News of e payments

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.

FINANCIAL MANOUEVRING

Brazil pitches plan to guarantee exports to Argentina in yuan

23-08-2023 15:56 President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s administration searching for ways to aid Argentina amid its intensifying economic crisis, while also attempting to ensure Brazilian exporters are paid for sales.

BLOOMBERG

Billionaire-backed Ualá launches ‘star product’ in Mexico

14-02-2023 14:35 Argentina’s Ualá, the fintech company backed by George Soros, Steve Cohen and Tencent Holdings, will begin offering credit cards in Mexico through its alliance with ABC Capital.

BLOOMBERG

Fintech firm Ualá to start giving personal loans in Mexico

05-12-2022 17:06 Ualá will begin offering loans for its clients in Mexico through its alliance with Mexican bank ABC Capital.

BLOOMBERG

Ualá acquires ‘buy now pay later’ company Ceibo Creditos

06-09-2022 12:53 Argentina's Ualá has acquired Ceibo Créditos, a fintech firm specialising in providing credit and financial services that include "buy now, pay later" options.

FINANCE

PIX, the e-payment system revolutionising Brazil

29-08-2022 16:13 In under two years, PIX has become the most popular form of payment in Brazil, surpassing credit and debit cards.

WELFARE & POVERTY

Millions relying on food banks and soup kitchens as prices surge

29-04-2022 14:51 More than four million people depend on food banks and soup kitchens to eat in Argentina, and although the country has a well-oiled welfare network, the fight against high prices is tough and uncompromising.

BLOOMBERG

Ualá launches mobile payments for small businesses in Mexico

28-04-2022 10:19 Argentina’s Ualá mobile payments company is expanding into merchant services in Mexico.

Brazil election 2022

Cash handouts are saving Brazil’s poorest — and Bolsonaro’s campaign

18-04-2022 16:56 Jair Bolsonaro trails in polls for Brazil's upcoming presidential election. The outcome may hinge on government subsidies in a nation riven by inequality.

EDITORIAL

Picky with the pickets

09-04-2022 00:01 Civic patience in Argentina is being increasingly strained by escalating social protests.

DEBT RESTRUCTURING

Argentina to resume Paris Club talks over US$2-billion debt

22-03-2022 15:50 Argentina is resuming negotiations this week with a wealthy group of nations known as the Paris Club over US$2 billion in outstanding debt as a grace period ends.

BLOOMBERG – ANALYSIS

IMF-backed subsidy cuts are boon to power producers

10-03-2022 18:10 Energy producers in Argentina are poised to fare best from the agreement with the International Monetary Fund.

IMF DEBT DEAL

Argentina would receive US$9.8B in first IMF disbursement, says Guzmán

04-03-2022 23:00 Argentina's government will receive about US$9.8 billion in a first disbursement from the International Monetary Fund if its new financing programme is approved, Economy Minister Martín Guzmán said on Friday.

BLOOMBERG

Argentine fintech Ualá launches in Colombia amid LatAm expansion

27-01-2022 16:42 Mobile payments startup Ualá is kicking off operations in Colombia, its third market in Latin America after Argentina and Mexico.

BLOOMBERG

Argentina asks China to expand yuan swap to strengthen reserves

26-01-2022 13:48 Argentina has already requested the increase and the topic will be discussed next week in Beijing with Chinese President Xi Jinping when President Alberto Fernández travels there for the Winter Olympics, a second person said.

BLOOMBERG

Argentine fintech Ualá buys Mexican bank ABC Capital

05-11-2021 02:07 Argentine financial services startup Ualá has reached an agreement to buy Mexican bank ABC Capital SA, as part of its bid to keep growing abroad.

BRAZIL UNDER BOLSONARO

Bolsonaro welfare plan shakes Brazil markets, sparks resignations

22-10-2021 10:36 Brazilian president's move to dramatically increase welfare payments to the country's underprivileged groups, a year ahead of crucial elections, shakes up markets and triggers resignations.