Facebook launches Commerce Accelerator for startups
LatamList – Facebook announced the launch of a new Commerce Accelerator aimed at startups in the e-commerce sector.…
Facebook and Cielo petition for a revision of WhatsApp payment suspension
LatamList – Facebook and Cielo, a Brazilian fintech, petitioned the Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE) for a…
Brazil’s Central Bank suspends WhatsApp payments
LatamList – Brazil’s Central Bank suspended Facebook’s WhatsApp payment feature in the country, just over a week after…
Facebook launches WhatsApp payments in Brazil
LatamList – Facebook launched its new WhatsApp payment function, powered by Facebook Pay, in Brazil. Facebook plans to…
Brazilian government fines Facebook $1.6M for improper sharing of user data
LatAm List – For the past two years, Facebook has been under fire since political consultancy firm Cambridge…
WhatsApp Business launches product catalog for small businesses in Mexico
LatAm List – WhatsApp, the messaging app owned by Facebook, recently launched a catalog feature for its business…
Facebook launches cryptocurrency ‘Libra’; Mercado Libre will partner
LatAm List – Libra is Facebook’s new global digital coin that will allow users to save, send, or…
Facebook and Parallel18 launch their accelerator program
LatAm List – Startup Hub Caribbean is a three-month accelerator program led by Facebook and Parallel18, a Puerto…
Bancolombia partners with fintech startup Vlipco
LatAm List – Bancolombia recently announced a partnership with Vlipco at the General Shareholders Assembly in Medellín, Colombia.…
Facebook launches new Dating feature in Colombia
LatAm List – In a story brought to our attention by TechCrunch, Facebook will launch an online dating…