Tag: Mexico
Mexico Fines AT&T & Warner, Discovery Over Concentration
Mexico's Federal Economic Competition Commission (COFECE) announced on Thursday it had determined to sanction AT&T and Warner Bros. Discovery with a fine for failing to...
Mexico Watchdog Sees Potential LPG Antitrust Violations
Mexican competition watchdog COFECE has identified a company that could have incurred in anti-trust practices in the liquified petroleum gas (LPG) market.
The regulator notified an...
MercadoLibre, Creditas Team to Offer Used Car Loans in Mexico
South American eCommerce giant MercadoLibre and Brazilian financial service firm Creditas have joined forces to allow MercadoLibre users to apply for used car loans in Mexico.
MercadoLibre’s head of...
Western Union & MercadoLibre Team Up In Mexico
US-based money transfer firm Western Union, announced an agreement Wednesday with South American e-commerce giant MercadoLibre to send digital remittances to Mexico, which have...
Banco Santander Sets Strict Guardrails For Potential Mexico Deal
Ana Botin, the chair of Banco Santander SA, called Mexico a “growth engine” for the bank but cautioned that the lender would only seek to...
Mexico’s Banorte Eyes Banamex Buy
Mexico's Banorte said on Friday that "non-disclosure agreements" had been signed as a preliminary step toward a possible bid for Citigroup's Citibanamex subsidiary even as the...
Mexico President’s Electricity Bill Fails In Lower House
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's plan to increase state control of power generation by granting State-owned electricity company CFE greater say over the...
COFECE Probes Vertical Restraints In Insecticides Market
The Investigating Authority of Mexico's Federal Economic Competition Commission (COFECE) announced the launch of a probe on the market for household insecticides, pursuing allegations...
Mexico’s Top Court Fails To Overturn Electricity Law
Mexico's Supreme Court fell short of overturning President Andrés Manuel López Obrador's electricity law on Thursday, April 7, in a partial victory for the...
Mexico’s Former Antitrust Chief Joins The Brattle Group
The Brattle Group welcomed Alejandra Palacios to the firm as an affiliated expert. The former chair of Mexico’s competition authority, the Federal Economic Competition Commission...