Recently, the largest country in Latin America went through a major presidential election. On October 31st, the Brazilian people elected the two-time former president Luis Inácio “Lula” Da Silva for a third presidency. Lula beat the current president, Jair Messias Bolsonaro in a razor-tight result, winning by only 1.8% of the votes, in one of […]
A Brazilian investment company just innovated by promising “free Bitcoin” for participants willing to learn more about investments and cryptocurrency assets. The program was created by Empiricus Research, the country’s largest independent investment research firm. Going by the name of “Auxílio Bitcoin” (Portuguese for “Bitcoin assistance”), was inspired by Brazil’s government poverty assistance programs and […]
Nubank – the largest digital bank in South America – is a Brazilian corporation that was founded in 2013 by Colombian David Vélez, Brazilian Cristina Junqueira, and American Edward Wible. Since its foundation, Nubank quickly became Brazil’s most popular digital bank, overthrowing giants like Santander and Itau, and even the country’s state banks: Banco do […]
