Investments and Business

Nubank, one of the largest digital financial services platforms in the world, will strengthen its presence in Colombia with a loan of up to USD$150 million from the International Finance Corporation (IFC). (Nubank exceeded 439,000 clients in Colombia).The 3-year local currency loan was pushed to fuel the growth of Nu's local operations and expand access to financial services in the country.The lack of access to formal financial services is one of the main challenges for economic growth in Colombia. Digital transformation can offer new opportunities both to improve financial inclusion and to increase the productivity of the country's population, especially…

Last updated - Jan 17 2023 7:12 AM subway. 2023-01-17 07:12 AM subway. Will the retirement age increase in Colombia? From the Government it was assured that this idea is not foreseen in the pension reform and Petro himself said that, before raising the age, he would resign.

During 2021, the antioquia mining activity represented 8.9% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of Colombia; Likewise, between 2021 and the third quarter of 2022, the direct allocations of royalties from the municipalities of this department amounted to $79,000 million. In this region of the country, 80% of the national gold production was extracted, according to mineral production data from the National Mining Agency (ANM).This demonstrates the importance that mining activity has at the local and national level.(You can also read: Anglo Gold Ashanti responds to Petro: "Quebradona does not put water at risk") This was one of the topics…

In his opinion column on Sunday, January 15, the former director of 'El País' Francisco José Lloreda made reference to the purchase of the Cali newspaper by the Gilinskis. The text discussed the importance of the medium for democracy and the development of the region.(In context: Semana acquires the newspaper El País de Cali) "I never imagined my life without El País", the text begins. Lloreda remembers that he grew up in the facilities of the communication medium, since one of its founders, Álvaro Lloreda, was his grandfather; In addition, the late Rodrigo Lloreda Caicedo, former Foreign Minister, former Minister…