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Spotify u-turns on Uruguay exit after government gives assurances on artist payments

TechCrunch

For those not following all the goings-ons in Uruguay’s music-streaming scene, the saga unfolded something like this. Last October, Uruguay passed a new law […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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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)? Which are widespread?

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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. The financing marks a16z’s first investment in Uruguay, and one of its biggest seed rounds in Latin America.

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HBO Max will launch internationally in June

The Verge

Vincent, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago, Turks and Caicos, Uruguay, and Venezuela. The June launch will see HBO Max expand to 39 countries and territories across Latin America and the Caribbean, including Anguilla, Antigua, Argentina, Aruba, B.V.I., Kitts and Nevis, St.

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Tiger Global, YC back Rebill’s subscription payment platform for Latin America

TechCrunch

Currently, Rebill has clients in Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru and Uruguay and collects payments in 15 currencies. “We reduce the KYC process for each of the payment gateways, so we automatically enable the recurring billing processing for all our merchants,” he added.

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clicOH’s shipping technology provides Amazon-like logistics to e-commerce companies in LatAm

TechCrunch

ClicOH, a 2021 Y Combinator alum, operates in Argentina, Mexico, Chile and Uruguay, and its proprietary technology enables sellers to track shipments in real time via a dashboard with key indicators and traceability.

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Facebook’s TikTok clone Lasso will shut down this month

The Verge

TechCrunch reports that as well as being available in the US, the app was also available in Colombia, Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Peru, Panama, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Ecuador, and Uruguay as of February. Lasso isn’t the only Facebook-owned service that’s due to shut down on July 10th.