Ride-hailing apps breath new life into car rental sector
Brazil’s latest unemployment figures are quite disappointing, as one-quarter of the workforce is either unemployed or underemployed. Only one (...) READ MORE
Startups May 20, 2019
How Brazil became the new hotspot for fintechs
Brazil’s banking system is known for its distortions: a large concentration that paves the way for huge spreads, higher (...) READ MORE
Despite unemployment, Brazil IT market struggling to fill openings
The current reality of Brazil’s job market is bleak. About one-quarter of the workforce is either unemployed or underemployed—and (...) READ MORE
Latin America’s most innovative companies have one trait in common: they’re all Brazilian
When it comes to innovation in Latin America, Brazil is paving the way, having eight of the 20 most (...) READ MORE
April 12, 2019
DON’T MISS THIS Are fuel price controls back in Brazil? When the new government took over on January 1, (...) READ MORE
March 27, 2019
DON’T MISS THIS Is the pension reform doomed? Economy Minister Paulo Guedes decided not to show up before the (...) READ MORE
Brazilian biometric firm leaving its prints on the global market
In 2002, Iron Daher, a businessman from the state of Goiás, decided to invest in what he saw as (...) READ MORE
The growing pains of Brazil’s fintech market
The Brazilian Ministry of Finance has entered as an involved party in a lawsuit filed in 2016 by Bradesco, (...) READ MORE
Brazilian fintechs offer credit to small businesses ignored by big banks
According to a recent survey by the Institute for Applied Economic Research (Ipea), in Brazil, 41 percent of entrepreneurs (...) READ MORE
Google Brazil chooses official Brazilian partner for startups
Google Developers Launchpad chose Brazilian accelerator ACE Startups as its official partner in Brazil. The initiative selects and helps (...) READ MORE