Topic: Fintech

Several firms help Puerto Rican fintech land US$615 million loan

BLP in San José and Guatemala City and Creel, García-Cuéllar, Aiza y Enríquez SC in Mexico City have helped Puerto Rican payment processing company Evertec secure a US$615 million credit line.

13 January 2023

Dentons and Deloitte join forces for fintech service in Chile

Dentons (Chile) has entered an alliance with professional services group Deloitte to boost its regulatory law and risk advice to fintech companies, shortly before it promoted an associate to its partnership.

10 January 2023

Chilean firms lead fintech investment round

Carey has helped Chilean fintech Kredito raise capital through an investment round led by Santiago-headquartered conglomerate Grupo Penta.

15 December 2022

Final call for Who represents Latin America’s 50 largest banks?

Today is the last chance to participate in Latin American Corporate Counsel Association’s (LACCA) research into which law firms are regularly retained by the region's largest 50 banks by assets.

12 December 2022

Brazilian fintech is an evolution, not a revolution

Brazil’s established financial institutions should not feel threatened by emerging fintechs, but regulation will be integral to maintaining competition in the market, according to Eduardo Alcalay, the CEO of Bank of America Brasil.

07 December 2022

Mexican buy now pay later start-up gets US$100 million credit line

White & Case SC in Mexico City has helped Mexican fintech Nelo get a credit facility of up to US$100 million.

08 November 2022

Mexican fintech PayClip gets US$50 million loan

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP in New York has helped Morgan Stanley, HSBC México and JP Morgan Chase lend US$50 million to Mexican digital payment platform PayClip.

10 October 2022

Ecuadorean unicorn grows Mexican presence with fintech buy

Ecuadorean fintech Kushki has hired Morse, Barnes-Brown & Pendleton in Boston and Mexican firm Santamarina y Steta to acquire Mexico City-based counterpart Billpocket.

07 October 2022

GCs meet in Miami to discuss ESG, risk management geopolitical risks and diversity

In-house lawyers at LACCA Live Miami exchanged ideas on how legal departments can most efficiently navigate the choppy waters of geopolitical risk and economic uncertainty, as well as highlighting trends in ESG and digitisation.

06 October 2022

RappiPay obtains US$112 million credit line in Colombia

Colombian fintech RappiPay has hired Mendoza to obtain a 500 billion pesos (US$112 million) financing from a group of local banks.

05 October 2022

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