The president of the Chamber of the Digital Economy of Uruguay (CEDU), Guillermo Varela, analyzed the challenges, opportunities and risks faced by public accountants in a digital and globalized economy, during the XL International Seminar of Latin countries Europe-America organized by the Association of Accountants, Economists and Administrators of Uruguay (CCEAU) and the Committee of Latin Europe-America Integration (CILEA).
During a panel with the president of the Chilean Association of Accountants, Mónica Pérez Zúñiga, and the president of CILEA, Philippe Arraou, Varela described the main characteristics of today's Uruguayan economy, which has changed markedly since the introduction of new technologies.
In this framework, he highlighted the progress achieved from the Financial Inclusion Law, such as payment through QR codes and the growth in the use of POS terminals and debit cards, which allowed Uruguay to become the country with the largest banked population with respect to the average in Latin America, according to the latest measurements, carried out in 2018. "For the digital economy this is a sign of progress because without subjects financially included in the circuit, it does not work," Varela expressed.
According to the president of CEDU, this reality represents a unique opportunity because it democratizes a number of processes that were previously unfeasible, since "now any entrepreneur has access to a business and can sell their products and services in a way that was impossible before.
"Third world societies should take the digital economy as one of the most important trains that are passing by and definitely get on it," he concluded.
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