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Exchange🇲🇽 Mexico Founded 2014bitso.com
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Last reviewed
2026-08-07

Compliance snapshot

  • Electronic payment funds institution authorization under the Mexican fintech law (CNBV)
  • Gibraltar GFSC DLT provider licence for international operations
  • Trustpilot 3.8/5 · 2,600 reviews
  • Significant share of US–Mexico crypto remittance corridor
Overall concern
Low concern

Regional leader operating under the Mexican fintech law with CNBV supervision and a Gibraltar DLT provider licence, with substantial regulated remittance flows.

Regulatory

Licenses & registrations

  • 🇲🇽 Mexico
    Authorized
    Electronic payment funds institution (fintech law)
    Comisión Nacional Bancaria y de ValoresCNBV
    MX-IFPE-2023-0142023-11-08
    Verify at source
  • 🇬🇮 Gibraltar
    Authorized
    DLT provider licence
    Gibraltar Financial Services CommissionGFSC
    GI-DLT-2021-0182021-07-22
    Verify at source
  • 🇧🇷 Brazil
    Registered
    Local VASP registration
    Banco Central do BrasilBCB
    BR-PSAV-2024-00912024-03-19
    Verify at source
  • 🇺🇸 United States
    Registered
    MSB registration
    Financial Crimes Enforcement NetworkFinCEN
    31000-2004-33902020-04-27
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User signals

Reputation

Trustpilot-style score
3.8/ 5
3.8
2,600 reviews
Improving (12m)
App ratings
App Store
4.5
Google Play
4.2
Press sentiment (12m)
Positive5
Neutral3
Negative2
Media

Recent press

  • 2026-07-21
    Bitso deepens remittance corridor volumesPositive

    Reuters — Cross-border settlement volumes rose again year on year.

  • 2026-04-30
    Mexican fintech licences reviewedNeutral

    Bloomberg — CNBV assessed capital and safeguarding across authorized institutions.

  • 2026-02-03
    Bitso expands Brazilian operationsPositive

    CoinDesk — Local registration enabled a wider product set.

  • 2025-10-23
    LatAm exchanges court institutional flowNeutral

    Financial Times — Regional venues targeted treasury and payments clients.

  • 2025-07-15
    Peso liquidity improves for crypto settlementPositive

    Reuters — Banking partnerships widened access to peso rails.

History

Incidents & enforcement

  1. 2024-05-09Outage

    Peso deposits delayed for around four hours during a partner bank incident.