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Arcos Dorados

Can the world's largest independent McDonald's franchisee build a centralized, technology-driven treasury and financial operations layer capable of efficiently managing capital, FX, and liquidity across 20 LatAm markets at scale?

Founded2007
HQMontevideo, Uruguay
Latest roundNYSE: ARCO (public company)
IndustryMarketplace / Food delivery
The story

Arcos Dorados was carved out of McDonald's in 2007 as an independent franchisee operator for Latin America and listed on NYSE in 2011. While its core business remains restaurant operations and sub-franchising, the company has invested significantly in treasury sophistication — deploying Kyriba to centralize multi-country, multi-currency treasury operations across 20 markets. Its recent capital structure activity (a $200M RCF in 2025 and $150M Brazilian subsidiary debt) reflects a maturing corporate finance function focused on cost efficiency and FX management across a highly fragmented LatAm footprint.

Last 12 months
2025-09
2025-12
2026-01
Product timeline
2007
Arcos Dorados created as an independent entity when it acquired McDonald's Latin America operations.· pivot
2011
Arcos Dorados completed its IPO on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: ARCO).· ipo
2020
McDonald's signed an international mobile app payments agreement with Adyen, planned for rollout across global markets including Latin America.· banking
2025
Arcos Dorados deployed Kyriba treasury management platform, achieving 40% reduction in operational treasury costs and unlocking 25% of liquidity across its 2,400-location network.· banking
2025
Arcos Dorados entered into a new $200 million syndicated revolving credit facility replacing prior $75 million facilities, maturing in 2029.· lending
2025
Brazilian subsidiary secured $150 million in new bank debt to fund a tender offer for Sustainability-Linked Senior Notes due 2029, reducing total financing costs.· lending
The stack
2 layers disclosed in Arcos Dorados’s embedded-finance stack
Payments / PSP
Adyen
Lending
in the full report
Accounting gap: none
3 more providers across 1 layer, with confidence-scored evidence and source URLs, are in the Embedded Finance Index report.