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Latin America is emerging as a tech powerhouse, but it's not a one-size-fits-all market.
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A conversation about the role startups are playing in partnership with big banks and where Tim disagrees with the zeitgeist on the adoption of AI in financial services.
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a16z General Partner Angela Strange, Plaid CEO Zach Perret, and Marqeta CEO Simon Khalaf discuss how AI and fintech will shape the future of banking.
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a16z’s Fintech partners analyze Intuit’s new AI assistant, JPM’s partnership with Gusto, and mark a recent embedded fintech development.
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How cross-border infrastructure, instant payments, and open banking advances are creating a more integrated, financially inclusive world.
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The company of the future is default global. Top fintech entrepreneurs are pursuing integrated cross-border payment infrastructure and full-stack solutions.
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The process of moving money between countries is complicated and costly. Here's how foreign exchange works and what happens when you send money abroad.
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The UK is the goldilocks of financial services: big enough to be meaningful on a global scale, but small enough to make decisions faster than the U.S. or the rest of Europe.
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Fintech has the potential to fully drive India’s economy. One major factor: the Reserve Bank of India has enacted progressive regulations at a rapid pace.
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Advances in licensing and open finance, the promise of ubiquitous instant payments, and regulatory support for solutions are feeding a fintech surge.
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Through the introduction of open banking and other regulatory advances, the B2B sector is poised to reshape the financial landscape for enterprises in Mexico.
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Though there has been a significant increase in the number of funds and banks offering debt financing to startups in Brazil, many founders in the country still find raising debt capital to be a complicated process. This resource offers a practical roadmap.
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Instant payments, tiered licensing for fintech startups, sandbox programs, and other regulatory changes have had a marked impact on financial services.
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The way businesses move money internationally has not changed in decades. Why do cross-border transactions take so long and cost so much to complete? The distributed global ledger is to blame. Here are the three key wedges to create other types of business payments.
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Much opportunity exists to build a modern software stack that supports the next generation of default global companies, from local employment law and talent sourcing to multi-country incorporation and expense management.
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As businesses become more global, payment complexity increases. Financial operations is an emerging software category that presents a massive opportunity.
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There is an enormous amount of untapped opportunity in Latin America for financial services of all types. The region is currently experiencing an explosion of fintech activity, and this is just the beginning. Here are the key market dynamics, the headwinds, and where we believe the next billion-dollar companies will emerge.
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Subscribe to the monthly a16z fintech newsletter for more fintech commentary, news, and analysis.
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In the near future, I believe every company will derive a significant portion of its revenue from financial services. That’s going to fundamentally change banking as we know it. Even companies that have nothing to do with financial services will have the opportunity to benefit from fintech.
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Traditional financial services have failed an enormous segment of the population, whether because they’re “unbanked” or because the state of those services makes it even more expensive to be poor. Why have so many low-income populations around the world been left behind?
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In India, where many small towns do not have "organized" retail, mobile and web retail is leapfrogging over physical department stores. How do new companies connect people to products when the logistics infrastructure is still nascent?
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Much opportunity exists to build a modern software stack that supports the next generation of default global companies, from local employment law and talent sourcing to multi-country incorporation and expense management.
Instant payments, tiered licensing for fintech startups, sandbox programs, and other regulatory changes have had a marked impact on financial services.
There is an enormous amount of untapped opportunity in Latin America for financial services of all types. The region is currently experiencing an explosion of fintech activity, and this is just the beginning. Here are the key market dynamics, the headwinds, and where we believe the next billion-dollar companies will emerge.
The way businesses move money internationally has not changed in decades. Why do cross-border transactions take so long and cost so much to complete? The distributed global ledger is to blame. Here are the three key wedges to create other types of business payments.
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Latin America is emerging as a tech powerhouse, but it's not a one-size-fits-all market.
-
A conversation about the role startups are playing in partnership with big banks and where Tim disagrees with the zeitgeist on the adoption of AI in financial services.
-
a16z General Partner Angela Strange, Plaid CEO Zach Perret, and Marqeta CEO Simon Khalaf discuss how AI and fintech will shape the future of banking.
-
In India, where many small towns do not have "organized" retail, mobile and web retail is leapfrogging over physical department stores. How do new companies connect people to products when the logistics infrastructure is still nascent?
-
a16z’s Fintech partners analyze Intuit’s new AI assistant, JPM’s partnership with Gusto, and mark a recent embedded fintech development.
-
How cross-border infrastructure, instant payments, and open banking advances are creating a more integrated, financially inclusive world.
-
The company of the future is default global. Top fintech entrepreneurs are pursuing integrated cross-border payment infrastructure and full-stack solutions.
-
The process of moving money between countries is complicated and costly. Here's how foreign exchange works and what happens when you send money abroad.
-
The UK is the goldilocks of financial services: big enough to be meaningful on a global scale, but small enough to make decisions faster than the U.S. or the rest of Europe.
-
Fintech has the potential to fully drive India’s economy. One major factor: the Reserve Bank of India has enacted progressive regulations at a rapid pace.
-
Advances in licensing and open finance, the promise of ubiquitous instant payments, and regulatory support for solutions are feeding a fintech surge.
-
Through the introduction of open banking and other regulatory advances, the B2B sector is poised to reshape the financial landscape for enterprises in Mexico.
-
Though there has been a significant increase in the number of funds and banks offering debt financing to startups in Brazil, many founders in the country still find raising debt capital to be a complicated process. This resource offers a practical roadmap.
-
Instant payments, tiered licensing for fintech startups, sandbox programs, and other regulatory changes have had a marked impact on financial services.
-
The way businesses move money internationally has not changed in decades. Why do cross-border transactions take so long and cost so much to complete? The distributed global ledger is to blame. Here are the three key wedges to create other types of business payments.
-
Much opportunity exists to build a modern software stack that supports the next generation of default global companies, from local employment law and talent sourcing to multi-country incorporation and expense management.
-
As businesses become more global, payment complexity increases. Financial operations is an emerging software category that presents a massive opportunity.
-
There is an enormous amount of untapped opportunity in Latin America for financial services of all types. The region is currently experiencing an explosion of fintech activity, and this is just the beginning. Here are the key market dynamics, the headwinds, and where we believe the next billion-dollar companies will emerge.
-
Subscribe to the monthly a16z fintech newsletter for more fintech commentary, news, and analysis.
-
In the near future, I believe every company will derive a significant portion of its revenue from financial services. That’s going to fundamentally change banking as we know it. Even companies that have nothing to do with financial services will have the opportunity to benefit from fintech.
-
Traditional financial services have failed an enormous segment of the population, whether because they’re “unbanked” or because the state of those services makes it even more expensive to be poor. Why have so many low-income populations around the world been left behind?