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Pepe Bolaños

Cometa

Managing Partner
Pepe Bolaños is Managing Partner at COMETA. He sits on the board of several companies, including Kueski (the most prominent Buy Now, Pay Later platform in Latin America and the most prominent online consumer lender in Spanish-speaking markets), Simetrik (a leading finops platform), Solvento (financial platform that empowers Mexico’s supply chain by streamlining auditing, factoring, and payment processes for 3PLs and carriers), Prometeo (one of the largest open banking platform in the region), MoradaUno, among others. Beyond his work in venture capital, Pepe is committed to social causes and serves on the Board of trustees of Save the Children, a globally respected organization dedicated to improving the lives of children worldwide. Before joining COMETA, Pepe led financial services, consumer goods, and oil & gas projects at Bain & Company. He also spent six years at CEMEX in leadership roles focused on financial planning and commercial strategy for its USD 2B+ operation. Pepe holds an MBA with specialization in Finance from INSEAD (France), an MS in Marketing from the University of Oregon (USA), and executive education in Private Equity & Venture Capital from Harvard Business School. He earned his degree in Mechanical Engineering from ITESM.
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Jun 3, 2026
1:00 PM1:30 PM

From Imported Fintech Models to Exported Financial Infrastructure

Pepe Bolaños
Description
A decade of fintech innovation has seen emerging markets adapt and localize global financial models to meet domestic needs. Increasingly, however, these ecosystems are beginning to reverse the flow, building scalable financial infrastructure that is exported and replicated across markets. This session will explore how fintech companies evolve from importing proven models to becoming global infrastructure providers, and what it takes to design systems that can scale across regulatory environments, customer behaviors, and financial ecosystems worldwide.
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