Alfred, a business-to-business cross-border payments company, closed a $15m Series A, with a press release dated 26 January 2026. F-Prime Capital led the round, with participation from Brevan Howard Digital and White Star Capital, according to the company's blog and Intelligent CIO LATAM. No valuation was disclosed.
The sources disagree on where Alfred is based: InforCapital said Mexico City, while a company profile cited by LatamFintech listed Miami with Mexico as the country of origin. No city is therefore given. All sources agree it operates in Mexico, Brazil, Colombia and Argentina.
“The challenge was not only technological, but also one of trust.”Matías Plano, Co-founder, Alfred
What Alfred does
Alfred uses stablecoins as a settlement layer for payments between Latin American countries. Its blog said it offers a single API that connects Brazil's Pix, Mexico's SPEI and Colombia's Bre-B, and automates know-your-customer, anti-money-laundering and sanctions screening so clients can operate across markets without local entities.
Intelligent CIO reported that it handles Mexican, Brazilian, Colombian and Argentine pesos and US dollars, and targets fintechs, financial institutions, marketplaces and multinational companies. It said Alfred has processed nearly four million transactions and has reached more than 2.5 million users, which are company figures.
LatamFintech described the platform as one that integrates local banking rails, real-time payment systems and stablecoins in a single API, with settlement in Mexican, Brazilian, Colombian and Argentine pesos and US dollars. Techloy's weekly roundup of Latin American rounds said Alfred offers cross-border payment infrastructure for businesses.
Founders and history
Diego Yánez is chief executive and co-founder, and Matías Plano is co-founder, according to Intelligent CIO. It reported that Alfred received a $250,000 grant from the Stella Community Fund in 2021, which helped it build its first operational product.
The sources do not give a founding year, headcount or total raised. Plano said: "The challenge was not only technological, but also one of trust."
What the money is for
Alfred's blog listed four uses: expanding direct fiat licensing into new jurisdictions and growing existing frameworks, including its El Salvador VASP licence; deepening direct bank relationships in Latin America for faster local-currency payouts; investing in more advanced compliance tooling; and strengthening infrastructure for higher transaction volumes, round-the-clock availability and real-time settlement.
Intelligent CIO added plans to expand to more Latin American markets and to improve developer documentation and analytics. It also described an Asia-to-Latin America corridor that it said has annual volumes above $600bn.
Who invested
F-Prime Capital was quoted without a named individual as saying that the future of payments will be built on blockchain-based stablecoins and modern rails. Yánez said the support allows Alfred to deepen its infrastructure and better serve companies.
The blog noted coverage by Forbes Mexico. The date of the announcement differs between sources: the press release is dated 26 January, Intelligent CIO's article 3 February and the company blog 10 February.
Intelligent CIO LATAM and LatamFintech both listed the same three investors. LatamFintech rendered the investor's view as the future of payments being built around stablecoins and blockchain-based rails. None of the sources reported a valuation, a headcount or earlier venture rounds.
Company website: alfredpay.io