Prometeo

Prometeo is an open-banking API company founded in 2018 in Montevideo, Uruguay, by Ximena Aleman, Rodrigo Tumaian, and Eduardo Veiga. It builds infrastructure that lets financial institutions and other businesses validate, move, and manage money across Latin America and other Americas markets through a single connection layer.

Its platform bundles bank account validation, transfer payments, and a borderless banking layer that unifies regional payment rails into one operational dashboard, reporting more than 7,500 bank and financial-institution connections. Clients include banks, payment gateways, lending platforms, and e-commerce marketplaces, with partners such as dLocal, BBVA, Santander, and Mercado Libre.

1. Bank account validation: The API confirms account ownership and status before a payment is sent.

2. Transfer payments: Businesses initiate transfer payments across connected banks in Latin America.

3. Borderless banking: A unified layer routes transactions through local rails in each market.

4. Operational dashboard: Clients monitor connections and transactions from one dashboard.

5. Broad bank coverage: Prometeo reports over 7,500 connections to banks and financial institutions.

6. Regional reach: The platform serves banks, gateways, lenders, and marketplaces across the Americas.