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As Bitcoin celebrates its 10th birthday in Argentina, lawmakers begin cryptocurrency regulation debate

Contxto – With economic uncertainly all around, now even the Argentine Senate is considering to regulate cryptocurrency as a judicious...

November 25, 2019

Argentine fintech Ualá raises US$150 million in Series C led by Tencent and SoftBank

Contxto – Proceeding its recent mobile app launch, earlier today the Argentine fintech Ualá announced that it has raised US$150...

November 25, 2019

Brazilian tax breaks for startups in the works… hopefully

Contxto – The Brazilian government wants to beef up its startup ecosystem. The proverbial old-school, best-practice handbook dictates that this...

November 25, 2019

Fraud Alert: Music fans and investors still in the dark over Weeshing scandal

Contxto – While anti-austerity protests continue to rock Chile, one startup by the name of Weeshing may have started to...

November 25, 2019

SoftBank leads US$140 million round in VTEX to fulfill global expansion goal

Contxto – “All your customer experiences. A unified commerce platform”. This is the claim headlining VTEX’s product description page. The...

November 25, 2019

Colombian startup Finaktiva snags US$9 million for credit solution

Contxto – Colombian online loaner Finaktiva recently wrapped up a Series A round for US$9 million through debt and equity....

November 23, 2019

Startup hub “Chilecon Valley” shows major potential

Contxto – Most innovative country, most sophisticated banking industry, a leader in technological development. They do say some nice things...

November 23, 2019

With 43% of Chilean entrepreneurs ending operations due to lack of capital, Red Capital has a solution

Contxto – Ever since Red Capital extended financial services eight months ago to include microentrepreneurs, the Chilean crowdfunder has been...

November 22, 2019

Insurtechs can compete for US$15,000 and pilot funding at Insurance Evolution accelerator in Chile

Contxto – Calling all early-stage startups specializing in digital protection—the Insurance Evolution urges you to join the movement! Hand in...

November 22, 2019

Peru’s government slams the brakes on Colombian ride-hailing app, Picap

Contxto – The Peruvian government is picking a fight with Colombian ride-hailing app, Picap. As of one week ago, this...

November 22, 2019