SendMe!
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Throughout Latin America and especially in Chile, cashMoney in physical form such as banknotes and coins. More is very popular. This is because lots of retailers don’t take credit cards on account of the associated costs, and because card operators don’t want to install POSAbbreviation for “point of sale”. See Point-of-Sale terminal. More systems in remote locations.
Sendme is a Chilean FinTech company that decided to tackle the problem of access to cash, and developed the SendMe! app so that anyone can get it when they need it.
According to Fernando Viego, one of the company’s founders, “SendMe! stems from one key idea – everyone is a potential ATM or transaction mechanism.”
He adds, “The model is based on three pillars: the option for people to withdraw moneyFrom the Latin word moneta, nickname that was given by Romans to the goddess Juno because there was a minting workshop next to her temple. Money is any item that is generally accepted as payment for goods and services and repayment of debts, such as taxes, in a particular region, country or socio-economic context. Its onset dates back to the origins of humanity and its physical representation has taken on very varied forms until the appearance of metal coins. The banknote, a typical representati... More without needing an ATM, whether from another person or from a retailer; the need for traders to dispense of accumulated cash without having to go and deposit it at a bank, reducing the risk of being robbed; and preventing suppliers from having to come back from deliveries with huge sums of cash. The idea is to create a virtuous circle where everyone benefits.”
How SendMe works
The application is now fully developed and digital platforms are being used to raise awareness of how to find and download it free from Play Store.
Another of the founders, Luis Lombardo, notes “We’re in the process of looking for capital so that we can finance the operation in Chile and explore markets to scale up as quickly as possible, because there may only be two or three applications of this kind at the moment and we believe it’s an excellent opportunity for investors.”
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