Pomelo
Card issuing and payments infrastructure for Latin America
About
Pomelo is an API-first card issuing, processing and payments infrastructure platform for Latin America, serving 150+ banks, fintechs and corporates including Santander, BBVA, Western Union, Rappi and DolarApp. Founded in 2021, it raised a $55M Series C and is building a stablecoin-native global card and payment tokenization.
Key products
- Founded
- 2021
- HQ
- Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Stage
- Series C
- Funding
- $55M Series C (Kaszek, Insight Partners)
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