FinovateFall 2021 / IMPESA
Presenter Profile:
How they describe themselves: Impesa is a software development fintech company, a Principal Visa Issuer License, and Visa Developer. It was the first FinTech to be allowed access to Costa Rica’s ACH, SINPE. Impesa is certified by PCI DSS. Its B2B corporate customers are the largest banks in Central America and the Caribbean. Its B2C customers include over 5,200 PayPal affiliated businesses and freelancers, over 60,000 app downloads of our Monibyte app, and more than 800,000 users of our control features through our affiliated channels.
How they describe their product/innovation: Monibye is a globally scalable application, go to market with products such as Card Controls, real time P2P payments using Visa Direct and Funds Disbursements for the gig economy.
Product distribution strategy: Direct to Consumer (B2C), Direct to Business (B2B), through financial institutions
Contacts
Bus. Dev.: Mario Hernandez, CEO, mario@impesa.com & Christopher Music, COO, cmusic@impesa.net
Press: Gloriana Carballo, PR & Marketing Director, gloriana@impesa.com
Website: impesa.com
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/impesa
Twitter: @impesainc
HQ: San José, Costa Rica
Founded: June 2013
Product Demoed: Monibyte app
Metrics: Expansion Stage Startup: $1M-$5M in annual revenue, $5M-$25M in total funding
Actively Seeking Capital: Yes (Series B)
Presenters: Mario Hernández (CEO & Co-Founder), Gloriana Carballo (PR & Marketing Director)
- Key Executives
Mario Hernandez (CEO), Christopher Music (COO), Johnny Robles (CTO), Gloriana Carballo (Marketing & PR Director)
Key Stats
- Key Partnerships
Visa, PayPal, Evertec, Equifax
- Key Customers
Banco Nacional, Banco Popular, Davivienda and Banco Lafise in Costa Rica, Banco Popular Dominicano, TPago and Scotiabank in Dominican Republic, Banco Industrial in Guatemala, Metrobank, Credicorp and Banco Aliado in Panama