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MercadoLibre: The ‘Amazon Of Latin America’ Spreads Its Wings

PYMNTS

In Latin America, such a company exists in the form of MercadoLibre , a triple-threat regional financial powerhouse based in Argentina. It is one of the region’s fastest-growing companies, having just turned in a stellar first quarter in a region that has more complexities than any of its northern neighbors. ”

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KKR To Acquire German Digital Payments Firm Heidelpay

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Founded in 2003, Heidelpay enables its clients to accept online and mobile payments and is used by more than 30,000 merchants, including companies such as L’Oréal. The co-founders of Heidelpay and the existing management team kept a minority stake in the business.

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Mastercard Selects New President For European Operations

PYMNTS

Barnett will join Mastercard’s Management Committee on June 1 and will report to Gilberto Caldart, president of international for Mastercard. He joined Mastercard in 2003 and headed the company’s European and global consulting divisions. . Mark brings with him a wealth of knowledge and experience.

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The Top 20 Venture Capitalists

CB Insights

He later joined Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers as a partner for a period between 1999 and 2003. After 4 years with the company, Brian joined Google as a Software Engineer and inevitably rose to become an Engineering Manager. Jeff began his post-graduate career as a Management Consultant with The Boston Consulting Group.

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Killing Strategy: The Disruption Of Management Consulting

CB Insights

The early consultants changed that by using market research and data analysis combined with niche expertise to help companies manage their supply chains, improve their product positioning, and enter new markets to beat their competitors. From one perspective, the position of management consulting as an industry has never seemed more secure.

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A Tale of Two Cities (Conference Season)

Celent Banking

The T24 overhaul appears to have already borne fruit, with the Swedish retail bank Nordea Bank signing up last September to implement T24 across its regional base of 10.8 million retail and 500,000 corporate customers in several Nordic countries. FIS's community banks had their own conference called InfoShare back in April.).

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Autopsy Report: 9 Startup Failure Stories And What We Can Learn From Them

CB Insights

Theranos was founded in 2003 by Elizabeth Holmes, then an undergraduate student at Stanford University’s School of Engineering. Select investors : Amazon, Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, Bowman Capital Management LLC. Select Investors : Wellington Management. The rise and fall of Theranos. Total funding : $161M.

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