Looking to give the island’s economic activity a much-needed push through entrepreneurship, Plaza Las Américas is joining forces with MasterCard, the Puerto Rico Economic Development Bank, and the Puerto Rico Trade and Export Company to launch the "Journey to Business Success" competition for business development.
A student from the Universidad del Este won this year’s fourth edition of the MasterCard Student Food Challenge, held prior to this weekend’s Saborea culinary fest, receiving a $1,000 scholarship for proving his talent in the kitchen, the credit card company announced.
MasterCard and the Inter-American Development Bank have recently signed an agreement, as announced at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, to work together in an effort to improve economic inclusion, transparency and financial formalization through the expansion of electronic payments in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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