News of fintech

Argentine fintech Tapi buys Mastercard unit in Mexico expansion

27-06-2025 13:15 Argentine payments services startup tapi has acquired the bill payment and cash-handling operations of Mastercard’s Arcus in Mexico, part of a bid to double-down on Latin America’s second-largest economy.

BANKING & FINTECH

UK fintech giant Revolut to acquire BNP’s Cetelem in Argentina

26-06-2025 14:46 Revolut, Europe’s largest digital bank, to acquire Argentina’s Banco Cetelem, a small local lender owned by BNP Paribas.

BUSINESS & FINANCE

MercadoLibre CEO steps aside after 25 years for chairman job

22-05-2025 08:53 Billionaire founder Marcos Galperin will step down as CEO of e-commerce and financial services giant Mercado Libre in January 2026.

BUSINESS & INVESTMENT

Mercado Libre to invest US$2.6 billion in Argentina this year

09-04-2025 17:31 US$2.6-billion investment marks a 53% increase on last year’s figure and forms part of a wider regional expansion drive.

START-UPS

Dozen Latin America start-ups flagged as top unicorn candidates

11-02-2025 17:01 At least a dozen tech firms in the region could cross the coveted US$1-billion valuation mark this year, according to specialised platform Distrito.

BUSINESS & INVESTMENT

Ualá reaches US$2.75-billion valuation in new funding

11-11-2024 13:39 Fintech firm Ualá has raised US$300 million from investors at a valuation of US$2.75 billion, underlining its position as one of the most valuable start-ups in Latin America.

ECONOMY

Argentina’s reign of cash tips nears its end amid a fintech boom

10-08-2024 15:31 Tips are finally going digital in Argentina thanks to both a boom in financial technology.

BUSINESS & INVESTMENT

Kaszek, Andreessen back Argentina fintech Tapi in US$22-million round

12-07-2024 12:26 Argentine financial technology startup Tapi raises US$22 million in venture funding in a Series A round.

Public rebuke

Central Bank technical move slammed as ‘attack’ by Mercado Pago

26-09-2023 11:23 Technical measure by Argentina’s Central Bank provokes rare public rebuke by fintech arm of MercadoLibre.

DOLLARISATION ON THE CARDS?

Ualá CEO says Argentina dollarisation ‘positive’ for lending

25-09-2023 15:30 Javier Milei’s proposal to dollarise the economy would be positive for long-term lending, according to Pierpaolo Barbieri, chief executive officer of fintech company Ualá.

News of fintech

Argentine fintech Tapi buys Mastercard unit in Mexico expansion

UK fintech giant Revolut to acquire BNP’s Cetelem in Argentina

MercadoLibre CEO steps aside after 25 years for chairman job

Mercado Libre to invest US$2.6 billion in Argentina this year

Dozen Latin America start-ups flagged as top unicorn candidates

Ualá reaches US$2.75-billion valuation in new funding

Argentina’s reign of cash tips nears its end amid a fintech boom

Kaszek, Andreessen back Argentina fintech Tapi in US$22-million round

Central Bank technical move slammed as ‘attack’ by Mercado Pago

Ualá CEO says Argentina dollarisation ‘positive’ for lending

The secrets of Leonardo Scatturice, Milei’s lobbyist in Washington

'Welcome to hell': freed migrants tell of horrors in Salvadoran jail

Argentine policeman punished for letting detainees work at his wedding

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Colombian ex-president Uribe guilty of witness tampering

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