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16-Apr-20 The new milestone sees the testing of critical features of the payment platform, Pix. Under the new model, transactions will be fulfilled in up to 20 seconds, including on weekends and outside banking hours. [image: UCLA Newsroom]
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24-Mar-20 China helped spare Latin America from the worst of the 2008-09 financial crisis, but recently, its lending has been in decline. Despite measures taken by Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) governments to contain the spread of coronavirus, the region will be forced to grapple with the effects of the virus for the foreseeable future. [image: NurPhoto/Getty Images]
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14-Aug-19 Chinese tech giant Huawei will invest USD800 mn in a new factory in São Paulo, as it expands its roots in Brazil and expands efforts in Latin America to compensate for being excluded from the US market. [image: Asia Times]
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04-Jul-19 Latin America is prone to complex legislation and heightened regulation, particularly in the financial sector, and this has created a suitable setup for the blossoming of legaltechs and regtechs – companies providing solutions to help enterprises stay in compliance. [image: BNamericas]
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Jul-19 Stalled growth in emerging market economies is projected to pick up from a four-year low of 4.0 percent in 2019 to 4.6 percent in 2020-21, reflecting the waning impact of financial pressures in some large markets. Growth in all emerging regions has been weaker than expected but activity in East and South Asia remains buoyant. Other regions are expected to recover in 2020-21. Growth in both Latam and MENA is expected to be a subdued 1.7% in 2019, but MENA countries show more promise thanks to oil exports, policy reforms and tourism. [image: World Bank]
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