Nexxus Capital made an undisclosed investment in Translatum Holding to develop FinTech platforms, such as money remittance systems, in Mexico.

(Press Release) Nexxus Capital announces that on May 5th, 2017 it has completed its investment signed on February 15th, 2017 in Translatum Holding S.A.P.I. de C.V. (“TransNetwork”), a holding company to develop a fintech payments platform in which the first component is TransNetwork, a leading company in the B2B electronic domestic and cross-border processing and payments industry. The company enables transfers between the United States, Mexico and other Latin American countries as well as domestic money transfers within Mexico. This investment has been made through Nexxus Capital Private Equity Fund VI, L.P. and Nexxus Capital VI Trust (jointly “Nexxus VI”).

TransNetwork’s money transfer business enables licensed and regulated financial institutions to connect under one standard technology, granting access to a diversified payment network (banks and retailers) in Mexico, Central and South America. With 15 years in the market, TransNetwork has developed a group of transmitters and 20,000 paying locations through 24 payers in eight countries (Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru), and with expansion programs underway through diverse commercial alliances.

The remittance corridor between the United States and Latin America has the highest volume in the world, with around US$44 billion worth of remittances sent in 2015 according to the World Bank.