In January of last year, Amazon confirmed the list of cities chosen as finalists to host its new headquarters. New York was among them. After several comings and goings the giant retail channel confirmed at the end of 2018 that the Big Apple had been chosen. In the end he…
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In 2015, while working at Fundación Chile, two engineers conducted an experiment and charged $ 3,500 for the dispatch of a product. Today, Shipit moves 2,000 parcels daily and billed US $ 2 million in 2018. They are preparing to open their fourth investment round to expand abroad. The career…
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Four years have passed since the Canon AEDE. At the time that tax on digital media generated much controversy and ended, among other things, with the closure of Google News in Spain. Today, government spokeswoman Isabel Celaá has announced the approval of the ‘Google tax’, a term that was already…
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In recent times, we are meeting with various legislative initiatives linked to entrepreneurship and the digital ecosystem. Some of them intend to contribute to creating a favorable ecosystem that develops technology-based innovation, such as the recent prior consultation of the preliminary draft Law for the Promotion of the Ecosystem of…
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Verena Reuber and Stefan Häfner are the faces behind MO14, the ‘innovation booth’ at R + V Versicherung, as they describe their project itself. For a little over two years, they have been experimenting with the use of highly automated, autonomous minibuses. What has to do with insurance, how to…
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The first conclusion, shared by the executives and managers of the means of payment interviewed, is that even today nothing is written about the success of the new payment solutions. Each country has a context and a culture that are key to determining which innovation will have traction to universalize,…
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As e-commerce transactions grow, cyber attacks may be more relevant, said Jorge Arbesu, Vice President of Product in the Cyber and Intelligence area of MasterCard. In a meeting with media, he stressed that the biggest vulnerability point for cyber attacks is the lack of financial education of users, as criminals…
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The Wall Street Journal reports that banks will consolidate mortgage loans. Thanks to changes in the Federal Reserve’s policy, it is now cheaper for banks to obtain loans than it has been for a while. The other effect of a reduced LIBOR rate seems to be lower mortgage rates. Rates…
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The unstoppable N26 closes the biggest round of financing for a ‘fintech’ Fintech bank N26 announced at the end of last year its intention to land in the United States during the first half of 2019 and continue with its global conquest. To do so, he needed a new round…
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The path of a financial startup to profitability is long and difficult: the development of new applications is time-consuming. In addition, there are expensive marketing measures to reach a critical mass of users. Collaborating with established banks on an open platform can help. The fintech scene is facing a new…
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