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EPISODE · May 20, 2025 · 1H 12M

João Del Valle, EBANX: Cross-Border Payments in 29 Countries

from The J Curve with Olga Maslikhova · host Olga Maslikhova

Del Valle is Co-Founder and CEO of EBANX — one of Latin America’s most iconic fintech stories, processing billions in cross-border payments across 29 countries and powering transactions for Spotify, AliExpress, and Shein. EBANX is backed by Advent International in one of the firm’s largest-ever tech deals. Founded in Curitiba, outside Brazil’s traditional tech hub, EBANX was built global-by-design from day one.In this episode, João shares how regulatory and payment complexity became core to EBANX’s GTM playbook, what 2022–2023 taught him about discipline and founder-mode leadership, how he leads distributed teams across the U.S., China, and Latin America, what it means to scale sustainably without blitzscaling, and tactical insight on navigating cross-border regulation, local payment rails, and real-time systems like Pix and UPI.Subscribe to​ our weekly newsletter ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The J Curve Insider⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for deeper insights and follow Olga on⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram.

Del Valle is Co-Founder and CEO of EBANX — one of Latin America’s most iconic fintech stories, processing billions in cross-border payments across 29 countries and powering transactions for Spotify, AliExpress, and Shein. EBANX is backed by Advent International in one of the firm’s largest-ever tech deals. Founded in Curitiba, outside Brazil’s traditional tech hub, EBANX was built global-by-design from day one.In this episode, João shares how regulatory and payment complexity became core to EBANX’s GTM playbook, what 2022–2023 taught him about discipline and founder-mode leadership, how he leads distributed teams across the U.S., China, and Latin America, what it means to scale sustainably without blitzscaling, and tactical insight on navigating cross-border regulation, local payment rails, and real-time systems like Pix and UPI.Subscribe to​ our weekly newsletter ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The J Curve Insider⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for deeper insights and follow Olga on⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram.

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