“Can a small Peruvian fintech become the default mobile financial OS for the unbanked by combining a prepaid Mastercard wallet with digital lending infrastructure?”
Founded in 2016 as Weego, a fintech infrastructure company connecting Peruvian consumers seeking personal, vehicle, or business loans with financial entities via fully digital channels. The company operates the Kontigo digital wallet and prepaid Mastercard card, targeting the unbanked and underbanked Peruvian market. In late 2023, Kontigo absorbed the user base of 'Billetera y Tarjeta W' when GMONEY exited its electronic money issuance role, consolidating the product under the Kontigo brand and growing its consumer wallet footprint.
Kontigo (Weego)'s cards run on Mastercard.
The Embedded Finance Index 2026 maps 2 layers in Kontigo (Weego)'s stack: Card network (Mastercard); Lending (Personal loan origination platform, Vehicle loan origination platform and Business loan origination platform).
Kontigo (Weego) was founded by Yosy García and is founded in 2016, headquartered in Santiago de Surco, Lima, Peru.
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