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Chile to speed-draft its fintech law by mid-2020

[wd_hustle id=”InArticleOptin” type=”embedded”/] Contxto – For the moment fintech founders and venture capital (VC) firms in Chile are celebrating. This...

April 17, 2020

Airbnb Mexico limits its platform, only healthcare pros can book stays now

[wd_hustle id=”InArticleOptin” type=”embedded”/] Contxto – Airbnb is closing its digital doors in the face of quarantines and coronavirus (Covid-19) in...

April 14, 2020

Mexico pauses government approval of fintechs due to Covid-19

[wd_hustle id=”InArticleOptin” type=”embedded”/] Contxto – Government bureaucracies in Latin America are notoriously sluggish. Factor in a pandemic and authorities’ speed...

April 10, 2020

Here are 2 funding opportunities for startups with products taking on coronavirus

[wd_hustle id=”InArticleOptin” type=”embedded”/] Contxto – Governments in Latin America are eager to find solutions to the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. And...

April 6, 2020

To track or not to track? The ethical dilemma of monitoring isolation via IoT

[wd_hustle id=”InArticleOptin” type=”embedded”/] Contxto – Startup In Loco is giving the government of Brazil a hand in tracking general levels...

April 6, 2020

Government releases app to slow spread of coronavirus… and fake news

[wd_hustle id=”InArticleOptin” type=”embedded”/] Contxto – Mexico’s Ministry of Health presented its app to help users during the coronavirus last Wednesday...

April 3, 2020

There is one great equalizer for challenger and neo-banks in Mexico

[wd_hustle id=”InArticleOptin” type=”embedd] Today we had our Morning Coffee with Sam Garcia, Senior Associate at Amplo—a venture fund Contxto –...

April 2, 2020

Here’s how the Colombian government is managing coronavirus on the streets

[wd_hustle id=”InArticleOptin” type=”embedded”/] Contxto – There are countries in Latin America that don’t want to take any chances with coronavirus...

March 30, 2020

Covid-19 fake news hacks its way onto government blockchain website

[wd_hustle id=”InArticleOptin” type=”embedded”/] Contxto – Fake news respects no quarentine.  On March 14, the government in Argentina disclosed that its...

March 27, 2020

Sebastián Díaz steps down as Start-Up Chile’s Director, but why?

[wd_hustle id=”InArticleOptin” type=”embedded”/] Contxto – Start-Up (SUP) Chile, a major government-funded accelerator, raised a lot of eyebrows last week. The...

March 17, 2020