Fintech

San Francisco-based private equity firm True Wind Capital this week announced the successful close of its second fund, True Wind Capital II. At $817 million in equity commitments, the fund’s targets were exceeded. True Wind Capital was launched in 2015 by Adam Clammer and James

The report argues that fintech’s unique value propositions are powering the move to digital banking, with an increase in adoption across age groups. The pandemic saw users adopt fintech services to replace or complement traditional banking actions.

Bradesco has been beefing up its digital banking arm in recent years and now operates three brands: Next, Digio and Bitz

Mexican FinTech Stori closed a $125 million oversubscribed Series C equity funding round, paired with a debt raise to fund Stori’s credit card portfolio.

The Series B round was followed by SoftBank and Kaszek; isaac had already sued over BRL 900 million in school tuition

Less than six months after raising $8 million in seed funding, Chilean proptech startup Houm has raised $35 million in a Series A round led by Silicon Valley venture capital firm Goodwater Capital. Fifth Wall also participated in the financing, along with existing backers OneVC, Elad Gil, Liu Jang and new investors Fen Ventures, Broadhaven...

Crypto investments will begin with a single development in Quintana Roo, but they'll soon be available for La Haus's 80K properties.

Listen now (29 min) | Brynne McNulty Rojas, Co-Founder and CEO of Habi, a PropTech company revolutionizing the real estate market in Latin America and streamlining the traditionally opaque home buying process in the region

Volt has expanded operations to Brazil to make way for real-time payments, currency export and foreign exchange to the Central Bank of Brazil.

The platform is aimed at first-time investors; among the cryptocurrencies already available are Bitcoin, Ethereum, and BRZ