Start-ups, Gender Disparities, and the Fintech Revolution in Latin America

Bernardo Batiz-Lazo and Ignacio González-Correa
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Ignacio González Correa

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Abstract: This chapter considers the process of entrepreneurial activity to deploy financial technologies (fintech) through mandate-specific new companies in Latin America. We deal with important historical issues such as defining the term, establishing temporal and industrial activity boundaries, positioning this particular process within other organizational forms typical of the region, the role of women and other relevant issues such as the modernization of retail payments and personal lending. A central question is whether fintech start-ups have had a 'scissor' effect in the entrepreneurial process of Latin America: at the base of the pyramid (that is, reducing frictions to support overall entrepreneurial activity, increasing financial inclusion, etc.) and near the top (by creating new business leaders). As a result, this chapter provides an initial assessment of gender disparities and barriers enabling women entrepreneurs in the fintech ecosystem.

Keywords: fintech; gender; women; entrepreneurship; startups; Latin America (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G2 J16 M13 N26 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021-08
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