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Visa On Capturing The Digital Payments Opportunity In Latin America
Visa On Capturing The Digital Payments Opportunity In Latin America
June 18, 2020  |  VISA

The advance of digital payments in Latin America over the last two decades has been slow when measured against other parts of the globe. Visa’s...

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Visa, Facebook Link Up For P2P Payments, eCommerce On WhatsApp
Visa, Facebook Link Up For P2P Payments, eCommerce On WhatsApp
June 15, 2020  |  Digital Payments

Visa is working with Facebook so that consumers can fully use the new payments feature on WhatsApp in Brazil, the global digital payments giant announced...

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Bitcoin Daily: Public Blockchain Cardano Developing Chip That Creates Cash-Like Crypto; Brazil Probes Banks Turning Away Crypto Firms; Albania Proposal To Regulate All Crypto
Bitcoin Daily: Public Blockchain Cardano Developing Chip That Creates Cash-Like Crypto; Brazil Probes Banks Turning...
May 22, 2020  |  Bitcoin

With new microchip tech by Cardano, cryptocurrency users would be able to access payment services without an internet connection. Cardano’s idea could create a fiat-like...

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Cosmetics Brand Natura Exposes Customer Data
Cosmetics Brand Natura Exposes Customer Data
May 19, 2020  |  Security & Fraud

The Brazil cosmetics company that bought Avon Products Inc. in January accidentally exposed personal information about 250,000 of its customers that could have been accessed...

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Digital Wallet PicPay Hits 20M Customers As People Shift To eCommerce
Digital Wallet PicPay Hits 20M Customers As People Shift To eCommerce
May 12, 2020  |  Mobile Wallets

PicPay, a Brazilian digital wallet, has 20 million clients as of early May, well ahead of schedule, according to a report by Reuters. The goal...

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Open Banking Targets Pain Points — And Global Expansion
Open Banking Targets Pain Points — And Global Expansion
May 05, 2020  |  B2B Payments

Open banking remains on track to proliferate across the globe, in spite of the coronavirus pandemic. Rather, market volatility may actually be propelling open banking’s...

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Google Phone Data Reveals Mixed Stay-Home Compliance
Google Phone Data Reveals Mixed Stay-Home Compliance
May 04, 2020  |  Coronavirus

Phone data compiled by Google’s parent Alphabet shows that many people initially ignored stay-home mandates, but were increasingly compliant in April, according to a Reuters...

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Brazil Plans Small Business Coronavirus Bailout
Brazil Plans Small Business Coronavirus Bailout
April 13, 2020  |  Coronavirus

Help is on the way to small businesses in Brazil, as the country plans to launch a $1.9 billion program to support micro businesses hit...

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Food Delivery Companies Turn To Grocery Delivery
Food Delivery Companies Turn To Grocery Delivery
April 02, 2020  |  Delivery

As the coronavirus makes it more difficult for people to go out due to fear of infection, delivery services like Uber Eats and competitors are...

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