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PYMNTS Intelligence: How Brazil Serves as a Payment Innovation Blueprint for Latin America
PYMNTS Intelligence: How Brazil Serves as a Payment Innovation Blueprint for Latin America
April 22, 2022  |  Latin America

Digital payments are becoming more popular all over the world, especially as the number of banked individuals continues to grow and digital banking becomes the...

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RecargaPay on How Pix Propelled Brazil Into the Global Digital Payments Spotlight
RecargaPay on How Pix Propelled Brazil Into the Global Digital Payments Spotlight
April 21, 2022  |  Latin America

When Brazil’s central bank launched Pix last year, the country was thrust into the global payments spotlight. In this month’s "Digitizing Payments In Latin America...

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Today in FinTech: Yapily Partners With Yonder; IMF Wants More Regulation
Today in FinTech: Yapily Partners With Yonder; IMF Wants More Regulation
April 20, 2022  |  Technology

In today’s FinTech news, Yapily and Yonder work together to roll out the credit welcome mat to people without a traditional credit score in the...

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As WhatsApp Stumbles in Brazil, Huge P2B Mobile Payments Opportunity up for Grabs
As WhatsApp Stumbles in Brazil, Huge P2B Mobile Payments Opportunity up for Grabs
April 20, 2022  |  Mobile Payments

Merchant acceptance is key for new payments methodologies to reach critical mass, to truly become ingrained in commerce. In Brazil, Meta, in its bid to...

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How Pix Ignited Digital Payments in Brazil
How Pix Ignited Digital Payments in Brazil
April 20, 2022  |  Latin America

Digital payments acceptance is becoming table stakes around the world as consumers continue to move many aspects of their lives online, and Latin America is...

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Mercado Libre Boosts Its Billion-Dollar Brazil Investment
Mercado Libre Boosts Its Billion-Dollar Brazil Investment
March 22, 2022  |  Investments

South American eCommerce firm Mercado Libre is boosting its investment in Brazil by 70% this year, planning to spend 17 billion reais ($3.44 billion), as...

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Today in Crypto: Visa Seeks Undergrads to Join Crypto Development Program; Oppenheimer Says Coinbase Stock is Undervalued
Today in Crypto: Visa Seeks Undergrads to Join Crypto Development Program; Oppenheimer Says Coinbase Stock...
March 14, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Visa has been inviting undergraduate students to apply for a Crypto Development Program, Coindesk reported. This comes as the company is looking to build out...

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Today in FinTech: Lunar Raises $76M; Brazil Unveils FinTech Regs; Cardlay Hires CTO
Today in FinTech: Lunar Raises $76M; Brazil Unveils FinTech Regs; Cardlay Hires CTO
March 11, 2022  |  Digital Banking

In today’s FinTech news, Lunar digital bank eyes growth in the Nordic region, while Brazil’s central bank hands down new FinTech regulations. Plus, Revolut’s CRO...

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CBDC Weekly: Biden Ignites Digital Dollar Debate; India’s Digital Rupee Expected This Year
CBDC Weekly: Biden Ignites Digital Dollar Debate; India’s Digital Rupee Expected This Year
March 11, 2022  |  CBDC

The question of whether the U.S. needs a digital dollar moved far higher up the political agenda this week, as the need for a central...

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