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by glsdfgkjsklfj 1925 days ago
> we have 2 options

hum. this is a telltale that you know very, very little about latin america.

There is actually 4 options. And you left the TOP TWO out.

1st is boleto. where you get a payment slip with the total bill split in monthly payments, with instructions to pay at the bank with special cases for late payment, etc.

The 2nd most used is to write pre-dated, pre-signed monthly checks. That work like an informal version of the boleto and gives more leverage to the seller.

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Thanks for the info. Those two options, at least in Mexico (second largest country in latam) don't exist. I presume that on those countries where they do exist aren't as popular as traditional payment methods. What countries do you use those two options?
Parent is most probably talking about Brazil, where we do have both "boleto" and "cheque pré-datado". Boleto is very convenient and I wish it existed here in the US. Can you make another startup to introduce Boletos in the US?
I am in the US let's roll!