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Understanding Income Inequality

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

I asked her what kind of insights could be gleaned by an anti-poverty group, say in Uruguay (to pick one country out of 50), accessing the LIS. She suggested: In Uruguay: What is the poverty rate among individuals and households (using any of a number of poverty lines – absolute or relative, national or regional)?

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Founded by ex-dLocal and AstroPay execs, Datanomik is bringing open banking to LatAm

TechCrunch

Cross-border payments platform dLocal is one of the most notable Latin American startups in recent history — the company became Uruguay’s first unicorn in 2020 and went public on the Nasdaq in 2021. Open banking seeks to bypass traditional financial rails by allowing banks to give developers access to their data through APIs.

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Spotify brings real-time lyrics to 26 countries, not including the US

The Verge

Where available, users can access them by tapping the “lyrics” card at the bottom of the service’s “Now Playing” screen. Spotify is launching a new real-time lyrics feature in 26 markets today, including India and countries in Southeast Asia and Latin America, TechCrunch reports.

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SpaceX moves to beam Starlink internet into cars, boats, and aircraft

The Verge

A train of Starlink satellites in low-Earth orbit passes over Uruguay. Offering Starlink internet to those customers will “allow operators and passengers to access services that enable increased productivity,” SpaceX said. SpaceX is asking the FCC for approval to beam Starlink internet into moving vehicles.

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Marco Financial raises $82M in debt, equity seed round to support small Latin American exporters

TechCrunch

Spradling was born in Uruguay and knows firsthand about the challenges of importing and exporting from working in his family’s slaughterhouse and later founding three of his own companies. Families with money can access the banks, but you can’t launch a business without capital, and many owners lack that access to banks.”.

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Identity security platform Oort bags new cash to grow its product

TechCrunch

Oort works with existing systems such as Okta and Microsoft Azure AD and offers tools for performing common identity security tasks, like fixing vulnerable user accounts, investigating a user’s authentication history and risk factors, monitoring for potentially suspicious user behavior and removing accounts with unused access.

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Peruvian startup Leasy secures $17M in debt, equity to provide auto loans to LatAm ride-hailing drivers

TechCrunch

For many, it was the only way to be able to have access to the job market they wanted to pursue. Magma Partners’ Nathan Lustig believes Leasy is solving a “real problem” for Latin Americans who are trying to get access to what is for many their biggest asset. “A

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