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Chile's law also reaches foreign companies that offer goods or services to people in Chile, Peru requires serious incidents to be reported within hours and Mexico moved oversight to a federal ministry. What already applies, what is coming and what to review first.
The Central Bank resumed monthly publication of its price index and the IMF restored relations with the country, with statistics production among its first tasks. The figures can now support budgeting, provided their revisions and the remaining gaps are managed.
Since mid-2025, mobile payment transactions have outnumbered card terminal transactions every month. Brazil, Mexico and Colombia show where instant payments are heading and what they demand of the companies that collect through them.
The annual study by IBM and the Ponemon Institute records a rise in the average cost of breaches in its Latin American sample. Encryption, security automation and controls over AI are associated with lower costs.
Mexico and Chile have added regions from the major providers in recent years. Running close to users reduces latency and makes data residency easier, in exchange for shorter catalogues and, in some cases, higher prices.
In Mexico, Brazil, Chile and Colombia e-invoicing is mandatory for broad groups of companies, and Venezuela is extending it segment by segment, with specific rules for online sales. That record, designed for tax control, can also measure sales, margins and suppliers.
The 2025 Latin American Artificial Intelligence Index ranks Venezuela last. By dimension, the widest gap is in governance and the narrowest in research, development and adoption.
AI use has become widespread, but the share of companies that see its effect on operating results did not move in a year. The evidence points to management decisions, such as redesigning whole processes, training executives and assigning owners.
Mexico's economic census shows a jump between micro and small firms in internet, cloud and data analytics use, and a much smaller distance between medium and large ones. Brazil and Colombia confirm that AI use grows with firm size.
Labour productivity in Latin America and the Caribbean has barely grown since 2019. Comparative surveys show that the region's medium and large manufacturers were less well managed than their US peers, and experiments indicate that fixing basic practices has measurable effects.