Revolut Picks Portugal

Revolut Picks Portugal

Britain’s fintech launches its euro stablecoin — and Portugal makes the first three, with Spain on the next-up list. The invasion’s first product ashore The Hispano-Luso Report The watch-list entry read, for weeks: Revolut’s Iberia switch-on — await...
The World’s Biggest Builder Is Spanish

The World’s Biggest Builder Is Spanish

ACS tops the global construction rankings — and its week ran from a California dam to London’s grid to Sydney’s AI fibre. The portrait of an empire hiding in plain sight The Hispano-Luso Report Ask an educated anglophone reader to name the world’s...
Is Ryanair Leaving Regional Spain?

Is Ryanair Leaving Regional Spain?

3 million seats cut from regional airports, 600,000 added at the hubs — the map, the fight over why, and the 300 aircraft that will settle it The Hispano-Luso Report The question sounds dramatic; the map answers it precisely. Between 2025 and 2026, Ryanair has cut...
Chile Crowned the Andean King

Chile Crowned the Andean King

Bank of America’s investor survey puts Chile back on top — and the shift says more about the region than a monthly ranking The Hispano-Luso Report The crown moved, and now it has moved back. In June, Colombia displaced Chile as investors’ preferred Andean market; by...
Santander Completes Its American Turn

Santander Completes Its American Turn

The Webster purchase closes as Santander nears €200bn market cap — continental Europe’s most valuable bank The Hispano-Luso Report The sentence was the strategy, and now the strategy has a closing date. When Santander’s executive chair told American...
How Brazil Fell in Love with ChatGPT

How Brazil Fell in Love with ChatGPT

Top three in users, second in developers — and enterprise use grew five-fold, says OpenAI. Inside the romance, and the sovereignty question underneath it The Hispano-Luso Report Every night in November, Brazilians sent ChatGPT some 140 million messages. This month the...