Brazil's Ebanx lays off 20% of employees as cuts sweep tech sector

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SAO PAULO : Brazilian payments fintech Ebanx said on Tuesday it had laid off about 20 per cent of its staff, joining billion-dollar tech companies across the country bracing for a gloomy economic landscape.Ebanx's dismissal of 340 employees is the latest in a wave of large Brazilian startups who have anno

SAO PAULO : Brazilian payments fintech Ebanx said on Tuesday it had laid off about 20 per cent of its staff, joining billion-dollar tech companies across the country bracing for a gloomy economic landscape.

Facily, Brazil's e-commerce darling, also recently cut around 30 per cent of its workforce, while local cryptocurrency exchange Mercado Bitcoin and investment platform Empiricus have also announced layoffs. Ebanx, which boasts a $1 billion valuation and previously had over 1,700 employees, said in a statement that it is reviewing its operations and focusing down on its main business, international payments.

 

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