“Can a Latin American capital-goods auction marketplace vertically integrate its own payment/escrow infrastructure to control the full high-value transaction lifecycle?”
Founded in 1999 as an online auction marketplace for capital goods (vehicles, heavy machinery, industrial equipment, real estate) in Brazil. Expanded across Latin America (Chile, Argentina, Colombia, Peru) and evolved into a broader 'Superbid Exchange' ecosystem. Built proprietary financial infrastructure — the sbX platform with the sbXPAY payment account and Wallet sbX — to internalize settlement of high-value auction transactions rather than depend fully on third-party PSPs. Previously partnered with S4Pay for transaction security.