TikTok is now the third-largest worldwide social network, according to our inaugural forecast. It will have 60% more users than Snapchat and twice as many as Twitter this year.

Nearly 400 million people in Latin America will use social networks in 2022. Facebook remains the region's biggest platform, but it will experience its slowest user growth on record this year as TikTok and Instagram make gains.

Telemundo’s new streaming brand thins the barrier between English- and Spanish-language content: NBCUniversal and Comcast hope Hispanic viewers will turn Peacock’s luck around.

Its plan to significantly reduce its presence in Mexico is just one example of how scale could be a double-edged sword for banks.

In H1 2021, Mercado Libre scooped up more than $13 billion in digital sales across Latin America, making it the region’s biggest ecommerce company.

Over the past two years, retail ecommerce in Latin America has experienced unprecedented growth. Now, although people are returning to physical stores, consumers have fully embraced buying online, paving the way for long-term growth in the region.

This report analyzes H1 2021 retail ecommerce sales figures for seven companies in Latin America, including Mercado Libre, Magazine Luiza, and Falabella. It also explores key trends that are helping to fuel ecommerce growth at each of these companies.

Digital currencies are coming soon to a country near you: Mexico introducing a plan to launch a Central Bank Digital Currency is only the latest development in the fast-developing market for digital currencies.

A US neobank is offering a simple onramp to crypto that targets Hispanic users. Could it pave the way for using digital assets in cross-border payments?

Brands will need to look beyond climate change lip service and create strategies that address consumers’ specific concerns in each of the markets they operate.

Neobank funding bonanza shows promise still outweighs profitability—for now: Globally, challengers brought in large funding hauls that signaled investors’ continued confidence in the space. But their patience in the face of commoditization and unprofitability won’t be endless.

Brazil-based credit startup Open Co, India’s BNPL card fintech Uni, and cannabis card provider SuperNet are all meeting unmet payment needs.

In Latin America in 2022, digital payments will make gains, consumer expectations around ecommerce will shift, corporate sustainability and social issues will come to the fore, SMBs will bank on social commerce, and retail media networks will make their presence felt.

Monzo follows a slew of its global peers in winning a big funding round. Now these players must make smart spending decisions that demonstrate their maturity to investors.

Payments are set to break physical and digital borders in 2022. Innovations will make payments accessible across regions; super apps will address consumers’ financial needs all in one place; and lending will extend credit to once-inaccessible segments.

Kueski offers consumer installment lending in Mexico, and Nigeria-based TradeDepot offers B2B BNPL for online merchants.