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Episode Synopsis
In this episode, Jackson sits down with Jimena, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Prometeo, to discuss the future of financial infrastructure in Latin America. Jimena shares her journey from tech journalism to entrepreneurship, the inspiration behind building Prometeo, and how the company is creating a unified API layer across the Americas to power open banking, real-time payments, and next-generation financial innovation.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
- How Prometeo became one of LatAm’s leading open banking infrastructure platforms
- The challenges of building across highly fragmented regulatory and technical environments
- Why true financial inclusion requires more than just account access
- How real-time payments, cross-border rails, and agentic financial services are reshaping the region
- Prometeo’s philosophy on trust, cybersecurity, and building long-term infrastructure “legacy”
In this episode, you’ll learn:
- How Prometeo became one of LatAm’s leading open banking infrastructure platforms
- The challenges of building across highly fragmented regulatory and technical environments
- Why true financial inclusion requires more than just account access
- How real-time payments, cross-border rails, and agentic financial services are reshaping the region
- Prometeo’s philosophy on trust, cybersecurity, and building long-term infrastructure “legacy”
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