The BCB's rate-setting Copom is expected to keep its Selic rate at 2.00% on Wed. economic activity increased 0.59% m/m in November, decelerating from a revised 0.75% gain in October, as the economy continues to adjust to the coronavirus. The BCB said...

The pandemic winners among developed market stocks, almost all tech firms, are now household names, with the likes of Zoom helping to transform our working and personal lives and Tesla becoming a retail-investor favourite, recording staggering share...

What impact will a privacy policy change have on users of WhatsApp? As WhatsApp is an unregulated platform, several firms have already banned its use in the workplace, conscious that end-to-end encryption means chats cannot easily be monitored by com...

This week’s monetary policy meeting in Brazil, on Wednesday, was not supposed to be particularly controversial. Moreover, inflation expectations for 2021-22 are anchored and the economy is still demanding an extraordinary level of monetary policy sti...

Consumer/data protection is the top regulatory challenge cited by fintechs. By product, consumer/data protection regulations are a key hurdle for fintechs operating in the payments, lending and investech segments. By country, incumbents in India, Chi...

Most would agree that economic stress, and specifically unemployment, breeds populism, and in extreme cases, radicalisation and insecurity. It is the EM echo of the message from Bill Clinton's 1992 election strategist James Carville, "It's the econom...