There are some 40 million Mexicans who are excluded from certain financial products due to banks not thinking it is a segment worth going after, but Filiberto Castro does.
The former banking executive worked at banks including Citi and Scotiabank for nearly a decade before moving into the fintech space to be chief of growth at Konfio. That’s where Castro said he saw how well technology could help people access financial services that were previously out of reach.
He met his co-founders David Hernandez and Amran Frey at Konfio, and, along with Israel Garcia, started Aviva, a Mexico-based fintech startup focused on bringing working capital to unserved communities.
Aviva’s approach uses artificial intelligence and natural language processing to match customers’ spoken word to the fields of a re...
