Top Fintech LatAm News Stories for October 1, 2021

Here are the most read news stories from our daily newsletter today:

  • Mexican fintech Konfio says now worth $1.3 bln with new capital – Reuters
  • E-Commerce Brand-Builder Merama Closes US$225 Million Series B Financing Co-Led by Advent International and SoftBank – Martech Series
  • The State of LatAm Fintech Report: Latin American Banking’s ‘New Tangibles’ –  LatAm Intersect PR
  • Accel, Tiger and Stripe’s COO back Mexico City-based Higo as it raises $23M for its B2B payments platform – TechCrunch
  • Carabela, from Angel Ventures Guadalajara, announces two seed investments – Contxto
  • Tivit mira B2B com nova plataforma de banking as a service (BaaS) – Finsiders
  • LuegopaGO.com llega a Colombia y ya está mirando a Brasil y México – Valora Analitik
  • Inside Latin America’s Creator Economy: Rich in Influence, Poor in Cash – Future
  • Latin America Digital Transformation Report 2021 – DocSend
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    John has been in communications since graduating from Creative Communications at Red River College Polytechnic in Winnipeg in 1992. He launched one of Canada's first digital-only local news sites called Winnipeg First in 2007, which led to digital editor postings with the Winnipeg Free Press and Edmonton Journal. In 2012 he joined Bankless Times as managing editor, later becoming president and CEO. He and the Bankless Media co-founders completed a sale and exit in August 2021.