Pomelo

Assessment

Pomelo is used by fintechs, banks, and large companies launching prepaid, debit, and credit cards in Latin America. Its best use cases are multi-country programs in Mexico, Brazil, and the Southern Cone, card programs for crypto and remittance firms, and migrations off older regional processors. It prices by quote, and its main competitors are Paymentology, Marqeta, Thredd, and regional processors such as Prisma.

Gastón Irigoyen, Hernán Corral, and Juan Fantoni founded Pomelo in 2021. It offers issuing, processing, a credit core, loyalty, stand-in processing, BIN sponsorship, chargeback management, and risk tools, and it has country managers for Mexico, Brazil, and the Southern Cone. Pomelo says it processes billions of dollars in payment volume. Kaszek and Insight Partners co-led its $55 million Series C in January 2026, bringing total funding to $160 million.

It fits a company that wants a single provider for cards in several Latin American countries, with BIN sponsorship where it lacks a license. It is a weaker fit for programs focused on Europe, the US, or Asia.

Rating by criterion

We score each of the eight criteria out of 100.

Sector criteria

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Against its peers

These are the other companies in payments and acquiring, with their ratings.

User comments

These buyer-oriented points draw on Pomelo’s company and Series C pages and coverage of its founding.

• Upside

  “We launched cards in Mexico and Argentina with the same API, which our engineers really appreciated.”

• Upside

  “BIN sponsorship came with the platform, so we did not need a bank partner in every country.”

• Downside

  “Pomelo is built for Latin America, so our plans for Europe will need a different processor.”

Where customer reviews couldn't be found, our analysts attempted to give a voice to buyer sentiment, drawing on real information from review sites, forums and product documentation. We omit sites where vendors pay to be featured or pay for a review, plus any review the site flags as incentivized.

Based on: Pomelo about page; Pomelo Series C announcement; Endeavor story.

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Competitive landscape

Card issuing platforms a Latin American fintech or bank would compare with Pomelo.

• Pomelo75
• Paymentology76
• Marqeta74
• Thredd74
• Prisma Medios de PagoNot reviewed

Comparisons

• Marqeta vs Pomelo

Key leadership

• Gastón Irigoyen

Gastón Irigoyen co-founded Pomelo in 2021 and is chief executive. He was earlier the first chief executive of Naranja X.

How this review was created

This profile gives our own assessment of Pomelo to companies selecting a Payments & acquiring provider. The Fintech Index receives nothing for featuring a firm, for sponsorship, or for advertising, and Pomelo gave us no payment for the profile.

The rating equals the average of eight criteria, with every criterion running from 0 to 100. Four address buyer needs in this sector, and four address the company together with its commercial terms.

Ratings are our editorial judgment, made from public information: pricing and legal pages, product documentation, compliance disclosures, public reviews and filings. Fact-checking took place on November 10, 2026.