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📌 New blog alert! At last month’s Mexico Tech Week, Quona, Accion Ventures, and Flourish Ventures co-hosted our LatAm Fintech Forum & Investor Day, a two-part event exploring how regulation, capital, and innovation are shaping the next phase of fintech and financial inclusion in Latin America. We heard from Eduardo Flores Herrera (White & Case LLP & Case), Diego Szteinhendler (Mastercard), Tomas Wintour (J.P. Morgan), Kevin Lehtiniitty (Borderless), Nicholas Yepes (Moffin), Marvin A. Palavicini Arce (CXC) , and Carlos Mario Marín Arroyave (Akua), who shared their perspectives on the evolving landscape across policy, innovation, and infrastructure. A few key themes stood out: ⚖️ Mexico’s fintech regulation is evolving, balancing innovation with stronger compliance frameworks. 💳 Financial inclusion continues to deepen, with more consumers gaining access to formal financial services, yet cash remains dominant in everyday transactions, highlighting room for further digitization. 📈 Capital markets are showing renewed optimism, with investors returning as liquidity improves. 🤖 AI is moving from hype to impact, powering smarter collections, KYC, and fraud detection. 💱 Stablecoins are emerging as programmable money, but ensuring this new financial system expands access responsibly—with appropriate regulation, consumer protection, and practical use cases—will be key, especially as stablecoins gain traction in emerging markets. ⚙️ Modern infrastructure, from cloud-native payments to automated credit data, is unlocking faster and more inclusive financial systems. Read our full recap blog for deeper insights from these sessions! 🔗 https://lnkd.in/gGQ93ZZq Rafa de la Guia Maria Jose Aguilar Belmont Kristin Sadler Matt Schaar Khalid Alzubi Sebastian Molina Gasman, CFA Diana Narváez (she/her) Karen Rizkallah Jonathan Whittle ganesh rengaswamy Monica Brand Engel

Headed to Singapore FinTech Festival next week? Be sure to connect with our team on-site. Quona co-founder and managing partner ganesh rengaswamy is speaking, as well as Quona principal Taka Yamada. Be sure to get your festival pass today if you haven't already, and we'll see you in #Singapore! https://lnkd.in/emZ8Tmr With Elis Kwek, CA and Satvik B.

Across emerging markets, stablecoins are transforming from speculative tools into essential instruments of inclusion—helping people and businesses move money faster, cheaper, and more securely. But as we know at Quona Capital, innovation is only as strong as the infrastructure beneath it. That’s why we’re thrilled to back Pave Bank, a next-generation, licensed digital bank built for the Web 2.0 and Web 3.0 economy. Pave bridges the worlds of fiat and digital assets with a full-stack platform for business banking: current accounts, payments, digital asset custody, global transfers, and treasury management—all under one regulated roof. What makes Pave stand out? Its combination of a banking license and a proprietary tech stack that enables seamless, programmable transactions across fiat and stablecoin rails—offering speed, compliance, and reliability in a space that’s long been fragmented. Since launch, Pave has shown impressive traction—expanding deposits, clients, and transaction volume—while empowering businesses to operate effortlessly in a multi-asset world. 👏 Kudos to Salim Dhanani and the entire Pave team for building the trusted rails of tomorrow’s financial system. We’re proud to support Pave’s mission to bridge traditional and digital finance—and to help make programmable banking a driver of global inclusion. 🌍 More here: https://lnkd.in/ddMHTyaK #Fintech #FinancialInclusion #DigitalAssets #Stablecoins #Infrastructure #QuonaCapital #PaveBank

Excited to partner with Silence Laboratories for DeCompute 2025 — bringing together leaders shaping the future of financial privacy, cryptography, and secure AI infrastructure. Join us on 11 November during Singapore FinTech Festival as we explore how privacy-preserving computation is redefining trust and collaboration in finance!

Just back from a power packed week at the FII Institute in Riyadh. Thrilled to have shared the platform with the likes of Ray Dalio, Larry Fink, Jamie Dimon & Bill Ackman! Always energizing to see the vision the Kingdom has for the region, and the warmth and hospitality extended by our friends in Riyadh. And certainly, no trip is complete without an amazing Kauffman Fellows catch-up! Monica Brand Engel Yasmine Shama ganesh rengaswamy Quona Capital

If you haven't seen our latest video yet, be sure to check it out! Our LPs got an early peek at it during our Annual Meeting at the beautiful Manhatta in #NYC, and now it's available for everyone on Vimeo. Enjoy! Monica Brand Engel, Jonathan Whittle, ganesh rengaswamy, Linda Yu, David Mathewson, Johan Bosini, Varun M., Rafa de la Guia, Maryna Higgins, CPA, Kristin Sadler, Yasmine Shama, Izzy Schmidt, Adrienne Henderson, Taka Yamada

What a week in Mexico City! 🇲🇽 Last week during Mexico Tech Week, Quona partnered with Accion Ventures and Flourish Ventures to host a sold-out, two-part event showcasing the strength and momentum of Latin America’s fintech ecosystem. 💬 LatAm Fintech Forum & Breakfast The morning brought together leaders from Mastercard, J.P. Morgan, White & Case LLP, Borderless, Moffin , CXC, and Akua for insightful discussions on: - The evolving Mexican regulatory landscape and what it means for innovation - AI’s growing role in collections, KYC/AML, and customer engagement - The rise of stablecoins as programmable money for cross-border payments - Infrastructure breakthroughs lowering barriers to inclusion and growth 🤝 Investor Day In the afternoon, we hosted curated 1-on-1 meetings between our LatAm portfolio companies and 40+ equity and debt investors, helping founders connect with capital and accelerate their fundraising journeys. Huge thanks to our partners, speakers, and the incredible fintech community for making this one of the highlights of #MexicoTechWeek! Rafa de la Guia Diana Narváez (she/her) Matt Schaar Kristin Sadler Maria Jose Aguilar Belmont Karen Rizkallah Sebastian Molina Gasman, CFA Khalid Alzubi Diego Szteinhendler Eduardo Flores Herrera Tomas Wintour Kevin Lehtiniitty Marvin A. Palavicini Arce Carlos Mario Marín Arroyave Nicholas Yepes

The Quona team is feeling energized after an inspiring week at the The Global Impact Investing Network Forum in Berlin! Co-Founders and Managing Partners Monica Brand Engel and Jonathan Whittle, as well as Kristin Sadler and Izzy Schmidt joined 1,200+ global leaders to discuss the future of impact investing. We were proud to see Quona represented on two important stages: ✅ Monica Brand Engel spoke on the panel “Impact Investing’s Great Reallocation: Rethinking Risk, Return, and Liquidity” alongside Andrea Kaufman (PGIM) and Lauren C. (Azarine), discussing how capital can be more effectively directed to transformative solutions in emerging markets. ✅ Kristin Sadler shared insights on the panel “Next Frontiers in Impact Measurement and Management” with Joohee Rand (Impact Principles ), Catherine Macaulay, CFA (Schroders), Shami Nissan (Actis), and Antonia Sariyska, CAIA Sariyska (UBS Global Wealth Management), diving into how our industry can deepen integrity, transparency, and outcomes. The conversations and meetings we had were deeply relevant and energizing, and we look forward to turning them into action!

Headed to Global Fintech Fest in #Mumbai this week? Don't miss Varun M. and Satvik B. from our team. Here are details on where to find them October 7-8!