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How Nearshore Software Development Can Still Work in Highly Regulated Industries

Perficient

However, companies within certain industries may be more hesitant to incorporate a nearshore delivery model into their software development projects due to federal regulations around information and data security. The Perficient Latin America team has extensive experience developing custom software solutions for U.S. Traceability.

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Wirecard North America goes on market, while operations allowed to resume in UK

Payments Dive

Wirecard North America officials said the company was looking for a new owner as the multi-billion accounting scandal at the German-based payments firm reverberated across the globe. UK regulators reached agreement to let operations resume there.

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

PYMNTS

Imagine if a North American company had the market share of Amazon, the payment flexibility of PayPal and the credit portfolio of Visa. In Latin America, such a company exists in the form of MercadoLibre , a triple-threat regional financial powerhouse based in Argentina. It now operates in 18 countries in Latin America.

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Nuvemshop, Latin America's Shopify, Raises $30M

PYMNTS

The four intended to start a new marketplace software product for the Latin America region. Brazilian regulators, after watching the digital markets of the world develop, decided they don't want a closed-loop market or one dominated by established big tech names.

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Is ‘Embedded Regulation’ The Key To Stablecoins’ Success?

PYMNTS

The age of digital currencies might be fully upon us, but key questions swirl about how to issue and regulate cryptos – especially stablecoins. Regulators and lawmakers, however, can latch onto digital currency efforts as they must monitor and also supervise such stablecoins. In a paper that debuted Tuesday (Nov.

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Mexican Regulator Gives Go-Ahead For Uber’s Cornershop Acquisition 

PYMNTS

Mexico’s antitrust regulator Cofece has approved the acquisition of grocery delivery platform Cornershop by Uber Technologies, Bloomberg reported on Monday (Dec. Uber started expanding its partnership with Cornershop in July , with some locations in Latin America, U.S. and Canada operating under Uber’s app. . Department of Justice.

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Latin America Is Suddenly Fintech’s Hottest Market. Here Are The 3 Reasons Why

CB Insights

In 6 years, Latin America (LatAm) fintech funding has grown from less than $50M to top $2.1B Social, political, and environmental pressures have made the LatAm market highly volatile. Regulators across LatAm have been borrowing from Europe’s open banking playbook to increase financial inclusion and break up incumbent bank monopolies.

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