Latin America’s unfinished financial revolution
Brazil’s Pix transformed payments for millions of users. The entire region can go further, by building on models from India and Singapore to close a large credit, insurance and identity gap.
Irene Arias Hofman
Irene Arias Hofman is the CEO of MIRA, a US-based advisory and investment firm working at the intersection of technology, capital and policy. She also serves as an independent director for Davivienda Group, where she sits on the risk, audit, and corporate governance committees. From 2018-2025, she was CEO of IDB Lab, the innovation and venture capital arm of the Inter-American Development Bank, following almost two decades with the International Finance Corporation.