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Fintech

How payment processing fees work in fintech

Take one card payment apart: interchange to the issuer, scheme fees to Visa or Mastercard, margin to the acquirer, and why the new rails are aimed at all three.
Take one card payment apart: interchange to the issuer, scheme fees to Visa or Mastercard, margin to the acquirer, and why the new rails are aimed at all three.
Rowen Brooks  · 
Blockchain
Cryptography
Fintech

Tokenised deposits explained: what banks are building next

A tokenised deposit is a bank's own money on a shared ledger. Here is how it differs from a stablecoin, who has one live, and why the two will coexist.
A tokenised deposit is a bank's own money on a shared ledger. Here is how it differs from a stablecoin, who has one live, and why the two will coexist.
Rowen Brooks  · 
Blockchain
Cryptography
Fintech

How stablecoin settlement works in cross-border payments

Follow a payment from Manchester to Lagos to see where the stablecoin removes the correspondent banks, what it costs, and why the last mile is still hard.
Follow a payment from Manchester to Lagos to see where the stablecoin removes the correspondent banks, what it costs, and why the last mile is still hard.
Rowen Brooks  · 
Blockchain
Cryptography
Fintech

Stablecoin 101: how stablecoins work and why they matter

What a stablecoin is, what backs the dollar, why $300bn now sits in them, and how the US, EU and UK rules written in the last two years change the picture.
What a stablecoin is, what backs the dollar, why $300bn now sits in them, and how the US, EU and UK rules written in the last two years change the picture.
Rowen Brooks  · 
Fintech
Retail & E-Commerce
Transportation & Logistics

Ant International's R2 brings embedded credit to Brazil's gig economy

R2's Brazil entry embeds transaction-based working capital into platforms serving millions of SMBs and gig workers across Latin America.
R2's Brazil entry embeds transaction-based working capital into platforms serving millions of SMBs and gig workers across Latin America.
Disrupts Editorial Team  · 
Energy
Sustainability
Real Estate

McEwen Copper raises $240m to push Los Azules toward production

A Sprott-led term loan backs Argentina's largest copper development as global supply tightness and Milei's reforms attract long-term capital.
A Sprott-led term loan backs Argentina's largest copper development as global supply tightness and Milei's reforms attract long-term capital.
Disrupts Editorial Team  · 
Transportation & Logistics
Energy
AI & ML

OZ Studio and Petrolíferos Lobo pitch UN on AI supply chain traceability

A cryptographically sealed AI audit platform, debuted at Geneva, targets illicit oil trade and promises cross-sector replication.
A cryptographically sealed AI audit platform, debuted at Geneva, targets illicit oil trade and promises cross-sector replication.
Disrupts Editorial Team  · 
Fintech
AI & ML

i2c wins Latin America fintech award for AI fraud platform

Global Finance's Innovators 2026 award spotlights how embedded ML is reshaping real-time fraud prevention across Latin America's fast-digitising payments market.
Global Finance's Innovators 2026 award spotlights how embedded ML is reshaping real-time fraud prevention across Latin America's fast-digitising payments market.
Disrupts Editorial Team  · 
Fintech
AI & ML
Retail & E-Commerce

LatAm fintech funding doubles, concentrating in Mexico and Brazil

LatAm fintech VC surged to $1.05bn in Q2 2026, with Mexico and Brazil claiming nine of the region's ten largest deals.
LatAm fintech VC surged to $1.05bn in Q2 2026, with Mexico and Brazil claiming nine of the region's ten largest deals.
Disrupts Editorial Team  · 
Energy
Sustainability
Real Estate

CIP closes $510m Mexico solar-storage project via growth markets fund

Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners brings 420 MWdc solar plus 750 MWh storage to the Yucatán, backed by five global banks and a Mexican pension fund.
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners brings 420 MWdc solar plus 750 MWh storage to the Yucatán, backed by five global banks and a Mexican pension fund.
Disrupts Editorial Team  · 
Fintech
Retail & E-Commerce

Unlimit and Mattilda target Latin America's edtech payments gap

A fintech-edtech partnership in Mexico bets on digital payment infrastructure as the scalable gateway to Latin America's fragmented school-fee market.
A fintech-edtech partnership in Mexico bets on digital payment infrastructure as the scalable gateway to Latin America's fragmented school-fee market.
Disrupts Editorial Team  · 
AI & ML
Fintech
Retail & E-Commerce

Wonderful AI enters Mexico with $300m war chest for enterprise rollout

The applied-AI platform eyes Latin America's pilot-to-production gap, backed by a $150m Series B closed just four months after a $100m
The applied-AI platform eyes Latin America's pilot-to-production gap, backed by a $150m Series B closed just four months after a $100m
Disrupts Editorial Team  · 
Retail & E-Commerce
Transportation & Logistics
Fintech

dLocal's Russell 2000 entry lifts EM payments into index funds

The Uruguayan cross-border payments platform joins a $12.2 trillion benchmarked index universe, broadening institutional exposure to emerging-market financial rails.
The Uruguayan cross-border payments platform joins a $12.2 trillion benchmarked index universe, broadening institutional exposure to emerging-market financial rails.
Disrupts Editorial Team  · 
Biotech

Consolidated Water wins 25-year Cayman licence amid tourism surge

A new 25-year exclusive water licence for Grand Cayman locks in regulated infrastructure as record tourism reshapes island utility economics.
A new 25-year exclusive water licence for Grand Cayman locks in regulated infrastructure as record tourism reshapes island utility economics.
Disrupts Editorial Team  · 
Fintech

Kueski: BNPL Drives Mexico’s 2026 Shopping Surge

Kueski reports rising BNPL adoption in Mexico as consumers seek flexible payments during major discount and sporting events.

Kueski, Latin America’s leading Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) and online consumer lending platform, today released its latest report, “Mexico 2026: The Summer Where Commerce and Sports Converge.” The s

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