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www.integragroupe.com Aiming at a large digital consumer market boosted by the pandemic, Colombian technology companies, especially those focused on e-commerce and delivery services, have been increasing their investments and diversifying operations in Brazil. In the most recent development, Colombian delivery app Rappi announced the launch of a digital bank in Brazil. Rappi Bank will initially offer financial services to its users and partners. Rappi's fintech initiative follows in the footsteps of other Latin American e-commerce companies such as MercadoLibre, whose fintech arm MercadoPago already offers services from digital wallet to payments and loans. Rappi's first financial product to be made available in Brazil is a loan line called Rappi Capital, with a value of between 10,000 and 500,000 reais (US$1,800-94,500), at a monthly interest rate of 1.7%, and a term of up to 24 months. The loan application process is fully digital with no need to provide guarantees. Following approval, the amount is credited to the customer's account within 24 hours. Rappi plans to launch in the coming months in Brazil a credit card and a service for anticipating receivables for merchants. The company is still awaiting approval from the central bank to be able to operate payment accounts and broader financial services. The company's self-declared goal is to become a ‘superapp’, offering a broad range of services and a full-service bank focused on the Rappi ecosystem. 1 SOURCE: STATISTA LATAM FIVE JANUARY 22, 2021 Picap, another Colombian delivery startup, announced it plans to invest around US$2mn to expand this year in Brazil and that it aims to open a distribution center in São Paulo. One of Picap's growth drivers should be its Pibox Enterprise logistics software, which links the supplier and the end consumer. The company arrived in Brazil in 2019 offering ride-hailing services by motorbikes. When the pandemic came, Picap pivoted and started to focus on logistics and delivery, betting on the surge of e- commerce. Operating in the last- mile modality, the company said it saw growth of 400% in the last months in this niche in Brazil. In addition to Colombia and Brazil, Picap operates in Argentina, Mexico and Guatemala. (bnamericas)

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A i m i n g a t a l a r g e d i g i t a l c o n s u m e r m a r k e t b o o s t e d b y t h e p a n d e m i c , C o l o m b i a n t e c h n o l o g yc o m p a n i e s , e s p e c i a l l y t h o s e f o c u s e d o n e - c o m m e r c e a n d d e l i v e r y s e r v i c e s , h a v e b e e ni n c r e a s i n g t h e i r i n v e s t m e n t s a n d d i v e r s i f y i n g o p e r a t i o n s i n B r a z i l . I n t h e m o s t r e c e n td e v e l o p m e n t , C o l o m b i a n d e l i v e r y a p p R a p p i a n n o u n c e d t h e l a u n c h o f a d i g i t a l b a n k i n B r a z i l .R a p p i B a n k w i l l i n i t i a l l y o f f e r f i n a n c i a l s e r v i c e s t o i t s u s e r s a n d p a r t n e r s . R a p p i ' s f i n t e c hi n i t i a t i v e f o l l o w s i n t h e f o o t s t e p s o f o t h e r L a t i n A m e r i c a n e - c o m m e r c e c o m p a n i e s s u c h a sM e r c a d o L i b r e , w h o s e f i n t e c h a r m M e r c a d o P a g o a l r e a d y o f f e r s s e r v i c e s f r o m d i g i t a l w a l l e tt o p a y m e n t s a n d l o a n s .

