Panelistas

• Sean Summers, Vicepresidente Senior & Chief Marketing Officer, MercadoLibre
• Claudio Muruzábal, Presidente, SAP Latin America
• Andy Freire, Managing Partner & Head South Cone, SoftBank (moderador)

El panel sobre tecnología e inversiones de la conferencia de AS/COA y CAC en Buenos Aires empezó con Andy Freire hablando del potencial argentino de generar emprendimientos "unicornios," empresas con una valuación por encima de los 1000 millones de dólares. "En los últimos años vemos que hubo 20 unicornios en la región, y de ésas, 6 son argentinas." Los panelistas en seguida hablaron de las condiciones regulatorias que contribuyen a la creación de éxitos como MercadoLibre,  como la Ley de Software, políticas de educación, e inversiones en tecnología. Para los panelistas, hay que transformar el emprendimiento en una política de estado.

During a TED talk-style presentation at twenty-fifth annual Council of the Americas Symposium in Miami, Softtek CEO Blanca Treviño discussed the essential skills and characteristics leaders need in today's fast-changing world. Treviño, head of Latin America's largest software services company, says agility and flexibility are key to anticipating and adapting to customers’ needs, but more importantly, leadership requires self-determination, empathy, and trust.

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Panelists

• Kiki del Valle, Senior Vice President, Digital Partnerships, Mastercard LAC
• Osvaldo Gimenez, CEO, MercadoPago and EVP, MercadoLibre
• Fernando Iraola, Managing Director, Head of Latin America Corporate Banking & Global Transaction Services, Bank of America Merrill Lynch
• Cristina Junqueira, Co-founder, Nubank
• Jorge Becerra, Managing Director & Senior Partner, Boston Consulting Group (moderator)

“Seven years ago, the term fintech or unicorn did not exist,” said Cristina Junqueira of Nubank, one of the newest financial technology unicorns of Latin America, on a panel at twenty-fifth annual Council of the Americas Symposium in Miami. Industry leaders joined her in discussing how digital technology has transformed the payments and banking industry, expanded financial inclusion, and improved customer experience and security. For MercadoPago’s Osvaldo Gimenez, increasing case-uses for a single smartphone application is top of mind for the industry. Kiki del Valle of Mastercard said tokenization will be at the forefront of the next digital wave, in which regulators will play a crucial role, added Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s Fernando Iraola.

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