Payment leader Visa launched Visa Checkout for online shopping in Brazil Friday. The online checkout offering enables customers to buy items quicker from any electronic device, and 96 percent of users consider this new service to be the most-secure way to make a payment over the Internet. Futebolcard, which sells soccer tickets in Brazil, is the first seller to use Visa Checkout. Read More »

Ingram Micro is acquiring the Acao Group, a Latin America provider of IT solutions based in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The new addition represents a $300 million increase on Micro's  annual value-add solutions revenue and is expected to be finalized by the end of 2015. The key leadership from Acao will support the integration between the two companies in order to maintain its growth. Read More »

Brazil Minerals Inc. CEO Marc Fogassa joined an advisory committee of a 2016 U.S presidential candidate Oct. 12. And while the company did not name which candidate Fogassa is advising, he was selected to offer his expertise on U.S.-Brazil relations and supports expanded open trade between the two countries with less bureaucracy. Fogassa is not being paid for his contributions. Read More »

Over the next decade, Latin America will see an increase in urbanization and a growing middle class, in addition to more purchasing power for women, a recent study on megatrends by Frost & Sullivan predicted. The full study will be published in November ahead of Frost & Sullivan's conference on Growth, Innovation and Leadership to be held in early December in Miami, Florida. Read More »

U.S. online and mobile ticket provider Fandango recently purchased Rio de Janeiro-based Ingresso.com in order to establish a presence in the region. Yanover's comments follow Fandango's recent purchase of Ingresso.com for an undisclosed price. Initially, Ingresso.com was an entertainment ticketing subsidiary of Latin American-based e-commerce company B2W Companhia Digital. Read More »

Spanish-language newspapers in the U.S. are going through a rich period and have an even better outlook though challenges remain, Reinaldo Escobar, a Colombian-born journalist and owner of The Spanish Times in Utah, recently told Latin Business Daily. The importance of Spanish-language media has grown along with the U.S. Hispanic community's political importance, Escobar said. Read More »

Latin American executives still fail to understand the importance of “reputational risk” in social media in a region with 340 million Internet users, communications expert and writer Alberto Arebalos told Latin Business Daily. Read More »

Pablo Otin was named solar power provider 8minutenergy Renewables new Vice President of Business Development in Latin America Monday. The solar company expects to develop 2.000 megawatts of solar photovoltaic projects in Latin America by 2020. Otin was Country Manager for Gestamp Solar in North America, where he was responsible for 11 operational projects and securing PPA contracts. Read More »

Arcadia Biosciences Inc. of Davis, California has entered into a joint venture with Bioceres S.A., Verdeca. Read More »

Insteon, a provider of home-control network technology, announced a distribution partnership with Smartnex in Brazil. Insteon's applications include remote-control HVAC, timers, lighting, cameras, leak sensing, humidity sensing, occupancy sensing, and garage-door sensing and control. Users can control applications remotely from smartphones, tablets, laptops and desktops. Read More »

Capstone Turbine Corporation recently announced that it has a received an order for a C600 microturbine that will be powering a gas compression station in Colombia, a microturbine able to operate in dual mode and independently of the grid, or with the grid in a load sharing capacity; it can also provide power to the compression 27/7 and is modular, meaning it can easily be expanded to accommodate a future expansion. Read More »

Amyris Inc. on Oct. 6 announced that the manufacturing of its third product produced this year at its industrial scale fermentation facility in Brotas, Brazil, is almost finished; the product represents the second critical fragrance ingredient successfully developed and produced at industrial scale for an Amyris collaboration partner, and the company is optimistic about its future. Read More »

Edmodo, a global education network, reached a partnership agreement with SINADEP- SNTE, the leading teacher’s union in Mexico, to consolidate communication and collaboration among SINADEP- SNTE teacher members. The new partnership will help SINADEP-SNTE's more than 1.4 million members collaborate and share best teaching practices, while encouraging professional development. Read More »

Application intelligence company AppDynamics on Thursday launched its operations in Mexico, where it will offer next-generation technology solutions to enterprises and government entities, as part of the company's goal to enhance the modern business environment through top-of-the-line services and advanced technologies, which are designed to help companies with monitoring and managing software solutions. Read More »

Archer Daniels Midland Company, an agricultural processor, recently announced that is has joined the Andean Family Farmers partnership in order to support Bolivian quinoa smallholder farmers; furthermore, through its social investment program, called ADM Cares, the company will provide funding to support the addition of a greatly needed irrigation project in southern Bolivia. Read More »

Gigamon Inc. (NYSE: GIMO), a U.S. network security company providing active visibility with products such as GigaSECURE® and Visibility Fabric™, recently announced its plans to expand into the Latin American (LATAM) market. Read More »

Fandango has announced that it has acquired Ingresso.com from Latin American e-commerce company, B2W Companhia Digital, a website that has been a subsidiary of B2W Companhia Digital; based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Ingresso.com is a smart move for Fandango, which is already the leading U.S. digital destination for moviegoers. Read More »

UTi Worldwide, aiming to strengthen its growth in Mexico, recently opened a new contract facility in Irapuato. The 8,200-square-foot facility has capacity for 2,800 pallets and the potential for rapid expansion. The multi-client warehouse space offers room for valued-added contract logistics including vendor-managed inventory, sub-assembly, kitting and other services. Read More »

Arcadia Biosciences, Inc., Bioceres S.A. and Tropical Melhoramento e Genética Ltda. recently announced a collaboration agreement between TMG and Verdeca LLC, a soybean technology joint venture between Arcadia and Bioceres. Read More »

Amyris Inc., an industrial bioscience company, on Friday announced it has entered into a memorandum of understanding for an exclusive distribution and reseller agreement with Contém 1G, one of the leading cosmetics companies in Brazil. Read More »