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Biccos
Next Fintech
Biccos is a Mexican multi‑currency digital banking and payments app that lets users manage pesos and U.S. dollars in a single account, send and receive money, pay services, and withdraw cash, with a strong focus on financial inclusion for the Hispanic community.
Core products and features
- Biccos provides a digital account with two main wallets: one in MXN and one in USD, opened from your phone in a few minutes.
- With the peso wallet you can receive and send money via SPEI in Mexico, pay utility bills and services, buy dollars, and withdraw cash at ATMs without a card.
- With the dollar wallet you can receive and send USD via ACH or wire as if you were in the U.S., hold balances in dollars, and sell them at competitive FX rates into pesos.
Cross‑border and crypto/stellar rails
- Biccos acts as a Stellar ecosystem “anchor” in Mexico in partnership with FinClusive, enabling compliant U.S.–Mexico remittances where dollars deposited in an insured account are converted to digital assets and sent over Stellar, landing as pesos in Biccos for the recipient.
- This setup aims to make remittances faster and cheaper while maintaining full KYC and compliance, particularly for day laborers and migrants sending money back to Mexico.
Inclusion and user experience
- The app is marketed as a “super app” and “your digital bank on your phone,” designed to be simple and accessible, with interfaces available in eight languages, including Náhuatl and Maya, to reach under‑served segments in Mexico.
- Users can also buy gift cards and pay a wide catalog of services directly from the app or via its PagoBiccos web interface.
Regulatory notes and history
- Biccos was founded around 2017 and is based in San Pedro Garza García, Nuevo León, operating under Mexico’s fintech framework (including crypto and cross‑border payments).
- The CNBV has previously fined Biccos for compliance‑related issues (a penalty of about MXN 179,240), highlighting that the platform, like other fintechs, is under regulatory scrutiny and must continually strengthen its controls.
