847. News: Revolut take on Nubank in Mexico as fintech heats up in LATAM

Our expert hosts, Kate Moody and Nadine Timmer-Bodenstein, are joined by some great guests to talk about the most notable fintech, financial services and banking news from the past week, including Revolut's new banking licence in Mexico, just as Nubank also ramp up in the region. Plus, the launch of Project Nemo, a new 12 month initiative aimed to improve disability inclusion in fintech.

This week's guests include:

• Sophie Vo, This Week in Fintech
• Joanne Dewar, Project Nemo Lead

We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space:

• Revolut receives a banking licence in Mexico (03:10)
• Project Nemo launches to improve disability inclusion in fintech (14:02)
• Ozone API and Thistle Initiatives to Help Banks Get Ahead of PSD3 (27:29)
• Pipe Launches Embedded Solution to Make Funding More Accessible to Millions of SMBs (37:05)
• Adyen and UNICEF Launch Partnership to Accelerate Progress for Children Worldwide  (47:06)
• Canada to get open banking legislation this year (48:22)
• Brazilian woman arrested after taking a corpse to sign a bank loan (49:47)

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