Boosting the fintech ecosystem, from Miami, the United States, Visa and Finnovista announced on August 30 to Cointelegraph in Spanish, what are the 12 finalist startups of the Visa Everywhere Initiative competition in its third edition for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). Visa Everywhere Initiative is a global innovation…
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This week, among the most outstanding news of the Latin American crypto and Blockchain ecosystem, now, Santander bank customers in the subcontinent will be able to send money to the US through the Ripple remittance service, the bank announced Monday. In Panama, the point of sale provider, PundiX allied with…
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Five years ago, the Argentine Sebastián Ponceliz founded Odyssey Group in the garage of his house located in Florida, United States, with the purpose of providing services of installation, operation, maintenance and administration of unmarked ATMs. Today it has presence in the United States, Chile, Peru, Colombia, Uruguay and Mexico,…
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A superficial reading of the figures of the National Institute of Statistics (INE) could lead us to think that the gender gap in Spain is minimal. Of the 19 million people employed, 9 million are women, which means that, of every 10 workers, 4.7 are women. However, this parity fades…
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Blended from Argentina, QuePlan from Chile, Doctor Online from Guatemala and RebajaTusCuentas.com from Peru reached the final of the Seedstars world competition. Who says that in Latin America there is no talent? Four teams from the region were among the 12 finalist startups of the sixth edition of Seedstars Summit…
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Barbara Silva claims to have gone to the future. It happened in 2009 when I was about 26 years old. He was in Chile, where he is originally from, when he decided to take a flight to the country with the best quality of life in the world to meet…
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Hello and welcome back to Startups Weekly, a weekend newsletter that dives into the week’s noteworthy startups and venture capital news. Before I jump into today’s topic, let’s catch up a bit. Last week, I wrote about Airbnb’s issues. Before that, I noted Uber’s new “money” team. China’s pivot to…
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Jack Ma, the co-founder and former executive chairman of Alibaba Group, is coming to Ethiopia. According to sources, he is to lead a large business delegation and will be arriving in the capital tomorrow afternoon. In the capital, he is to meet with Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD) on Monday…
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Buguroo, TAPP Water, StudentFinance, Helloteca, Berdac, The Beemine Lab and Neki are startups that have captured the attention of several private investors to develop new business lines and expand markets. Buguroo The Spanish cybersecurity company, specialized in cutting-edge technology for the detection and prevention of online fraud, based on Deep…
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SkipTheDishes co-founder, and former CEO, Chris Simair has launched a new “venture-builder” to help co-create and support startups in the Prairies. Opening its first location in Calgary, Harvest is a not-for-profit organization that wants to provide Prairie startups with talent, early-stage funding, and access to sector leaders that can support…
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