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Mortgages only represent 7% of GDP in Colombia, a lower rate than in many other Latin American countries.

The IFC DigiLab for Latin America and the Caribbean will look toward “helping businesses respond to new digital trends in the market."

The selected startups will get the opportunity to attend the World Economic Forum on Latin America in March in São Paulo.

The company plans to use the incoming capital to scale up its tech platform, embrace machine learning, and expand in Latin America.

Davivienda's 433 billion pesos in green bonds, with a 10-year term, have been acquired entirely by the International Finance Corporation.

Some of the funds will be devoted to improving fertilizer production, warehousing, and distribution in Colombia.

Medellín based SURA Asset Management and Peru’s Credicorp Capital  have announced a strategic alliance creating a new fund in order to invest  $1.3 billion COP (approximately $400 million USD) in Colombia’s “fourth generation” (4G) roadway infrastructure projects. The...

Pacific Exploration & Production Corp. (TSX: PRE) (BVC: PREC), formerly known as Pacific Rubiales, has announced the start of operations of Puerto Bahía port facilities in Cartagena, Colombia. The multimodal terminal officially started liquid and general bulk transport...

Although small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) are the main driving force behind the economy of Latin America and the Caribbean, their main barrier to growth is a lack of access to resources. The financing gap for SMEs in the region is estimated at between $210 billion and...

Above photo: Serge Elkiner, CEO of Yellow Pepper Yellow Pepper, the first Latin American mobile financial company to receive a World Bank IFC (International Financial Corporation) equity investment, has launched Yepex, Latin Americas’ first “smart wallet” with functionality...