R a p p i ' s f i r s t f i n a n c i a l p r o d u c t t o b e m a d e a v a i l a b l e i n B r a z i l i s a l o a n l i n e c a l l e d R a p p iC a p i t a l , w i t h a v a l u e o f b e t w e e n 1 0 , 0 0 0 a n d 5 0 0 , 0 0 0 r e a i s ( U S $ 1 , 8 0 0 - 9 4 , 5 0 0 ) , a t a m o n t h l yi n t e r e s t r a t e o f 1 . 7 % , a n d a t e r m o f u p t o 2 4 m o n t h s . T h e l o a n a p p l i c a t i o n p r o c e s s i s f u l l yd i g i t a l w i t h n o n e e d t o p r o v i d e g u a r a n t e e s . F o l l o w i n g a p p r o v a l , t h e a m o u n t i s c r e d i t e d t ot h e c u s t o m e r ' s a c c o u n t w i t h i n 2 4 h o u r s . R a p p i p l a n s t o l a u n c h i n t h e c o m i n g m o n t h s i nB r a z i l a c r e d i t c a r d a n d a s e r v i c e f o r a n t i c i p a t i n g r e c e i v a b l e s f o r m e r c h a n t s . T h e c o m p a n yi s s t i l l a w a i t i n g a p p r o v a l f r o m t h e c e n t r a l b a n k t o b e a b l e t o o p e r a t e p a y m e n t a c c o u n t s a n db r o a d e r f i n a n c i a l s e r v i c e s . T h e c o m p a n y ' s s e l f - d e c l a r e d g o a l i s t o b e c o m e a ‘ s u p e r a p p ’ ,o f f e r i n g a b r o a d r a n g e o f s e r v i c e s a n d a f u l l - s e r v i c e b a n k f o c u s e d o n t h e R a p p i e c o s y s t e m .

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P i c a p , a n o t h e r C o l o m b i a n d e l i v e r ys t a r t u p , a n n o u n c e d i t p l a n s t oi n v e s t a r o u n d U S $ 2 m n t o e x p a n dt h i s y e a r i n B r a z i l a n d t h a t i t a i m st o o p e n a d i s t r i b u t i o n c e n t e r i n S ã oP a u l o . O n e o f P i c a p ' s g r o w t hd r i v e r s s h o u l d b e i t s P i b o xE n t e r p r i s e l o g i s t i c s s o f t w a r e , w h i c hl i n k s t h e s u p p l i e r a n d t h e e n dc o n s u m e r . T h e c o m p a n y a r r i v e d i nB r a z i l i n 2 0 1 9 o f f e r i n g r i d e - h a i l i n gs e r v i c e s b y m o t o r b i k e s . W h e n t h ep a n d e m i c c a m e , P i c a p p i v o t e d a n ds t a r t e d t o f o c u s o n l o g i s t i c s a n dd e l i v e r y , b e t t i n g o n t h e s u r g e o f e -c o m m e r c e . O p e r a t i n g i n t h e l a s t -m i l e m o d a l i t y , t h e c o m p a n y s a i d i ts a w g r o w t h o f 4 0 0 % i n t h e l a s tm o n t h s i n t h i s n i c h e i n B r a z i l . I na d d i t i o n t o C o l o m b i a a n d B r a z i l ,P i c a p o p e r a t e s i n A r g e n t i n a , M e x i c oa n d G u a t e m a l a . ( b n a m e r i c a s )

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C o l o m b i a p l a n s t o t a k e a d v a n t a g e o f t h e r i s e i n s o c i a l l y c o n s c i o u s i n v e s t i n g w i t h t h eo f f e r i n g o f i t s f i r s t g r e e n b o n d s . T h e g o v e r n m e n t w i l l i s s u e a s m u c h a s 2 t r i l l i o n p e s o s( $ 5 7 5 m i l l i o n ) o f t h e n o t e s i n m o n t h l y a u c t i o n s i n t h e s e c o n d h a l f o f t h e y e a r , a n d w i l lc o n t i n u e t h e s a l e s b e y o n d t h a t , s a i d C e s a r A r i a s , d i r e c t o r o f p u b l i c c r e d i t . T h e p e s o n o t e sw i l l f u n d r e n e w a b l e e n e r g y g e n e r a t i o n , f l e e t s o f f u e l - e f f i c i e n t v e h i c l e s a n d p r o j e c t s t h a tf i g h t d e f o r e s t a t i o n , A r i a s s a i d i n a n i n t e r v i e w o n T h u r s d a y . T h e y w i l l l i k e l y h a v e a 2 0 - y e a rm a t u r i t y .

