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The pandemic speeds up the fall in the use of cash

About 54 % of the Spanish population prefers to pay with a debit card and 36.6 % choose to pay with bills and coins. This was demonstrated by the national survey on the use of cash in 2020, carried out by the Bank of Spain to the general…

Mercosur bets on eliminating roaming in 2020

Mercosur member countries recently signed a trade agreement with the European Union. Although no details are known, nor effective date, the four South American nations move forward in making crucial decisions for their populations and the…

Ecopetrol starts fracking pilot plan in Colombia

Colombia started the fracking pilot plan through state-owned Ecopetrol. The president of the oil company Felipe Bayón elaborated a summary of the aspects that were considered in the preliminary study, which included the "current situation…

One third of the world’s population is not banked

Technological advances in the banking sector have created a gap that continues to grow with respect to developing countries. This translates into an exclusion of one third of the world's population from the financial world. One could think…

Kiev accepts crypto payments for edible products

Kiev's main foodstuffs market, Bessarabsky, has set a milestone in the whole of Ukraine by approving the payment in cryptocurrencies for several items, thanks to the alliance with the encrypted payment processor Paytomat. Citizens will…