Fintech in Latin America and the Caribbean: Stocktaking

Pelin Berkmen, Kimberly Beaton, Dmitry Gershenson, Javier Arze del Granado, Kotaro Ishi, Marie Kim, Emanuel Kopp and Marina Rousset

No 2019/071, IMF Working Papers from International Monetary Fund

Abstract: In Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), financial technology has been growing rapidly and is on the agenda of many policy makers. Fintech provides opportunities to deepen financial development, competition, innovation, and inclusion in the region but also creates new and only partially understood risks to consumers and the financial system. This paper documents the evolution of fintech in LAC. In particular, the paper focuses on financial development, fintech landscape for domestic and cross border payments and alternative financing, cybersecurity, financial integrity and stability risks, regulatory responses, and considerations for central bank digital currencies.

Keywords: WP; electronic money; Fintech firm; legal tender; private sector; transaction costs; Fintech; cross border payments; financial sector; financial regulation; financial stability and integrity; cyber risk; cyber regulation; monetary policy; central banks; digital currencies; competition.; transmission mechanism; firms in Mexico; beneficial owner; payment startup; value chain; technology company; savings account; Peer to Peer; market structure; investment management firm; Mobile banking; Central Bank digital currencies; Remittances; Global; Caribbean; Asia and Pacific; Africa; South Asia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 53
Date: 2019-03-26
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