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WEBSITE
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SECTOR
Financial Technology and Services
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INVESTMENT YEAR
2017
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STATUS
Current
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LOCATION
Curitiba, Brazil
EBANX
Leading cross-border payment processing company that offers Latin American local payment methods to international merchants, enabling them to sell their products and services to Latin America.
Investment Theme
Global cross-border payments is large and growing market with Latin America representing a significant opportunity.
Partnering with the payment platform enabling commerce across Latin America for global and domestic companies
“FTV’s knowledge of the global payments ecosystem has proven invaluable to EBANX as we continue our rapid growth journey. The FTV team has a wealth of strategic industry connections and has facilitated many relevant commercial discussions. They have also helped make possible key executive hires, including our global chief commercial officer.
We have benefitted from FTV’s long legacy of helping high-growth payments companies scale, helping us to further institutionalize our business in areas such as strategy, reporting, sales and corporate development. FTV has been a true partner in our journey.”
Through a disruptive business model, EBANX created a turn-key commerce & payments platform to connect millions of Latin Americans with global and domestic businesses.
Established in 2012, EBANX has operations in Brazil, Colombia, Argentina, Peru, Chile, Bolivia, Ecuador, Uruguay and Mexico. The company is achieving record growth and fueling the digital revolution in Latin America by putting their customers first and streamlining obstacles previously plaguing the cross-border and domestic e-commerce market, such as low conversion and acceptance rates, high local operational complexities and costs, high fraud and chargeback rates, and logistical challenges.
Providing more than 100 Latin American local payment options to international merchants, EBANX continues to expand and diversify its enterprise pipeline, adding new merchants to its already impressive list including Airbnb, AliExpress, Amazon, Pipedrive, SHEIN, Shopee, Spotify, Sony, Uber and Wish.
EBANX became a unicorn in 2019 and was recently named in Fintech 250, CB Insight’s prestigious list of emerging private companies working on groundbreaking financial technology.
FTV Value Add
Board Expertise
FTV has invested in 25 payments companies and delivers its deep industry expertise to accelerate EBANX’s growth.
C-level Talent Recruitment
Drawing from our talent pool, we helped strengthen the EBANX team and have helped facilitate a number of strategic hires, including the company’s Chief Commercial Officer.
Operations
As a partner across all functions of EBANX’s business, FTV assisted in geographic & product expansion, institutionalizing sales, marketing & account management, evaluation & execution of acquisitions, negotiating key strategic relationships and supported EBANX to enhance reporting & visibility into key strategic & operational initiatives fueling the company’s substantial growth.
Strategic Introductions
FTV continually leverages our Global Partner Network and has made 30+ strategic and commercial introductions to help accelerate EBANX’s growth.