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Colombia has made significant strides in the shift to electronic payments, but further progress in addressing the informal cash economy, increasing merchant acceptance and consumer adoption is needed to further advance the shift to digital payments in the country, according to a...

Above photo: ViveAgro Founders Juan Pablo Arbelaez & Felipe Arbelaez During the celebration of Global Entrepreneurship Week recently, the two brothers Felipe and Juan Pablo Arbelaez, founders of Vive Agro, were selected by Endeavor Colombia as the 2014 Endeavor Entrepreneurs....

Colombian mobile operators Claro, Telefónica Movistar and Tigo and trade association Asomóvil, together with the GSMA industry group today announced a series of joint initiatives to enhance mobile users’ experiences throughout the country. These initiatives are supported by the...

In line with its plan to expand and strengthen its presence in markets with a high demand in the transport of goods and merchandise, Avianca Cargo has incorporated its fifth Airbus A-330 aircraft exclusively for freight. The addition of this new aircraft allows Avianca Cargo to...

While Valentine’s Day has become a holiday celebrated in many countries around the world, attitudes about love and the way it gets expressed vary significantly among nationalities. While in Colombia, like much of Latin America, the Dia del Amor, celebrated the third...

The big travel news across the globe today has been the Expedia Orbitz acquisition, which many analysts say is taking place to compete against Priceline. While the global travel market continues to grow and evolve, there are still many targeted niches, whether that be type of...

Colombian Nonprofit Fundacion InnoSocial held their first “International Congress of Personal Branding, Entrepreneurship, & Digital Marketing in Bogotá last month. The event, the first of its kind, was designed to bring together students, business people, aspiring...

Dayton Superior Corporation, an Ohio based international supplier chemicals, devices and accessories to the commercial and industrial cement construction industry, has announced today that the company will expand their operations in Bogota, Colombia. The company will move to...

A new study commissioned by FedEx and conducted by Forrester Consulting reveals that online shopping has largely taken hold in Colombia, and other Latin American markets. Worldwide, online shopping has exceeded $1 trillion (USD) per year, and is forecast to double again in four...

Gran Tierra announced that it has reduced its capital budget for 2015 to $140 million.  This is a reduction of $170 million from the previously announced budget of $310 million.   The revised budget for operations in Colombia, Peru and Brazil allocates $50 million t...