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Bogotá firm ADDI has raised $15 million USD in venture capital to grow ADDI’s business in Colombia and to expand to new Latin American markets. Addi provides consumer point of sale financing for retail purchases as an alternative to credit cards.

According to an OECD report, Colombia has significantly improved its health system over the past 20 years, leading to a rise in life expectancy and a fall in infant mortality. Infant mortality has fallen from 40 deaths per 1 000 live births in 1970 to 12.8 and life expectancy at...

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...