The Trillion‑Dollar Detour: What Mexican Fintechs Are Really Trading Away to Conquer the Rest of the Global South
Mexican fintech founders like to boast that they’re “born in chaos, built for scale.” The reality is tougher: every peso of global upside demands a sacrifice—of product purity, regulatory certainty, or unit economics. This is the trillion‑dollar wager hidden inside Mexico’s export narrative.
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