S17R — Advisory for Financial Institutions
We help financial institutions
reach Latin America.
S17R advises banks, fintechs, and regulated financial institutions entering and scaling across Latin America — combining market entry strategy, regulatory insight, and an operator's network built launching payment and stablecoin infrastructure at regional scale.
Leadership
Santiago Rodriguez Ortiz
Founder & Principal, S17R
Santiago currently advises Anchorage Digital, helping licensed banks across Latin America with US dollar settlement, stablecoin custody and treasury, and regulated digital asset infrastructure. Before joining Anchorage Digital, he co-founded and led Minteo, the first company to launch a 1:1 fiat-backed stablecoin in Latin America, issuing COPM, BRLM, and CLPM. He was previously Co-Founder and COO of Wompi, the payments processor acquired by Bancolombia, which moves over 3% of Colombia's GDP as the leading payment gateway in Colombia, Panama, and El Salvador. Santiago is also an active seed investor in early-stage startups and holds a BBA from Universidad de Los Andes.
Track record
Advisory grounded in operating experience.
Anchorage Digital
Advises licensed banks across Latin America on US dollar settlement, stablecoin custody and treasury, and regulated digital asset infrastructure.
Minteo
Co-founded and led the first company to launch a 1:1 fiat-backed stablecoin in Latin America — issuing COPM, BRLM, and CLPM.
Wompi
Built Wompi into the leading payment gateway in Colombia, Panama, and El Salvador, moving over 3% of Colombia's GDP. Acquired by Bancolombia.
S17R's founder is also an active seed investor in early-stage startups across the region. BBA, Universidad de Los Andes.
What we do
Services
Market Entry Strategy
Go-to-market planning, regulatory landscape mapping, and competitive analysis tailored to each country's financial ecosystem — so entry decisions are grounded in reality, not assumptions.
Regulatory & Compliance Advisory
Guidance through local financial regulators, licensing requirements, and compliance frameworks across the region's most active and most complex jurisdictions.
Partnerships & Local Network
Direct connections to local banks, fintechs, and distribution partners — turning a market entry plan into working relationships on the ground.
Why Latin America
A region of scale, and of complexity.
Latin America is one of the fastest-growing financial services markets in the world — and one of the hardest to navigate from the outside. Regulatory regimes differ country to country, trust is earned locally, and the institutions that succeed are the ones that show up with the right partners and the right playbook. That's the gap S17R closes.
Let's talk
Ready to bring your institution to Latin America?
Start the conversation — write to us or connect on LinkedIn.