# Amero Exchange > Empowering the unbanked Amero Exchange is a digital asset exchange and payments platform. It helps unbanked and underbanked users across Latin America access digital currencies, wallets, and cross-border remittances. Amero Exchange is a financial services company that connects digital assets with everyday payments across Latin America. It provides an exchange, custodial and non-custodial wallets, and on and off ramp services that let users convert between fiat currency and digital assets at convenience stores and remittance locations throughout the region. The platform targets unbanked and underbanked individuals, freelancers, digital nomads, and immigrant communities who need practical tools for cross-border money movement. The company addresses the cost and friction of traditional cross-border payments in Latin America, where transferring funds between countries can be slow and expensive. Its platform functions as a software layer that lets users acquire digital assets through supported payment methods and withdraw value as cash through a network of retail and remittance partners. It also offers a prepaid card that lets users spend or withdraw digital dollars, and supports virtual bank account access for receiving payments from abroad. The company's offering spans exchange services, wallet infrastructure, remittance transfers, and card issuance, grouped around the goal of bridging physical and digital finance. It works with payment and remittance networks to extend its cash in and cash out coverage across multiple countries. Amero Exchange is used by individuals sending or receiving remittances, freelancers being paid from abroad, and merchants and consumers seeking access to digital asset based payments. - Type: Company - Sector: Finance - Status: Active - Founded: 2021-04-01 - Profile: https://thegrid.id/profiles/amero_exchange ## Products - [Amero Exchange](https://thegrid.id/profiles/amero_exchange): Amero Exchange is a centralized exchange and non-custodial super app that lets users buy, sell, and hold digital assets in Latin America. The platform converts fiat currency into digital assets and back through supported payment methods, with wallet infrastructure built on programmable wallet technology across multiple blockchains. It serves unbanked individuals, freelancers, and digital nomads seeking fiat-to-crypto conversion and asset management. The app also provides access to a virtual United States dollar account, letting users receive payments from abroad and hold balances alongside their digital assets. (Centralised Exchange, Live, Main Product) - [Amero Card](https://thegrid.id/profiles/amero_exchange): Amero Card is a cryptocurrency prepaid card that lets users load digital assets and spend them at merchants worldwide. It converts stablecoin balances to fiat at the point of sale and supports cash withdrawals from ATMs globally. The card is issued in both virtual and physical formats through Mastercard and Visa network partnerships. (Card, Live) - [Amero On/Off Ramp](https://thegrid.id/profiles/amero_exchange): Amero On/Off Ramp is a payment service that lets users convert cash and traditional payment methods into digital assets and back. It supports bank transfers, cards, and cash transactions at convenience stores and banks across Latin America, alongside a partnership enabling cash withdrawals and deposits at physical remittance locations. Users can also send stablecoin remittances to recipients and access a virtual United States dollar account for receiving international payments. (On/Off Ramp, Live) ## Links - [Main](https://amero.exchange) - [Terms of Service](https://www.amero.exchange/terms) - [Privacy policy](https://www.amero.exchange/privacy) - [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/ameroexchange) - [Instagram](https://instagram.com/ameroexchange) - [Twitter / X](https://x.com/amero_exchange) - [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/ameroexchange) - [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWlpFv5cR4rpNieSc_HKJ-g) ## Legal This data is provided under two licensing models. Model 1 - open data. 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