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Jorge C. Carrasco
JoinedOct. 7, 2022
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Jorge C. Carrasco is a Contributing Reporter at Fintech Nexus. He reports on fintech, economy, banking, startups, and technology, covering the most impactful stories from a Latin American perspective.

He has contributed to several international publications, such as Foreign Policy, The Spectator Australia, Estadão, Época, Washington Examiner, and Quillette. Originally from Havana, Cuba, he is now based in Brazil.

Syncfy
Payments
·Dec. 22, 2022

Open finance platform Syncfy raises $10 million seed round

Syncfy's platform enables API access to financial data from more than 125 different financial institutions in LatAm.
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Nubank
LatAm
·Dec. 20, 2022

Nubank announces $330-million capitalization in its Mexican operation

The Mexican operation represents Nubank's second-largest market and is seen as a strategic target in the company's internationalization plan.
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Jonathan Whittle of Quona Capital interviews Stefan Miller Alvarez from Klar, session is Digital banks’ path to monetization
LatAm
·Dec. 19, 2022

LatAm22: Fintechs are changing emerging markets’ ecosystems — but can they monetize?

Millions of people in Mexico do not have access to basic financial products, but fintechs have been working to radically change the scenario.
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Thales Freitas, left, Bitso Brazil with moderator Andres Fontao, Finnovista, during their session at Fintech Nexus LatAm 2022 in Miami on Dec. 13, 2022.
LatAm
·Dec. 16, 2022

LatAm22: Recovering consumers’ trust in crypto after FTX meltdown

Along the companies trying to soften the crisis impact on their business was Mexico's Bitso, one of the largest crypto exchanges in LatAm.
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Wagner Ruiz, EBANX, left, chats with Fintech Nexus chairman Peter Renton on the Payments Innovations in Rising Markets session on the keynote stage.
LatAm
·Dec. 14, 2022

LatAm22: How fintechs are bringing innovation to payments in emerging markets

Wagner Ruiz, Co-founder of EBANX, talked at the Fintech Nexus LatAm 2022 event about the outlook for payment innovation in emerging markets.
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LatAm
·Dec. 13, 2022

LatAm22: How should fintechs leverage innovation over incumbents?

In eight months since its creation, Clara became a unicorn, the fastest Latin American startup to obtain this designation yet.
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Kredito
LatAm
·Dec. 9, 2022

Chilean Fintech Kredito closes $6 million debt funding round

Kredito was founded in 2018 to create a solution that would provide "fair interest rate" loans to startups and small-cap companies.
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Brazil's crypto asset regulation
LatAm
·Dec. 8, 2022

Brazil approves new crypto asset regulation

For many players in this market, the new law brings greater legal certainty for investors and companies working with these crypto assets.
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Destácame
LatAm
·Dec. 6, 2022

Destácame closes $10 million series B round to consolidate expansion in Mexico

Destácame already has 4.5 million users and wants to reach 10 million users by 2025, expanding its operation in Mexico.
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Trii
LatAm
·Dec. 5, 2022

LatAm app Trii raises $3 million

This new funding will allow Trii to expand operations in three key countries in the region: Colombia, Peru and Chile.
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