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Facebook’s WhatsApp debuts payment service in Brazil

Contxto – Social media behemoth Facebook is debuting a highly-anticipated feature in Brazil. Through its Facebook Pay service and Cielo—a...

June 15, 2020

Startup nocnoc landed a knockout partnership with marketplace Mobly

Contxto – Knock, knock. Who’s there? It’s Uruguayan startup nocnoc who’s expanded its ops in Brazil. Through its recent partnership...

June 15, 2020

E-commerce in Mexico and Brazil is booming, here’s what AI tech is doing about it

Contxto – During the first quarter of 2020, Visa reported that 13 million people in Latin America made their first...

June 11, 2020

Mercado Libre welcomes Le Pain Quotidien restaurant’s staff onto its team

Contxto – Layoffs are the bread and butter of the coronavirus pandemic. But for restaurant chain Le Pain Quotidien, it...

June 11, 2020

New taxes for selling on marketplaces like Mercado Libre in Mexico

Contxto – You know what’s taxing to e-commerce giant Mercado Libre in Mexico? Taxes on its individual vendors. This new...

June 5, 2020

Fashion startup, houpa, is in vogue with investors, raises US$2.3 million

Contxto – Fashion marketplace houpa is looking sharp! The startup recently raised R$12 million (around US$2.3 million) with unnamed investors....

May 27, 2020

eBay to disperse over US$220,000 to help Mexican SMEs

Contxto – eBay announced last week that it will use MXN$5 million (over US$220,000) to help small and medium-sized enterprises...

May 25, 2020

VTEX makes acquisitions to add logistics and AI services to e-commerce platform

Contxto – Certainly startups in e-commerce are among the big winners of the coronavirus pandemic. Reliance on digital means to...

May 21, 2020

Mercado Libre’s stock grew to nearly double its value thanks to Covid-19

Contxto – On April 1, Mercado Libre stock was priced at US$447. Nearly two months later and on May 20,...

May 21, 2020

VTEX has top tips on how to reshape e-commerce during Covid-19

Contxto – Yes, yes, you’ve heard it at least a dozen times already. Coronavirus (Covid-19) is accelerating the uprise of...

May 18, 2020