machine for core banking technology
The bank will be powered by Vault Core, Thought Machine’s cloud-native core banking platform.
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