Gone are the days when cryptocurrency and blockchain were associated with drug dealers. Colombia is shedding that image too. And with help from a powerful friend, Bogotá is showing just how high they’re willing to bet on blockchain. On cryptocurrency and blockchain, Colombia has blown hot and cold, much like a typical day in the
Christine Chang is the programme director at the innovation programme Startupbootcamp Scale FinTech Mexico City and will soon be speaking at Finnovista’s 2018 Miami Finnosummit for Latin American fintech startups. Latam.tech spoke with Chang on innovation and fintech in Latin America. After seven years in the New York City rat race, Chang decided to study
Made in Mexico, Fuckup Nights boast the best of the worst mistakes entrepreneurs have ever made. It was not so long ago that the founder of the Mexican Museum of Design received a loan from the United States. In pursuit of medical treatment, he then travelled to California in order to have a pacemaker fitted
Officials at online payment service PayPal announced this week that they will be teaming up with the southern hemisphere’s largest financial conglomerate, Itaú Unibanco Holdings S.A. After the 2008 merger of Brazilian public banks Itaú and Unibanco, the conglomerate became one of the largest banks in the world. Now, its clients will have access to
According to recent market research, the diaper market in both the US and Latin America was valued at approximately US $19 billion in 2017 and is expected to reach US $25 billion by 2023. As the world’s population continues to increase, the arrival of training diapers, cloth material diapers and swimming diapers is set to
The fourth edition of Microsoft’s CSE Sync Week took place this April in Seattle, bringing together 664 developers from 46 different countries for a high-octane, week-long hackathon. Over 50 cutting-edge tech projects were hand-selected by Microsoft, to spend a week under one roof working in teams to find cutting-edge solutions to various client-oriented hacking challenges.
Not only is Brazil the largest country in Latin America, as well as the only Portuguese-speaking one, but it also boasts one of the region’s leading e-commerce markets. According to the latest Statista business intelligence report, Brazil’s e-commerce market is expected to reach values of almost $21.3 billion this year and $31.7 billion by 2022. One
Colombia-based Media incubator ESPACIO announces the launch of Brazil Reports, an up-and-coming English language news source for Brazil, syndicated via Google News and other platforms. Through the acquisition, ESPACIO aims to promote the publication’s growth and to project Brazil’s voice to the wider international community. Brazil Reports was first launched in May 2018 and is led by Sophie
Last week saw El Salvador establish new diplomatic relations with China, angering neighbouring country Taiwan, whose President has recently labelled the country’s behaviour “out of control.” After Taiwan was unable to assist with El Salvador’s demands of an extra $27 billion in financial support, deeming its port development plans an “unsuitable project,” the East Asian
Almost a year ago, the deadliest Atlantic hurricane of this decade hit the coast of Puerto Rico killing 64 people, causing immeasurable damage to the infrastructure of the island and leaving deep scars in the nation’s morale, many of whom were already suffering the consequences of a long term economic crisis. But “Boricuas” have shown