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
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
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
“We saw the lamps swinging, the doors moving fiercely from left to right and then we heard the walls cracking. Those are the things that made people lose it,” recalled Mexico City-born Alfredo Cabral, general director of CODE Ingeniería, a technology development services startup based in Mexico’s capital. Cabral was working at the time of the 2017 Central
Just like Proust had his madeleines and Salman Rushdie had his pickles, the association of identity, memory and a different time can be related back to the foods that one ate as a child. Which is how Puerto Rican national Nestor Taveras, who had a digital development agency with his brother, decided to open up
In the bustling, hectic and at times overwhelming city of São Paulo, motorbikes are often just about the only form of efficient and fast transport. The ‘motoboy’ community is vast, with services ranging from your weekly supermarket shop, to just about any commodity you can think of available for home delivery. However, given the informal