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Join the largest private/public sector gathering in Latin America. Every bank in Latin America doing international business attends the FELABAN conference.
With nearly 2,000 senior level managers and decision makers from 54 countries in attendance, there is no other venue that offers this opportunity to maximize the number of business meetings in such a short span of time.
The index assesses and compares the quality of regulations that influence financial inclusion in 8 Latin American countries. It defines three categories of regulatory practices: the enablers, which determine the overall quality of the financial environment; the promoters, which deal with specific market frictions; and the preventers which create distortions and barriers.
I really didn’t know what to expect when Michael Casey of MIT Media Labs and Agentic asked me to attend this meeting, also sponsored by the Digital Chamber of Commerce and Grupo CIMCORP. Well, when Michael asked the audience at the start how many felt quite familiar with blockchain, and many hands went up, I sat up straighter in my chair. When he asked how many owned Bitcoin, and virtually all the hands stayed up, I sat up even straighter, and spent two days greatly enjoying this event.
In the context of the 2017 World Mobile Congress, the IDB's Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF) announced the creation of FINCONECTA, a program that integrates solutions between technology companies (FinTechs) and financial institutions (FIs).
Women led businesses continue to suffer from underinvestment due, among other reasons, to gender discrimination, limited ability to attract investments (as a result of their smaller size and location in slow growing sectors of the economy) and insufficient financial services tailored to the needs of women entrepreneurs.
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The 3rd Annual Americas Alternative Finance Industry Report aims to provide readers with a snapshot of the rapidly changing alternative finance landscape across the Americas at a macro level as well as on a country-by-country basis. This empirical study provides independent, systematic, and reliable data about the size, growth, and diversity of various online alternative finance markets across the Americas, in turn, informing evidence-based policymaking and regulations.
El sector bancario de Latinoamérica está dominado por bancos comerciales, cuyo segmento de negocio más significativo, en términos de volumen de negocios y número de clientes, es el segmento Pymes. El financiamiento verde en Latinoamérica ofrece infinitas oportunidades para los bancos comerciales, particularmente en el segmento de Pymes y de medianas empresas, donde las "oportunidades de financiamiento verde" todavía no se han explotado por la banca.
Americas Society/Council of the Americas and Florida International University present the MNC-SME Linkages in Latin America white paper focused on highlighting the link between MNC-SMEs in Latin American (LATAM) regions.
According to the whitepaper, “Access to technology, technical assistance, and financial support can boost SMEs’ competitiveness and enable them to leverage their agility and flexibility.”
It takes more than one organization to advance development. That’s why Multilateral Development Banks are joining forces to support and strengthen private sector investments in developing countries across the globe.