P u b l i c C r e d i t D i r e c t o r C e s a r A r i a s s a y s C o l o m b i a w i l l s t a r t s e l l i n g g r e e n b o n d s t h i s y e a r .T h e s a l e s w i l l m a r k C o l o m b i a ’ s f o r a y i n t o E n v i r o n m e n t a l , S o c i a l a n d G o v e r n a n c e , o r E S G ,d e b t , w h i c h h a s g a i n e d f a v o r w i t h i n v e s t o r s a n d b o r r o w e r s . G l o b a l l y , c o r p o r a t i o n s a n dg o v e r n m e n t s l a s t y e a r s o l d a r e c o r d $ 7 3 2 b i l l i o n o f b o n d s a n d l o a n s f o r s o c i a l l y a n de n v i r o n m e n t a l l y f r i e n d l y p r o j e c t s , a c c o r d i n g t o d a t a c o m p i l e d b y B l o o m b e r g N E F .“ C o l o m b i a h a s p r i o r i t i z e d t h e l o c a l m a r k e t f o r t h e d e v e l o p m e n t o f i t s i s s u a n c e s t r a t e g y o fg r e e n b o n d s w h i c h i s a b i t d i f f e r e n t t o t h e a p p r o a c h s o m e o t h e r s o v e r e i g n s i n e m e r g i n gm a r k e t s h a v e t a k e n , ” h e s a i d . E v e n s o , m a n y o f t h e b u y e r s i n t h e l o c a l m a r k e t a r e f o r e i g ni n v e s t o r s , h e a d d e d . T h e F i n a n c e M i n i s t r y i s a l s o l a y i n g t h e g r o u n d w o r k t o i s s u e a s o -c a l l e d s o c i a l b o n d b y 2 0 2 2 .

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C o l o m b i a h i r e d a n o u t s i d e c o m p a n y t o r e v i e w t h e p r o c e s s a n d p r o v i d e a s s u r a n c e s f o ri n v e s t o r s t h a t t h e d e b t p r o c e e d s w i l l g o t o p r o j e c t s t h a t m e e t E S G s t a n d a r d s . I n s o m ec a s e s , g o v e r n m e n t s h a v e s o l d l a r g e E S G b o n d s b u t s t r u g g l e d t o f i n d e n o u g h v e r i f i e dp r o j e c t s o n w h i c h t o s p e n d t h e p r o c e e d s . C o l o m b i a d e c i d e d t o s e t m o d e s t t a r g e t s a n di s s u e m o r e g r a d u a l l y t o a v o i d t h i s p r o b l e m , h e s a i d .

S a l e s o f g r e e n T E S , a s t h e y w i l l b e k n o w n l o c a l l y , w i l l b e p a r t o f a n a c t i v e y e a r o f d e b ti s s u a n c e f o r C o l o m b i a a f t e r t h e e c o n o m y s u f f e r e d t h e d e e p e s t s l u m p i n i t s h i s t o r y i n 2 0 2 0 .A s t r a d e r s b e t o n f a s t e r i n f l a t i o n i n t h e U . S . , t h e g o v e r n m e n t i s t r y i n g t o l o c k i n l o wb o r r o w i n g c o s t s i n c a s e i n t e r e s t r a t e s c o n t i n u e t o g o h i g h e r . C o l o m b i a s o l d a 4 0 - y e a r b o n dt h i s w e e k , i t s l o n g e s t - d a t e d d o l l a r b o n d o n r e c o r d . I t p l a n s t o s t r u c t u r e a n e w p e s o -d e n o m i n a t e d b o n d w i t h a 2 5 - y e a r m a t u r i t y t h a t w i l l b e i s s u e d i n t h e f i r s t q u a r t e r , A r i a ss a i d . L o c a l c u r r e n c y b o r r o w i n g s h o u l d r i s e t o a s m u c h a s 7 0 % o f t o t a l i s s u a n c e t h i s y e a rf r o m a r o u n d 5 0 % l a s t y e a r , h e s a i d . T h e F i n a n c e M i n i s t r y p l a n s t o p u r s u e m o r e d e b t s w a p sw i t h t h e l o c a l m a r k e t t h i s y e a r , h e s a i d . M o s t o f t h e 1 6 t r i l l i o n p e s o s o f s u c h e x c h a n g e sl a s t y e a r w e r e c a r r i e d o u t w i t h o t h e r b r a n c h e s o f t h e g o v e r n m e n t . ( B l o o m b e r g )

