The Rise of Popular Music in Colombia: Fairs, Festivals, and Concerts Take Center Stage

The Rise of Popular Music in Colombia: Fairs, Festivals, and Concerts Take Center Stage

Fairs, festivals, concerts box office hits, genre-specific stations and many, many playlists, is what popular music has achieved, not only in Colombia, but throughout the world. The ground has been won by hand with its artists who in the country have increases in their reproductions of up to 500% in the last year, according to … Read more

The Fintech Shake-Up in Latin America: Winners and Losers

The Fintech Shake-Up in Latin America: Winners and Losers

The figures sound almost implausible. As Brazilian consumers fall behind in paying their debts, they shake a number of fintech startups In the largest economy in Latin America, a company continues to grow. Nu Holdings Ltd. has built enough customers—more than 85 million and counting—to rank among the largest financial companies in Latin America. The … Read more

Insurance Companies in Colombia: A Look at the Sector’s Growth and Contribution to the Economy

Insurance Companies in Colombia: A Look at the Sector’s Growth and Contribution to the Economy

Insurance companies meet this week in Cartagena for the union congress. Gustavo Morales Cobo, president of Fasecolda explained the situation in the sector. What have Colombians insured themselves with? What are the most active branches? The ones that are growing the most are the automotive, engineering, which is the one that protects all machinery, constructions … Read more

The Revolutionary Rise of Barbie: From Controversy to Iconic Success

The Revolutionary Rise of Barbie: From Controversy to Iconic Success

Barbara, the daughter of Elliot and Ruth Handler, had no interest in conventional baby dolls with which girls pretended to be mommies. So Ruth, inspired by an adult toy in the shape of a woman sold in Germany as a version of a comic strip in the tabloid newspaper Bild, envisioned a highly feminine and … Read more

Coomeva and Bancoomeva Support Associates’ Goals with “Credits with a Purpose”

Coomeva and Bancoomeva Support Associates’ Goals with “Credits with a Purpose”

One of the purposes that Coomeva is to support its associates and their families to achieve various goals, including guaranteeing access to education. That’s the reason why Coomeva and Bancoomeva They activated the “credits with a purpose” strategy, oriented towards two objectives: acquiring their own home and financing for education. “Education is the main engine … Read more

Books to Learn About Economic Models

Books to Learn About Economic Models

Reading is a habit that Colombians do not have as developed compared to the rest of the world, because according to the World Atlas ranking, the country that reads the most is India with 10.7 hours, while Colombia does not reach four hours. However, learning in these fields such as economics is essential in times … Read more

EU Announces €45 Billion Investment for Latin America, Including Funding for Construction of Bogotá Metro

EU Announces €45 Billion Investment for Latin America, Including Funding for Construction of Bogotá Metro

Yesterday the summit began between the European Union (EU) and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac)with an investment announcement from the EU of more than 45,000 million euros (US$50,584 million) for Latin America. The investments will go until 2027 through the Global Gateway program for environmentally sustainable projects in all the countries … Read more

uFlow and Truora Form Strategic Partnership to Automate Credit Decisions in the Financial Sector

uFlow and Truora Form Strategic Partnership to Automate Credit Decisions in the Financial Sector

The technological services company for the financial system, uFlow which resides in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud and allows changes to the rules of banking entities to grant credits automatically and quickly, sealed a strategic alliance with Truora, the company specialized in authentication and identity validation, to develop a solution that will allow companies … Read more

Djokovic Defeats Rublev to Reach Wimbledon Semifinals and Achieve 400th Grand Slam Victory

Djokovic Defeats Rublev to Reach Wimbledon Semifinals and Achieve 400th Grand Slam Victory

Favorite Novak Djokovic lost the opening set of his match at Wimbledon on Tuesday, but he reacted to defeat Andrey Rublev 4-6, 6-1, 6-4 and 6-3 and reach the semifinals of the tournament. The seventh-seeded Rublev took the first set but was unable to do anything for the remainder of the match as Djokovic kept … Read more

The Growing Importance of Secure Insurance to Protect Against Calamities

The Growing Importance of Secure Insurance to Protect Against Calamities

No one is exempt from suffering a calamity, be it a work or car accident, some damage at home, or even the loss of a valuable personal object, which is why people are increasingly aware of the importance of having a secure to protect them in case of any bad moment. And it is that … Read more