The Argentine digital bank Ualá is looking to double its size, expand its product range and take advantage of the experience of new investors such as the Chinese technology giant Tencent and the Japanese SoftBank. This was revealed by the founder of the “startup” Pierpaolo Barbieri. Ualá announced this week…
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The Israeli brain conquers Berlin: In two weeks (on December 11 and 12, to be precise), Germany’s capital, the strong economy in Europe, will host two international innovation events led by a group of people and computers: Fintech Junction 2019 – Fourth International Conference on Innovation in Financial Technologies To…
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The fact that traditional banks and young startups dealing with financial technologies do not compete, but rather cooperate with each other for the benefit of their and their customers, has been discussed for several years. For the time being, however, most of the time remains with the words and the…
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As regional governments become increasingly aware of the social and economic threat posed by climate change, population growth and resource over-consumption, there is growing appreciation that improved energy efficiency, reduced use of non-renewable resources and environmental sustainability can only be achieved by successfully developing and harnessing new environmental technology –…
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Juan José Piano, deputy general manager of Banco Piano, started the exhibition minimizing the supposed tension between traditional and digital banking. “Many times there is talk of confrontation and a very large competition or rivalry is seen, but with the fund where we participate with other banks we execute the…
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It is the biggest purchase of a fintech startup to date. And one of the big bets in this sector after years of investments in international companies. Santander has put on the table just over 400 million euros to get 50.1% of the Spanish platform specialized in currency exchange Ebury.…
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Colombia Fintech, one of the trade associations that exists in Colombia for companies engaged in the technology sector, has partnered with Beriblock Inc, a company that has developed a Blockchain-as-a-Service (BaaS) platform that allows registration digital of any type of electronic document. A great alliance Thanks to this alliance, all…
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The use and abuse of data by Facebook and other technology companies is finally receiving the official attention it deserves. Now that personal data is becoming the most valuable merchandise in the world, will consumers be the owners or slaves of the platform economy? The prospects for democratization of this…
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Latinpress.es 10/15/2019. According to a study by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), exports from Latin America and the Caribbean to Korea could increase around 10 billion dollars, or 43%, if a set is implemented of reforms to reduce commercial costs and bilateral cooperation is promoted. The report, A boost to…
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A few days after the elections, what do international referents think about the future of the Argentine fintech segment Despite the complex economic and political landscape of 2019, Fintech references in the region welcome the future of the Argentine market At least from the point of view of entrepreneurs from…
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