Author: Stanley Bowers

The Citibanamex Financial Inclusion Index, released this Tuesday, indicates that last year, the number of municipalities with very high financial inclusion grew to 126 from the 88 in 2021, placing it as the highest number since 2017. Among the variables that measure the degree of financial inclusion, contracts through mobile banking stand out for being the fastest growing and for transcending the expectations with which they were created. This variable grew more than 400% between 2017 and 2022, consolidating itself as an important access route and catalyst in the growth of financial inclusion. The report states that “although the initial…

Approach 1: Time efficiency This first approach embraces the idea that artificial intelligence can be an ally in the search for work efficiency. Instead of eliminating jobs, it focuses on reducing working hours. The premise is simple: harness the ability of AI to perform tasks more quickly and accurately, allowing employees to complete the same amount of work in less time. Automating repetitive tasks and data analysis is a key advantage of AI, says Javi Rayón, director of Product and Innovation at Sesame HR. With a correct AI strategy, companies would not necessarily have to hire more staff, since it…

The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) defines prediabetes as a “serious condition in which blood sugar levels are higher than normal, but have not yet reached levels sufficiently high to diagnose type 2 diabetes.” The organization details that a person with this condition can make changes to their lifestyle – with the help of specialists – to prevent or delay the onset of type 2 diabetes and other health problems. Causes and symptoms Like diabetes, prediabetes is associated with insulin production. “If you have prediabetes, the cells in your body do not respond to insulin normally.…

Deepfakes – which until less than five years ago were considered a remote technology – have achieved accelerated tuning in the training algorithms to clone voices and images that result in audio and an almost ‘real’ portrait of a person. The rapid expansion of deepfakes in an electoral context threatens to accentuate misinformation in the media, social networks and even issues of identity theft. This situation has begun to be reflected in the country. In previous days, a WhatsApp audio note from the current head of government of Mexico City, Martí Batres, was leaked in which he allegedly talks about…

The market had reflected as much as a 28% chance of a rate increase for January before the Labor Department’s report, which showed the consumer price index rose only 3.2% compared to the previous year, after having increased 3.7% in September. Energy prices, a key point for consumers, fell 2.5% in October compared to September . Core inflation, which excludes energy and food, rose 4%, the slowest pace in more than two years. While still well above the Federal Reserve’s 2% target, the downward trend could give Fed policymakers more confidence that their stance is tight enough to take effect.…

Natura said the deal includes potential compensation of £90 million, adding that both the sale price and compensation would be paid within five years of closing the deal. This is Natura’s second major divestment this year, within the framework of a broader organizational restructuring, following the agreement announced in April to sell the luxury brand Aesop to L’Oréal for a value of $2.53 billion. The sale of The Body Shop was “another important step in Natura &Co’s new development cycle to unlock significant value,” Natura CEO Fabio Barbosa said in a statement. “Refocused, deleveraged and more agile, Natura &Co will…

Despite closing some efforts in Prime Gaming, the executive promised that the dynamic of giving away titles on a monthly basis will continue and, in fact, they will generate new initiatives to refine that service and increase its focus in that aspect. Amazon’s interest in the video game industry is not accidental. In fact they have several initiatives in this field. It has a partnership with the Japanese developer, Bandai Namco, with which it will publish the MMO video game Blue Protocol, in addition to the new installment of the Tomb Raider franchise. On the other hand, he is also…

Of the total trucks, 1,279 will be configured as command vehicles, each with the capacity to transport 30 soldiers. The remaining 30 vehicles will be dedicated to cargo transportation. “Although the brand is of Chinese origin, all the trucks are assembled in Mexico, with national labor and fully complying with the regional value percentage stipulated by law and are packaged as Mexican trucks,” said Ernesto Del Blanco, director general of ELAM-FAW, cited in a statement. ELAM-FAW will create 170 direct jobs to activate its three assembly lines and thus resolve the demand for this order. Adjustments are being made to…

The US Dow Jones index rose by 1.47% to settle at 34,842 units. The technological Nasdaq climbed 2.10%, to 14,056 points. The S&P 500 advanced 1.69%, to be at 4,486 points. In Mexico, Volaris shares maintained a gain of 5.03%, at 11.28 pesos on the Mexican Stock Exchange (BMV). Meanwhile, the main stock index of the BMV rose 2.07%, to reach 52,150 integers. US consumer prices remained unchanged in October, with gasoline prices falling, while core inflation showed signs of slowing, official data showed. In the 12 months through October, the CPI rose 3.2% while economists polled by Reuters had…