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O u t o f s e v e r a l f a i l e d a t t e m p t s a t p r o d u c i n g V e n e z u e l a n f i l m f e s t i v a l s i n o t h e r c o u n t r i e s ,a n d a p a n d e m i c t h a t f a v o r s d i g i t a l s e r v i c e s , t h e C i n e M e s t i z o p l a t f o r m , t h e b r a i n c h i l d o fD a n i e l R u i z ( i n M a d r i d ) a n d A n R o d r í g u e z ( i n N e w Y o r k ) , w a s b o r n . T o d a t e , C i n e M e s t i z or e g i s t e r s , d a i l y , 1 8 w e b s i t e v i s i t s a n d 1 2 p u r c h a s e s . T h e i r m o s t - v i e w e d f i l m i s t h ed o c u m e n t a r y O n c e U p o n a T i m e i n V e n e z u e l a ( 2 0 2 0 ) b y A n a b e l R o d r í g u e z — w h i c h i sc u r r e n t l y c a m p a i g n i n g t o b e c o m e t h e f i r s t - e v e r V e n e z u e l a n O s c a r n o m i n e e . A m o n g t h e t o pf i l m s a r e a l s o P a p i t a , M a n í y T o s t ó n ( 2 0 1 3 ) b y L u i s C a r l o s H u e c k , a n d L a n o c h e d e l a s d o sl u n a s ( 2 0 1 8 ) b y M i g u e l F e r r a r i .

F o r n o w , C i n e M e s t i z o i s a n o n - d e m a n d v i d e o s e r v i c e w h e r e y o u c a n r e n t m o v i e s f o r 7 2h o u r s f o r $ 3 w i t h a c r e d i t c a r d o r P a y p a l . T h e p l a t f o r m i s a v a i l a b l e w o r l d w i d e , o n l y n e e d i n ga n i n t e r n e t c o n n e c t i o n a n d t h e m e a n s t o p a y f o r t h e s e r v i c e . U p u n t i l n o w , t h e y a r e m a i n l ya i m i n g a t a S p a n i s h - s p e a k i n g a u d i e n c e , s i n c e t h e f i l m s h a v e n o s u b t i t l e s , a n i n v e s t m e n tt h e y c a n ’ t a f f o r d a t t h e m o m e n t a n d o n e o f t h e m a n y c h a l l e n g e s t h e y ’ v e f a c e d s i n c el a u n c h i n g , f o u r m o n t h s a g o . T e c h n i c a l d i f f i c u l t i e s a s i d e , t h e m a i n p r o b l e m t h e y s t i l l f a c e i st h a t a g o o d p o r t i o n o f t h e c o u n t r y ’ s f i l m a r c h i v e h a s d i s a p p e a r e d .

D a n i e l R u i z , a c u l t u r e p r o m o t e r , e x p l a i n e d t h a t m a n y d i r e c t o r s a n d p r o d u c e r s d o n o t k n o wt h e w h e r e a b o u t s o f t h e i r o w n w o r k , s o t h e y h a v e b e e n f o r c e d t o s e a r c h l i k e b l o o d h o u n d s :“ I t ’ s n o t j u s t m o v i e s f r o m t h e ’ 4 0 s t h a t a r e l o s t , t h e p r o b l e m c o n c e r n i n g t h e s a f e k e e p i n g o fo u r f i l m a r c h i v e s i s m u c h b i g g e r . F o r e x a m p l e , t h e r e a r e n o c o p i e s o f E l p e z q u e f u m a( 1 9 7 7 ) b y R o m á n C h a l b a u d , a n d e v e n m o v i e s r e l e a s e d t h i s c e n t u r y a r e m i s s i n g . A c c o r d i n gt o i n f o r m a t i o n g a t h e r e d , t h e s t o r a g e f a c i l i t i e s a t t h e C i n e m a t e c a N a c i o n a l , w h i c h h a d ac l i m a t i z e d a r e a t o p r o p e r l y p r e s e r v e f i l m s , n o l o n g e r e x i s t . T h i s i s n ’ t j u s t a b o u t t h ei n e x i s t e n c e o f i n s t i t u t i o n s , i t ’ s a b o u t t h e f i l m m a k e r s t h e m s e l v e s . I ’ v e a s k e d f o r m o v i e sf r o m 1 0 y e a r s a g o a n d t h e y ’ v e t o l d m e t h e y h a v e n o i d e a w h e r e t h e i r f i l m s a r e . V e n e z u e l a n sh a v e o t h e r p r i o r i t i e s b e s i d e s c u l t u r a l p r e s e r v a t i o n . ” ( C a r a c a s c h r o n i c l e s )

