Embedded finance integrates payments, credit, and insurance within apps that aren't banks. Using the myth of Hermes as a guiding thread, this piece explains what embedded banking is, why it's growing in Latin America, and what risks it demands be managed responsibly.
Decades of financial crises have left Latin America with a reasonable sense of distrust. Today, digital banking and applied artificial intelligence face the region’s real challenge: eliminating friction is not enough—trust must be rebuilt, one transaction at a time.
AI is replacing traditional scoring in credit decisions: thousands of variables, responses in seconds, lower delinquency, and greater financial inclusion. Here's how the model is changing across Latin America.
Should banks build their own language models or contract an external one? Costs, regulatory risks, and the hybrid path leading players in Latin America are choosing.
Digital intuition is the ability of banks, digital wallets, and fintechs to anticipate what a person needs at the moment of payment. An everyday scene — boarding the bus and paying with your phone — shows how AI is changing our relationship with money in Latin America.