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MercadoLibre Customers in Brazil Getting Crypto Investment Access Through Digital Wallet

MercadoLibre Customers in Brazil Getting Crypto Investment Access Through Digital Wallet
MercadoLibre Customers in Brazil Getting Crypto Investment Access Through Digital Wallet
November 23, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

MercadoLibre Inc. will soon allow MercadoPago customers in Brazil to buy, sell and hold cryptocurrencies in their digital wallets, according to a Bloomberg report Monday...

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Brazilian B2B BNPL Startup TruePay Grabs $32M in Series A Funding
Brazilian B2B BNPL Startup TruePay Grabs $32M in Series A Funding
November 23, 2021  |  B2B Payments

Brazilian-based buy now, pay later (BNPL) startup TruePay on Tuesday (Nov. 23) announced that it recently wrapped up a Series A funding round that brought...

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RecargaPay Authorized to Offer Loans
RecargaPay Authorized to Offer Loans
November 17, 2021  |  Loans

RecargaPay, a mobile payments and wallet for Brazil, has received authorization from the central bank to provide loans, according to a Wednesday (Nov. 17) report...

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Mastercard, Amigo Edu, idwall Deliver Digital ID to Virtual Student Exams
Mastercard, Amigo Edu, idwall Deliver Digital ID to Virtual Student Exams
November 11, 2021  |  Digital Identity

Mastercard, Amigo Edu and idwall are teaming up to bring digital identification to students taking virtual exams in Brazil, with an eye on transforming the...

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Volt Expands Open Banking to Brazil
Volt Expands Open Banking to Brazil
November 11, 2021  |  Digital Banking

Open payments gateway Volt has expanded operations to Brazil to make way for real-time payments, currency export and foreign exchange to the Central Bank of...

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Bitcoin Daily: Bitfinex Pay, MetaMask Team on Crypto Expansion; Brazilian Bill Would Allow Workers to Be Paid in Crypto
Bitcoin Daily: Bitfinex Pay, MetaMask Team on Crypto Expansion; Brazilian Bill Would Allow Workers to...
November 07, 2021  |  Bitcoin

Bitfinex Pay, a cryptocurrency payment gateway, has integrated with browser and wallet extension MetaMask, which could expand crypto use to “tens of millions of users,”...

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Brazil, Colombia Lead Latin America for FinTech Growth
Brazil, Colombia Lead Latin America for FinTech Growth
November 01, 2021  |  Fintech Investments

The FinTech trade is flourishing in Colombia, with an expansion of 120% each year and investments of more than $1 billion in the past three...

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Warren Buffett-Backed FinTech Nubank Files Confidentially for IPO
Warren Buffett-Backed FinTech Nubank Files Confidentially for IPO
October 27, 2021  |  IPO

Brazilian FinTech Nubank, which is backed by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway, has confidentially filed for an initial public offering (IPO) on the New York Stock...

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Surging Debit Use Leads ‘Eighty-Fold’ Acceleration in LatAm Digital Payments
Surging Debit Use Leads ‘Eighty-Fold’ Acceleration in LatAm Digital Payments
October 25, 2021  |  Payment Methods

In just two years, Latin American debit and credit card use rates have essentially swapped their market share positions.  In 2019, roughly 60% of the...

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