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Brazilian mobile gaming startup Wildlife Studios is newest unicorn

Contxto – Are you listening? Hear that? It's the clattering of hooves as the next Latin American unicorn hits the...

December 6, 2019

Argentine province of Río Negro links up with Os City to launch regional blockchain lottery pilot

Contxto – Argentina continues to place high bets on blockchain as the Río Negro Lottery will implement the dawning technology...

December 6, 2019

Colombian fintech Tpaga teams up with taxi company to facilitate e-wallet services

Contxto – Riding a taxi in Colombia may be seen by some as an obsolete means of transportation when there...

December 6, 2019

Mexican challenger bank Fondeadora wraps up US$2.5 million investment

Contxto – IGNIA Partners, LW Investment Management, and angel investors are placing their bets on Mexican challenger bank, Fondeadora, through...

December 6, 2019

Brazilian healthtech Vitta expands medical insurance for startups with new pharmaceutical services

Contxto – Medical insurance for startup employees is a tangible reality, at least in Brazil with Vitta's modern healthcare solution....

December 6, 2019

MIT students will train young Brazilians as app developers via C6 Bank collaboration

Contxto – Personally, some of my favorite news stories involve international tech diplomacy, such as the Massachusetts Institute of Technology...

December 5, 2019

Mercado Pago will debut financial services in Mexico following success in Argentina

Contxto – The quest to supply financial services to unbanked Latin Americans continues as Mercado Libre's fintech branch, Mercado Pago,...

December 5, 2019

Brazilian fintech REBEL raises over US$10 million to scale personal loan platform

Contxto – Full of potential to promote financial inclusion, the Brazilian personal loan platform REBEL recently racked up R$42 million....

December 5, 2019

Duolingo, the newest unicorn, reaches US$1.5 billion valuation

Contxto – Guess who's swooping into unicorn status? Following its recent Series F funding round from Alphabet's equity funding arm,...

December 4, 2019

Emergent fintech from Uruguay Prometeo raises funds from Latinia to integrate with regional banks

Contxto – In Greek mythology, Prometheus was the Titan credited for gifting humanity the fire of the gods. Although certainly...

December 4, 2019