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Idea GTO supports entrepreneurs and startups in Guanajuato, Mexico

Currently, 250 entrepreneurs are benefiting from a digital incubation program aimed at helping them evolve and become startups, contributing to...

November 6, 2023

Argentina accelerates legislation to implement digital currency

The Central Bank of Argentina announced that it has accelerated its work for the creation of legislation to implement a...

October 23, 2023

Buenos Aires to use Blockchain technology for digital identification

Starting in October, the inhabitants of Buenos Aires will be able to access their identification documents through a digital wallet...

September 29, 2023

Demand for cartel insurance increases in Latin America

The violence generated by cartels in LATAM has increased the demand for insurance to cover incidents caused by these criminal...

September 19, 2023

Fondo Córdoba Ciudad Inteligente selects startups for investment

This initiative is the first govtech fund in Latin America that, together with the IDB Lab, supports technology-based ventures to...

September 18, 2023

El Salvador in the era of AI: Is Google Cloud ‘the savior’ that Central America hoped for?

In a bold move that could mark a before and after in the economy and technology sector of El Salvador,...

August 30, 2023

The USMCA (TMEC) provides certainty for investments attracted by nearshoring

Mexico is the third-largest trading partner of Canada in terms of merchandise trade (after the United States and China).

July 4, 2023

Gamification of finance: Fintech Alfi eyes government agreements

Contxto – Fintech Alfi is a self-financed operation looking to innovate in more ways than one. Firstly, it is gamifying...

August 27, 2020

Supervising body for fintechs in Mexico to undergo restructuring

Contxto – Not too long ago, I was complaining writing about how bureaucracy and Covid-19 slowed down the license-granting process...

August 21, 2020

Mexico finally to renew license revision process for fintech law

Contxto – After what’s likely felt like eons in startup time, it appears that the National Banking and Securities Commission...

August 10, 2020