Article Published by: forbes.com 2019 is likely to be a year of volatility in Latin America, but markets look promising for long-term investors. Given banks’ and other financial institutions’ significant exposure to Latin America, analysts and investors will have to be very attentive to external and...
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Article Published by: news.crunchbase.com Diego Caicedo is the Co-Founder and CEO of OmniBnk, a neobank that provides financial services to SMEs in Latin America. The availability of financial services is improving rapidly in emerging markets around the world. Driving this change is the widespread usage of mobile...
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Article Published by: forbes.com The attention and money flowing into digital currencies have never been higher. Bitcoin has seen a resurgence in valuation in 2019 and Facebook continues to explore its own digital currency offering, Libra. Cryptocurrencies and digital currencies are a reflection of the world we...
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Article Published by: forbes.com With the equity markets roiling of late, Bitcoin’s been surprisingly quiet. But the cryptocurrency looks ripe for a breakout soon – one that could vault it toward the all-time highs – or sending it tumbling down to long-term support. Since late June, Bitcoin’s...
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Article Published by: forbes.com Over the past few years, the use of Bitcoin for payments has taken a backseat to the increased focus on the digital asset’s use as a store of value. However, the payments use case is now making a comeback thanks to the...
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Article Published by: forbes.com Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies have been largely ignored by the world's regulators over the last ten years, with only some small attempts to protect investors from wild bitcoin price swings and dodgy crypto exchanges. The bitcoin price, up some 200% so far this year,...
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Article Published by: bbc.com By Cecilia Barría 4 July 2019 This article originally appeared in Spanish on BBC Mundo. Nightmarish traffic jams and skyrocketing rents in big Latin American cities have created a new, profitable business opportunity for building contractors: tiny apartments in central areas, mostly aimed at students...
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Article Published by: forbes.com Bitcoin prices fell to less than $10,000 today, down close to 30% from their recent high of nearly $14,000 reached on Wednesday, June 26th. The digital currency dropped to $9,986.26 at roughly 11:40 EDT, CoinDesk data shows. At this point, the cryptocurrency had declined...
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Article Published by: bbc.com Over-tourism is suffocating cities around the world. Here’s what you can do to avoid being part of the problem – short of staying home. “More people are travelling – which is great! – but there are no hidden gems anymore.” That’s a comment I...
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Article Published by: cnbc.com Wall Street analysts are eagerly anticipating Facebook’s possible unveil of its long awaited cryptocurrency payments plan on Tuesday. According to various reports the company is preparing to finally reveal what it calls, Project Libra, with partners including companies like Visa and Mastercard. Facebook...
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