"We make a digital banking platform that works across the mobile channel, internet banking channel, smartphones, tablets," says Marcelo González of VeriTran.
Los Andes jumped from 10th to 5th since last year, helping to put Colombia in the TACTICS group of nations that are "most likely to become future higher education stars."
Last July, the IMF forecasted Colombia's GDP to grow by 3.0% in 2017. In October, that figure fell to 2.7% then, in April, it was cut again to 2.3%. Now it sits at 2.0%.