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A c c e n t u r e h a s a c q u i r e d A r g e n t i n e a n c l o u d a p p l i c a t i o n d e v e l o p e r W o l o x i n a n a p p a r e n t b i da i m e d a t c a p i t a l i z i n g o n t h e g r o w i n g d e m a n d f o r c l o u d s e r v i c e s i n L a t i n A m e r i c a . B u e n o sA i r e s - b a s e d W o l o x h a s a w o r k f o r c e o f a r o u n d 3 0 0 p e o p l e a n d r u n s o f f i c e s i n c o u n t r i e si n c l u d i n g C o l o m b i a , C h i l e , M e x i c o , a n d t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s . A m o n g i t s c l i e n t s a r e t h ei n d u s t r y ’ s l a r g e p l a y e r s , s u c h a s A m a z o n W e b S e r v i c e s , G o o g l e C l o u d , I B M , a n d E n d e a v o r .O n i t s w e b s i t e , t h e c o m p a n y c l a i m s i t w i l l a l s o p r o v i d e d i g i t a l t e c h n o l o g y t r a i n i n g t o n o n -t e c h f i r m s .

A c c e n t u r e h a s n o t d i s c l o s e d t h ef i n a n c i a l d e t a i l s o f t h e d e a l . L o c a lr e p o r t s s u g g e s t t h a t t h e I T c o n s u l t a n tm a y f o l d W o l o x i n t o i t s n e w e s t b u s i n e s su n i t c a l l e d A c c e n t u r e C l o u d F i r s t . W i t h7 0 , 0 0 0 e m p l o y e e s , A c c e n t u r e C l o u d F i r s ta l r e a d y i s a l a r g e v e n t u r e a n d w i l l i n v e s tU S $ 3 b i l l i o n o v e r t h e n e x t t h r e e y e a r s .“ B y p a i r i n g A c c e n t u r e ’ s g l o b a l e x p e r t i s ew i t h W o l o x ’ s r e g i o n a l t a l e n t a n dc a p a b i l i t i e s , t h i s a c q u i s i t i o n s t r e n g t h e n so u r a b i l i t y t o h e l p c l i e n t s a c c e l e r a t eb u s i n e s s t r a n s f o r m a t i o n u s i n g t h ec l o u d , ” s a i d S e r g i o K a u f m a n , p r e s i d e n to f A c c e n t u r e A r g e n t i n a a n d H i s p a n i cS o u t h A m e r i c a , i n a p r e s s r e l e a s e .

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M e x i c o ’ s h e a l t h m i n i s t r yo n T u e s d a y p u b l i s h e dr u l e s t o r e g u l a t e t h e u s eo f m e d i c i n a l c a n n a b i s , am a j o r s t e p i n a b r o a d e rr e f o r m t o c r e a t e t h ew o r l d ’ s l a r g e s t l e g a lc a n n a b i s m a r k e t i n t h eL a t i n A m e r i c a n c o u n t r y .T h e n e w r e g u l a t i o n , s i g n e d b y M e x i c a n P r e s i d e n tA n d r e s M a n u e l L o p e zO b r a d o r , w i l l n o w a l l o wp h a r m a c e u t i c a l c o m p a n i e st o b e g i n d o i n g m e d i c a lr e s e a r c h o n c a n n a b i sp r o d u c t s . T h e c a n n a b i sr e f o r m t a k i n g p l a c ei n c l u d e s t h e r e c r e a t i o n a lu s e o f m a r i j u a n a a n dw o u l d c r e a t e t h e w o r l d ’ sb i g g e s t n a t i o n a l c a n n a b i sm a r k e t i n t e r m s o fp o p u l a t i o n .

