Our Managing Director David B. Levy Maduro sat down with Laurent Cochet on the AI InterConnect Podcast to talk about what building payment infrastructure in the Caribbean and Latin America actually looks like from the inside.
38 minutes, and not a sales conversation. The ground it covers is the ground that decides whether a payments company in this region survives.
What gets discussed
Risk averse banks. Every acceptance story in this region starts with a bank, and banks here carry correspondent banking pressure that institutions in larger markets do not. Understanding why a bank says no is most of the job.
Fragmented regulation across 30+ markets. Each territory has its own regulator, its own expectations and its own pace. There is no single rulebook to comply with, which is precisely why international platforms look at the region and walk away.
Real-time data in payments. What actually becomes useful once transaction data is available as it happens, rather than in a monthly report.
Why collaboration matters more than competition here. In a market this size, fintechs that treat each other purely as rivals tend to shrink the market rather than win it. The larger opportunity is the cash that has not moved yet.
Worth a listen if
You are building anything in a small market and tired of advice written for large ones. The constraints described in the conversation apply well beyond payments.
The episode runs 38 minutes and is titled Scaling Payment Infrastructure in the Caribbean & LATAM. Watch the full episode on YouTube, or find the AI InterConnect series on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.