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47% of Brazilian Consumers Shop With a Smartphone In-Store
47% of Brazilian Consumers Shop With a Smartphone In-Store
June 21, 2022  |  Retail

Mobile commerce is at the center of the Brazilian eCommerce market. As a result, merchants must orient their digital innovation efforts around their customers’ demands...

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‘Survival of the Fittest’: Nubank Hunts M&A LatAm FinTech Bargains
‘Survival of the Fittest’: Nubank Hunts M&A LatAm FinTech Bargains
June 21, 2022  |  Digital-First Banking

Digital bank Nubank is on the hunt for FinTech bargains in Latin America as venture capital money dries up amid rising interest rates and tighter...

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Two-Thirds of Brazilians Used Smartphones During Last Retail Purchase
Two-Thirds of Brazilians Used Smartphones During Last Retail Purchase
June 16, 2022  |  Shopping

Smartphones are — and have long been — the driving force of the Brazilian eCommerce market. More than half of all Brazilian shoppers used their...

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OSF Digital Buys Brazilian B2B eCommerce Company Kolekto
OSF Digital Buys Brazilian B2B eCommerce Company Kolekto
June 14, 2022  |  Acquisitions

OSF Digital of Quebec City, Canada, on Tuesday (June 14) announced it has purchased Kolekto, a Brazilian digital commerce company that operates in the business-to-business...

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Google Announces Investment Initiatives in Brazil
Google Announces Investment Initiatives in Brazil
June 14, 2022  |  Google

Google announced on Tuesday (June 14) a series of initiatives and investments in Brazil, a country with both a huge market of more than 200...

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Google to Invest $1.2B on LatAm Digital Economy
Google to Invest $1.2B on LatAm Digital Economy
June 09, 2022  |  Google

Google said Thursday (June 9) it would invest $1.2 billion in Latin America to promote the region’s digital transformation and economic development. As Bloomberg News...

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Mercado Bitcoin, Stellar Team on CBDC Project
Mercado Bitcoin, Stellar Team on CBDC Project
May 24, 2022  |  CBDC

Latin American exchange Mercado Bitcoin is teaming with the Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) on one of the nine projects in the LIFT Challenge Real Digital,...

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WhatsApp Offers Pay Button in Brazil, India
WhatsApp Offers Pay Button in Brazil, India
May 18, 2022  |  Payment Methods

Meta Platforms-owned messaging platform WhatsApp says it wants to make it easier for users in Brazil and India to make payments with a new “Pay”...

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Brazil Central Bank OKs Singapore’s Shopee App as Payment Services Provider
Brazil Central Bank OKs Singapore’s Shopee App as Payment Services Provider
May 02, 2022  |  Digital Payments

Shopee, the Singaporean shopping app, has gotten authorization from the central bank in Brazil to operate as a payment institution, Reuters reported Monday (May 2)....

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