Archives: Opiniones

Brazilian banking and its disruptors
Are the days for huge Brazilian bank spreads numbered?…

Why BNDES is developing its own cryptocurrency
OPINION: How to trace development financing more effectively…

Blockchain adoption in Brazil: Early days
OPINION: The hype is out of control – but blockchain offers some concrete, serious opportunities for Brazil…

A primer on blockchain – and what we can do with it
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Lessons learned from Peru’s mobile money initiative
OPINION: Miguel Arce, the commercial director of PDP, reflects on the electronic money project in Peru…

What will money look like in the future?
OPINION: Interoperability is key for digital payments systems, argues the architect of Ecuador’s mobile money project…

Is a cashless society ahead?
OPINION: In much of Latin America, cash is still king. But guess what: it doesn’t have to be, argues Jeffrey Bower…

Editor’s letter: What makes a successful mobile payments system?
The opportunity is easy to spot. The tougher question is how to design a mobile payments system that hits the critical mass? What’s the formula for M-Pesa level success in Latin America and the Caribbean?…