Evaluating only Migrante’s profile at its peak — without knowing the outcome — the model ranked Unit economics as the #1 likely cause. That’s exactly how it died.
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Documented cause
Migrante targeted immigrants in Chile with credit, financial identity, and banking products — a genuinely underserved population. However, the niche was inherently small, default rates among thin-file borrowers were high, and post-pandemic immigration flows slowed. CAC was unrecoverable at the addressable market size, and fresh capital dried up in the 2022 funding freeze.
Lesson
“Immigrant fintech requires massive scale to overcome inherent credit risk — a single country niche cannot generate enough volume.”