Digital or mobile wallets, wallets with P2P payments capability and virtual banking, e.g., Apple Pay. Content related to neo-banks is included in this category, as is content related to contactless payments.
This Spanish language video with Jorge Solis of Peru’s Confederation of Municipal Savings Banks describes the relevance of digital wallets to financial inclusion efforts.
CAJAS MUNICIPALES LANZARAN BILLETERA ELECTRONICA EN EL 2024 (PERU) Read More »
A link to an article listing the top digital or mobile wallets in Brazil in 2023.
DIGITAL WALLETS IN BRAZIL Read More »
A Spanish language article in Colombia’s Vanguardia about digital wallet penetration in Colombia and the most popular wallets.
OCHO DE CADA DIEZ COLOMBIANOS USAN BILLETERAS VIRTUALES¿CUALES SON LAS MAS POPULARES? Read More »
A link to Statista and a list of mobile wallet adoption rates by country.
MOBILE WALLET ADOPTION BY COUNTRY 2023 (STATISTA) Read More »
Digital wallets are creating opportunities for different customer experiences while the region still has room to grow.
WHY LATIN AMERICAN CONSUMERS ARE EMBRACING ALTERNATIVE PAYMENT METHODS Read More »
Pismo is a global company based in Sao Paulo, Brazil that offers a complete platform to banks of all sizes and fintechs through which they can launch and manage a digital wallet.
PROFILE OF PISMO (Brazil) Read More »
A link to Crunchbase’s profile of Colombian fintech pioneer Rappi’s Rappi Pay mobile money solution.
PROFILE OF RAPPI PAY Read More »
An image or slide of the distribution of users by age group of Colombia’s DaviPlata mobile wallet.
DISTRIBUTION OF DAVIPLATA USERS IN COLOMBIA BY AGE 2018 Read More »
A slide showing the percentage of respondents to a survey in Latin America that make payments using their mobile device in 2023 (in Spanish).
This report describes how Latin America and Caribbean markets will grow this year in ‘real’ terms by 1.6% but PPP terms, the region will expand by over 6% and per capita consumption, when measured in USD will grow by a whopping 11%. The figures owe their divergence to the impressive appreciation (vs the USD) of the region’s most actively traded currencies: the Mexican Peso, Brazilian Real and Chilean Peso, buoyed by hawkish local monetary
polices.
LATIN AMERICA 2023 – THE YEAR OF GROWTH THAT EVERYBODY MISSED Read More »