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REFORMS TO ALLOW LEGAL CANNIBAS CULTIVATION IN MEXICO

“ T h e a c q u i s i t i o n o f W o l o x b r i n g s d i f f e r e n t i a t e d s k i l l s t o A c c e n t u r e , a s t h e t e a m u n i q u e l yb l e n d s c l o u d - n a t i v e d e v e l o p m e n t w i t h d e s i g n a n d s t a t e - o f - t h e - a r t t e c h n o l o g i e s f o rb u s i n e s s t r a n s f o r m a t i o n , ” s a i d K a r t h i k N a r a i n , w h o l e a d s A c c e n t u r e C l o u d F i r s t . “ W o l o xh a s m u l t i d i s c i p l i n a r y t e a m s o f i n d u s t r y a n d b u s i n e s s e x p e r t s , U X / U I d e s i g n e r s , s o f t w a r ed e s i g n e r s , a r c h i t e c t s , a n d e n g i n e e r s a n d , t o g e t h e r , w e ’ r e n o w m o r e e q u i p p e d t o h e l pc l i e n t s t a p i n t o t h e t e c h n o l o g y e x p e r t i s e a n d h u m a n i n g e n u i t y t h a t p o w e r s h o w A c c e n t u r ei n n o v a t e s . ”

F o r e c a s t o f t h e c o m p o u n d a n n u a l g r o w t h r a t e ( C A G R ) o f t h e c l o u d c o m p u t i n g s e c t o r i nL a t i n A m e r i c a b e t w e e n 2 0 1 6 a n d 2 0 2 1 , s o r t e d b y t y p e o f c l o u d . I n t h e i n d i c a t e d t i m ep e r i o d , t h e h y b r i d c l o u d m a r k e t w a s e x p e c t e d t o g r o w b y 3 2 p e r c e n t a n n u a l l y , w h i l e t h ep u b l i c c l o u d s e c t o r w o u l d g r o w a t a n a v e r a g e r a t e o f 2 7 p e r c e n t p e r y e a r .

( S t a t i s t i c a , N e a r S h o r e A m e r i c a s )

T h e n e w m e d i c i n a l r u l e s s t a t e c o m p a n i e s t h a t w i s h t o c a r r y o u t r e s e a r c h h a v e t o o b t a i np e r m i s s i o n f r o m t h e M e x i c a n h e a l t h r e g u l a t o r , C O F E P R I S , a n d t h i s r e s e a r c h h a s t o b e d o n ei n s t r i c t l y c o n t r o l l e d a n d i n d e p e n d e n t l a b o r a t o r i e s . T h e r e g u l a t i o n a l s o s e t s r u l e s f o r t h es o w i n g , c u l t i v a t i o n a n d h a r v e s t i n g o f c a n n a b i s f o r m e d i c i n a l p u r p o s e s , w h i c h w o u l d a l l o wb u s i n e s s e s t o g r o w m a r i j u a n a l e g a l l y o n M e x i c a n s o i l . F o r e i g n m a r i j u a n a c o m p a n i e s f r o mC a n a d a a n d t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s h a v e b e e n l o o k i n g a t M e x i c o w i t h i n t e r e s t . M a n y h a d d e l a y e dm a k i n g i n v e s t m e n t d e c i s i o n s d u e t o p o l i c y u n c e r t a i n t y a n d w e r e w a i t i n g f o r t h e f i n a lr e g u l a t i o n t o b e p u b l i s h e d .

M e x i c o ’ s l a w m a k e r s a r e a l s o i n t h e f i n a l s t a g e s o f l e g a l i s i n g t h e r e c r e a t i o n a l u s e o fm a r i j u a n a , w i t h t h e b i l l e x p e c t e d t o p a s s i n t h e n e x t p e r i o d o f C o n g r e s s . T h e r e g u l a t i o nc o m e s s e v e r a l y e a r s a f t e r M e x i c o ’ s S u p r e m e C o u r t r u l e d t h a t l a w m a k e r s m u s t l e g a l i s e t h eu s e o f c a n n a b i s . ( R e u t e r s , A l j a z e e r a )

SOURCE: THE LATAM CANNABIS REPORT, 2018.