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MEXICO
RV Digital , one of the leading marketplaces for digital and financial products in Brazil , has announced the expansion of the RV Hub , a plug-and-play platform that allows the fast and secure integration of solutions for sales of financial and digital services . The initiative aims to help democratize the offer of electronic transactions throughout the retail chain , simplifying access to innovation for merchants in Brazil . In 2021 , the marketplace helped generate nearly R $ 170 million in sales in almost 11 million transactions using APIs for selling telecom top-ups , apps and financial services .
Banco Bradesco has announced the acquisition of Ictineo Plataforma , a financial institution in Mexico that banks will use as a basis for creating a digital bank and thus complement its credit card operation in the country . According to Bradesco , although Bradescard México is currently one of the leading consumer credit finance companies in the retail chain industry , it does not operate in other areas . According to Octavio Lazari Junior , President of Bradesco , the acquisition will allow the bank to act similarly to a digital bank .
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COSTA RICA
VTR , Chile ’ s telecommunications company , has announced its arrival in three municipalities in the center-south with its fiber optic network after installing 3,496 connection points in Cabildo , 9,330 in Pichilemu and 7,900 in Cañete . The works are part of a plan that has already taken fiber optics to 43 other districts . Between January and August , VTR installed fiber at around 16 new locations . The goal is to have five million homes with fiber optics by 2025 .
Intel Costa Rica has officially opened its assembly and testing plant in San Antonio de Belen . Today , a significant portion of the server unit products offered by Intel to global markets are tested and shipped in Costa Rica , increasing the relevance of local operations within Intel ’ s global IDM 2.0 strategy . These operations are part of the company ’ s manufacturing organization , supply chain and operations . Once the silicon wafer manufacturing process happens in Intel ’ s factories , the components are cut and shipped to an assembly and testing center .
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