Latin America, London, and the future of finance and fintech

Latin America, London, and the future of finance and fintech

On Tuesday 18 April, Canning House held the New Pathways for Latin American Finance conference at J.P. Morgan’s headquarters in Canary Wharf, London. Across two high-level panels and a fireside chat, speakers discussed the possibility for rekindling collaboration between the UK and LAC’s financial services industries, and zoomed in on opportunities in the region’s world-renowned fintech industry.

Following introductions from Lauren Anderson, J.P. Morgan’s Managing Director, Head of Government Relations for EMEA; and Jeremy Browne, CEO of Canning House, our first panel, Connecting Latin America to London: Financing New Prosperity began proceedings with panellists sharing their experiences on what London can offer as platform for Latin America to do business worldwide. Moderated by Jeremy Browne, the panel included Carla Ferreira, former UK CEO of Bradesco and now Deputy Chair of the Brazilian Chamber of Commerce in Great Britain; Luis Fernando from Patria Investimentos; Polina Kurdyavko from RBC BlueBay Asset Management and Gui Silva from Tagus Capital.

A wide-ranging fireside chat between Martin Gilbert, Chairman of Revolut, Co-Founder of Aberdeen Asset Management and a member of Glencore’s board, and Sid Venkataramakrishnan, Banking and Fintech Correspondent at the Financial Times, touched on topics from Revolut’s interests in the Latin America, and the success of Nubank there, to the region’s approaches to regulation and the opportunities available in its fintech markets.

The second panel, Joining Forces on FinTech: Building Bridges, Boosting Business, saw participants offer shared learnings in fintech between the UK and Latin America, and contemplating what the UK – and other countries – may be able to learn from Latin America’s “fintech boom.” This panel featured Vishal Dalal from Pismo; Suzy Ferreira, founder of Dinie; Jovi Overo from Unlimint; and Domingos Falavina from J.P. Morgan, who dialled in from Brazil. The panel was chaired by Mark Simpson from Baker McKenzie.

Following these excellent discussions, participants joined the audience for a networking reception.

Canning House thanks J.P. Morgan for its support in holding this conference; all of our participants for their invaluable insights; and our audience.