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Latam is battling with inflation, is dollarisation set to increase? I discuss about it here: thebanker.com/World/Americas…

This was a very fun piece to write. I never would have imagined I would one day mention sertanejo (a Brazilian music genre) in an article about banking #banking #instantpayments #pixbrazil

Panel about challenges and opportunities of the pension panorama in Latam #Felaban2022

Major Brazilian banks set aside R$10bn to cover potential losses from Americana's restructuring www1.folha.uol.com.br/mercado/2023/0…

“We will not hand over Russian weapons to be taken to Ukraine to prolong a war,” Gustavo Petro, Colombia’s president: ft.com/content/fc8d51…

Short- and long-term economic challenges and shifting growth paradigms are the topics of discussion for the Latam economists participating in The Banker’s roundtable. on.ft.com/3YEJnMk

Tree planting? Carbon offsetting mkt flooded with low-quality projects that make vague or inflated predictions about their potential for reducing emissions (saplings that will take decades to grow or planted on nutrient-poor land) euronews.com/green/2023/02/…

What better day to launch our new Wednesday - midweek podcast than on a Thursday! ;-) This week myself and The Banker 's Latam editor Barbara Pianese talk our March cover story, IWD23 and ChatGPT #TheBankerMidweek play.acast.com/s/thebankerpod…

Panama's economic minister Hector Alexander just elected as new chairman of board of governors Inter-American Development Bank

Costa Rica expects to get off the EU grey list in October, its finance minister tells Barbara Pianese. on.ft.com/4272f8k

Except for the general excitement, fintech has developed unevenly in Latin America. My latest for The Banker #latam #fintech

Are cryptocurrencies a viable solution to #financialinclusion in #latam? It was nice to hear the views of Nicole Dyskant (Fireblocks), Fernando Carvalho (QR Capital), Renato Dias de Brito Gomes (Banco Central BR) last week in London #FTCrypto

Bolivia’s central bank president, Edwin Rojas, explained to me how the bank is tackling a sharp fall in foreign currency reserves #bolivia BancoCentralBO #bancofassil thebanker.com/World/Americas…

At least they could have framed the issue as a general lack of productivity rather than blaming the people..

Mexico plans to modernise its fintech regulation, says Gabriel Yorio, the country's Deputy Minister of Finance in a recent press report. I've written about the law's shortcomings. #fintechmexico

Everybody is betting on nearshoring. But is it really happening? Recently wrote about it #nearshoringmexico thebanker.com/Nearshoring-in…

Sasha Mills, Executive Director, Financial Market Infrastructure at the Bank of England joins Financial Times journalist Barbara Pianese on stage for the second keynote of the day at Digital Assets Summit 2025.