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Latin America: Prometeo to Offer Agentic Banking
October 14, 2025 @ 8:21 am By JD Alois Fintech Prometeo says it is poised to offer Agentic Banking in Latin America. Prometio is a banking software platform, reporting over 1500 connections to 1200 financial institutions in eleven countries. The...
Owner: Andrew Dix
UK is delaying Revolut’s banking license over risk management concerns
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Yahoo Finance
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Image Credits:Revolut U.K. fintech Revolut has hit yet another roadblock to its longstanding mission of becoming a real bank in its home country: Its full banking license is on hold because the country’s central bank is concerned over whether the...
Owner: Apollo Global Management
Colombia: Venezuelan activists attacked in targeted shooting
Two Venezuelan activists were shot and injured in the Colombian capital Bogota on Monday in what local authorities suspect was a targeted, hitman-style attack. Yendri Velasquez, a human rights and LGBTQ+ activist, and Luis Peche, a political...
Owner: German Government
Society for Audiovisual Heritage Launches Latam Classics Label at the Lumière Film Festival’s International Classic Film Market (EXCLUSIVE)
The Buenos Aires-based Society for Audiovisual Heritage has launched the dedicated label Latam Classics at the Lumiere Film Festival’s International Classic Film Market (MIFC) in Lyon. The new Latin Classics label is dedicated to the promotion and...
Owner: Jay Penske
Colombian Central Bank Holds Key Interest Rate at 9.25% for Fourth Consecutive Time
The Board of Directors of the Banco de la República (Banrep) opted to hold its benchmark interest rate steady at 9.25% for the fourth consecutive meeting, a decision that aligns with the majority consensus among financial analysts. The decision,...
Owner: Loren Moss
From childhood dreams to business reality: How this Staten Islander is creating a community for dogs
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Jj Forlenza wants to make her credo clear: “I’m not in this for the money. I’m in this for the dogs,” she said. Forlenza recently launched her own business, blackdog doghaus, a dog daycare center in Tottenville that...
Owner: Newhouse Family
Jose Maria Rancano on Slalom’s growth ambitions in the Mexican market
Last year, Slalom announced bold growth plans in the Mexican market. Jose Maria Rancano, the company’s General Manager for Mexico, discusses the firm’s ambitions, progress to date, and what can be expected in the period ahead. How would you...
Tanzania’s $2.8m grant sparks youth enterprise shift
DAR ES SALAAM: THE country’s youth entrepreneurship agenda has received a major lift through a 2.8 million US dollars grant under the international u’GOOD Programme, in a notable shift toward data-led policy making. The five-year initiative,...
Owner: Tanzanian Government
The women looking after the elderly in Colombia also need care
It is 4.45 in the morning, and Sandra Moreno is already up. She moves quietly, so as not to wake her parents, quickly gets ready, and steps out into the traffic of Bogotá, bound for the adult care centre where she has been working for three years....
Owner: Equal Times (Non-Profit)
Revolut's UK banking licence 'held up' by concerns about risk controls
By ANGHARAD CARRICK Updated: 05:08 EDT, 14 October 2025 Revolut’s banking licence has reportedly been delayed by British regulators’ concerns over the lender's global risk controls. The digital bank first applied for a UK banking licence in 2021...
Owner: Jonathan Harmsworth
IMF to launch World Economic Outlook today
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) will unveil its latest World Economic Outlook (WEO) on Tuesday (today), October 14, 2025, in Washington, D.C. time, during a hybrid press briefing at the annual meetings of the World Bank/ IMF, in Washington,...
Owner: Frank Aigbogun
Colombia Consul General, Owner of Cheaitou Brothers, Sued for US$103K Unpaid Debt
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Liberian Observer
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Ms Global Company, based in Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain, has filed a lawsuit against Cheaitou Brothers Incorporated, owed by Mr. Houssein Cheaitou , Consul General of Colombia in Liberia, at the Commercial Court in Monrovia over an outstanding debt...
Owner: Best Family
Building Dreams Abroad: Colombian Artist and Founder in New York
By Michael Fernandez on October 13, 2025 When Maria Paula Sabogal Guerrero left Colombia to pursue acting in New York City, she carried more than a dream; she carried generations of stories. Now a business owner, actor, writer, and producer, she...
Owner: Non-transparent
MICHAEL AVERY: SA is morphing into Colombia as attack dogs stay leashed
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BusinessLIVE
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Ramaphosa’s extension of lottery probe means another executive-controlled agency nibbling at graft while impunity continues Acting police minister Firoz Cachalia has warned — I’m sure dead-eyed and unblinking — that SA could become “the next...
Owner: Tshepo Mahloele
Colombia hoping to convince Arsenal star to change nationality and represent them at 2026 FIFA World Cup: Reports
Arsenal star Cristhian Mosquera is reportedly being poached by Colombia. The South Americans want to call him up for their matches against New Zealand and Nigeria in November, and eventually play at the 2026 FIFA World Cup. According to a report...
Owner: Nitish Mittersain
Lakes Region businesses look to international workers when local help is scarce
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The Laconia Daily Sun - New Hampshire
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The Lakes Region population explodes during the summer, and to keep up with the growing demand in the hospitality industry, many businesses bring in workers from abroad when they have trouble finding local help. During a Lakes Region Tourism...
Owner: Adam Hirshan
Venezuelan human rights activist shot in Bogota attack with colleague
BOGOTA: A Venezuelan human rights activist and a political consultant were shot and injured in Colombia’s capital on Monday in a hitman-style attack. Yendri Velasquez, a human rights and LGBT activist, and political consultant Luis Peche were...
21st Performing Arts Market in Seoul brings global creativity to Korea
Every October, Seoul pulses with creativity, dialogue and possibility as the Performing Arts Market in Seoul (PAMS) returns. This year, the 21st edition of PAMS marks its 20th anniversary of promoting Korea’s performing arts on the international...
Owner: Myung-Ho Seung & Seung Family
Canada looks to shift gears against Colombia
Open this photo in gallery:Aiden O'Neill of Australia and Ismael Kone of Canada jump for the ball during the International Friendly match between Canada and Australia at Stade Saputo on Friday in Montreal, Quebec.Minas Panagiotakis/Getty Images...
Owner: Thomson Family
Hieren a dos activistas venezolanos en un atentado en Colombia, dice Policía Nacional
Por CNN en Español La Policía Nacional de Colombia informó este lunes que dos ciudadanos venezolanos fueron heridos por disparos de armas de fuego en un ataque en el barrio Los Cedros en Bogotá. El teniente coronel Ricardo Chaves, de la Policía...
Owner: Bradley Family