Ecuador: Govt. plans expansion of electronic money for payment

Prensa Latina) REPORTED Ecuador government institutions held today a meeting between programmers with the aim of promoting the development of free software to expand the use of electronic money as a means of payment.

The Coordinator Ministry of Knowledge and Human Talent, the Secretariat of Higher Education, Science, Technology and Innovation and the Central Bank of Ecuador organized the event in this capital at the headquarters of the International Center for Advanced Studies in Communications of Latin America (Ciespal, in Spanish).

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A hackathon, as hacker communities call this type of meeting, pursues collaborative software development from the contribution of several programmers. Read Article