DdLocal is a financial technology company that provides cross-border payment solutions for global merchants, especially in emerging markets. It enables pay-ins (accepting online payments) and pay-outs (issuing refunds) through multiple routes using local payment methods and regional compliance. By connecting international businesses with consumers in growing markets, dLocal helps merchants expand globally while meeting local regulations and handling transaction fees. The company differentiates itself by focusing on emerging economies, offering a broad set of local payment options, and ensuring regulatory compliance to enable seamless, borderless transactions. Its goal is to bridge the payments innovation gap between global brands and emerging markets, supporting international growth for its clients.
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Montevideo Department, Uruguay
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2016
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DLocal (NASDAQ:DLO) reported third-quarter payment volume up 77% to $18.3 billion, and record net income up 31% to $68 million. Gross profit rose 28% to $132 million. Currency pressure in Brazil, Mexico and Argentina, plus softer smaller markets, has tempered the outlook. The company expects full-year payment volume growth near the top of its 60%–70% range, but gross profit growth around the midpoint of its 25%–30% range. Adjusted free cash flow was $99 million, and DLocal repurchased about $34 million of shares. Management warned that some of the cash-flow benefit and operating margin strength may not last.
dLocal shares fell 2.9% in after-hours trading on Thursday after the payments firm's third-quarter revenue missed forecasts. Revenue rose 41% year on year to $398.1 million, below the analyst consensus of $406.7 million. Adjusted earnings per share of $0.23 beat the $0.22 estimate. Total payment volume rose 77% to $18.3 billion, and net income hit a record $68 million. Gross profit grew 28% to $132 million, but gross margin fell to 33% from 37%, reflecting a shift toward local-to-local and pay-out volumes and softer Argentine volumes. Adjusted free cash flow rose 163% to $99.1 million. dLocal kept its full-year guidance for payment volume and gross profit growth. It now expects operating profit growth at the lower end of its 27.5%-32.5% range, citing currency headwinds in Brazil, Mexico, and Argentina.
This is an initial public offering of the Class A common shares, US$0.002 par value per share of DLocal Limited, or dLocal. dLocal is offering 4,411,765 Class A common shares to be sold in this offering. The selling shareholders identified in this prospectus are offering 25,000,000 Class A common shares to be sold in the offering. We will not receive any proceeds from the sale of Class A common shares by the selling shareholders.
A vision for the future of payments at Argentina Payments Forum. Marcos Picardo, dLocal's Head of Global Partners & Enablement - OPS, recently shared his vision for the evolution of payments through 2030 at Argentina Payments Forum, hosted by J.P. Morgan. The discussion explored changes that could reshape how individuals and businesses manage their finances. In the coming years, payments are likely to become nearly invisible, instant, interoperable, and seamlessly embedded in the user experience. One of the most profound shifts, however, could take place in Treasury: moving from daily close operations to managing liquidity and payments in real time, around the clock, explained Picardo. The conversation also considered a future in which AI agents carry out an increasing number of transactions on behalf of individuals and businesses. This raises important questions about the safeguards, boundaries, and accountability required for every transaction. Cross-border interoperability will be another key challenge: moving money between countries and currencies as smoothly as a domestic transfer, while preserving the traceability required by regulators and finance teams. This evolution brings together instant payment systems, such as Brazil's Pix, new settlement options such as stablecoins, and the use of AI to prevent fraud and support reconciliation. For dLocal, the challenge is to connect these experiences to the local payment rails in each market while complying with applicable licensing requirements and regulatory frameworks. Picardo thanked J.P. Morgan for the opportunity and the conversation.
dLocal and Alternative Airlines partner on flexible payments for travel bookings in emerging markets. Posted On 2 September 2026 dLocal (NASDAQ: DLO), the leading cross-border payment platform connecting global merchants to emerging markets, has partnered with Alternative Airlines, the global flight search and booking site, working with the world's leading airlines, to give travelers in emerging markets the option to book flights now and pay over time. Airfares and travel packages are the kind of high-ticket purchases where installments matter most. In countries like Brazil, that expectation is already built into consumer behavior: parcelado, the country's decades-old habit of splitting purchases into monthly payments, accounts for more than half of all credit card spending. But across emerging markets in general, only around 10-15% of consumers own a credit card at all, so the travelers who most need a way to spread out a fare are often the ones without a card that can do it. For an Online Travel Agency operating across dozens of countries, closing that gap one lender and one contract at a time is neither fast nor easy to repeat. For Alternative Airlines, this partnership is more than a single integration. Their model is built around making travel more accessible by letting customers fly now and pay over time, and BNPL Fuse, dLocal's solution combining leading local BNPL providers via a single integration, brings exactly that flexibility. Travelers can spread the cost of a flight or travel package over time instead of paying it all upfront, while Alternative Airlines collects full payment right away and carries no payment risk. Through Fuse, the company now offers Addi and Pagaleve, leading local Buy Now, Pay Later providers in Colombia and Brazil respectively, via one API integration and one contract. The same setup gives Alternative Airlines a path to BNPL Fuse's wider network, which currently spans eight countries and reaches over 500 million potential buyers, with more markets and local providers to come. Looking ahead, the two businesses plan to build on this foundation and move into markets where the habit to pay in parts is already familiar to consumers: Chile, Pakistan, and countries across Asia and Africa. In each of these markets, outbound travel demand is growing faster than credit card penetration, which is precisely the mismatch BNPL Fuse is designed to close. "Making travel accessible has always meant more than just search and price, it means giving people a real way to afford the trip," said Sam Argyle, Managing Director at Alternative Airlines. "BNPL Fuse lets us bring that same flexibility to markets where a credit card was never part of the equation, without having to build a relationship with every local lender ourselves." "Travel is one of the clearest cases for Buy Now, Pay Later in emerging markets, because the price tag is bigger and the decision takes more thought," said Clarice Leaman, Alternative Payments Operations Lead at dLocal. "Alternative Airlines already thinks about consumer affordability the way we do. Our job is to make sure that mindset works the same way in Bogotá as it does in São Paulo, and eventually everywhere else they fly."
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Company Size
1,001-5,000
Company Stage
IPO
Headquarters
Montevideo Department, Uruguay
Founded
2016
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