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What you need to know about the reforms to Mexico’s Copyright Law

Contxto – One week ago, the Mexican Senate approved reforms to the country’s federal Copyright Law. These changes were in...

July 7, 2020

Mercado Libre aims to launch credit card in Chile

Contxto – E-commerce giant Mercado Libre is making headway in its fintech plans for Chile. Authorities, through the Financial Market...

July 6, 2020

With Central Bank’s blessing, Cora will launch credit and debit products for SMEs

Contxto – For startups, getting a government’s good blessings to operate isn’t necessarily easy. But once they get the green...

July 3, 2020

Government’s payment platform CoDi has yet to take off in Mexico

Contxto – Even the best-intentioned public policy can fall a little flat. Case and point is Mexico’s mobile payment platform,...

July 1, 2020

Colombia experiments with blockchain to curtail corruption

Contxto – “Gimme your lunch money!” While that’s usually the type of phrase that comes from your playground bullies, it’s...

June 24, 2020

WhatsApp payments in Brazil may not be as disruptive as you think

Contxto – Just over a week ago, news broke that users in Brazil would be able to complete payments via...

June 24, 2020

Guess who’s back? Uber returns to Colombia to operate as before

Contxto – The back-and-forth drama between Uber and the government in Colombia is endless.  This week, a court in Bogotá...

June 22, 2020

Mexico’s antitrust regulator fusion initiative put on ice. Cofece, IFT, and CRE live another day

Contxto – A quick update from the fast-paced and exciting world of antitrust regulation! (Right…) It turns out that the...

June 15, 2020

Mexico wants to fuse its antitrust regulators into one… How could it help (or hurt) startups in Mexico?

Contxto – In an effort to save the federal government some mullah, last Wednesday (10), Mexican Senator Ricardo Monreal proposed...

June 12, 2020

Crypto regulations in Colombia are put on the back burner

Contxto – In human behavior, often when something is undesirable but a person does not wish to discard it entirely,...

June 12, 2020