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Visa-Backed Osigu Raises $25 Million for Healthcare Platform
Investments // October 25, 2024

Osigu has announced the first closing of its $25 million Series B funding round, saying it will use the funding to grow its healthcare revenue cycle and claims management platform in Latin America and the Caribbean. The platform uses artificial intelligence (AI) and real-time payments...

Santander’s Getnet Launches Single Entry Point for Payments in Latin America
eCommerce // October 25, 2024

Getnet launched a regional eCommerce solution that provides a single entry point (SEP) for payments in Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Mexico. The new Getnet SEP gives merchants in these countries access to Getnet’s payment services through one integration, the company said in a Friday (Oct....

EBANX Enables Localized Payment Options in Latin America for Canva
Partnerships // October 21, 2024

EBANX is enabling global visual communication platform Canva to offer localized payment options in six Latin American countries. With digital wallets, instant payments, and credit and debit cards enabled by EBANX, Canva can grow its software-as-a-service (SaaS) offering in the region, the companies said in...

PXP Financial Launches LatAm Payments Partnership With Kushki
Partnerships // October 15, 2024

Global payments services firm PXP Financial has teamed with Latin America-based payment platform Kushki. The collaboration, announced in a Tuesday (Oct. 15) blog post, will let PXP use Kushki’s technology and expertise to create payment solutions for the Latin American market, with plans to launch card acquiring in Mexico, Chile,...

Interviews & Exclusives
92% of Small Businesses in Latin America Accept Digital Payments

October 03, 2024
As the digital payments landscape in Latin America rapidly evolves with nearly 600 million people generating close to $6 trillion in GDP, consumers are shifting away from cash and embracing real-time digital alternatives. A  PYMNTS Intelligence report, “Promising Payments: Digital Payments Gain Ground in Latin America,” in collaboration with Galileo, examines how the region is […]

Exclusive: Mercado Pago CEO on Building Brazil’s Biggest Digital Bank

August 16, 2024
Most countries measure banking activity in terms of where and how it happens. Hence distinctions such as in-branch, ATMs, online and mobile. But in Latin America, for all intents and...

What Are Merchants in Mexico Doing to Boost In-Store Sales?

May 20, 2024
Across Mexico, more consumers are turning to digital shopping features that offer savings and improve convenience while shopping in the store. Consumers enjoy walking into brick-and-mortar locations, but they also...

Brazilian Shoppers Surpass US, UK Counterparts in P2P Payments

April 24, 2024
Despite outsized growth in Click-and-Mortar™ shopping opportunities in Brazil during the last three years, retailers there still don’t offer 39% of the digital features consumers want.  This is just one...

Quick Reads
Mastercard Launches Tokenized Card-Based Bill Pay Solution

October 28, 2024
Mastercard launched a new card-based bill-pay solution for merchants, acquirers, payment facilitators and payment service providers. The new Bill Qkr is live and available globally, the company said in a Monday (Oct. 28) press release. “With Mastercard Bill Qkr, we’re bringing our cutting-edge payment technologies together with our longstanding, global approach to collaboration,” Jennifer Marriner, […]

Visa-Backed Osigu Raises $25 Million for Healthcare Platform

October 25, 2024
Osigu has announced the first closing of its $25 million Series B funding round, saying it will use the funding to grow its healthcare revenue cycle and claims management platform...

Santander’s Getnet Launches Single Entry Point for Payments in Latin America

October 25, 2024
Getnet launched a regional eCommerce solution that provides a single entry point (SEP) for payments in Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Mexico. The new Getnet SEP gives merchants in these countries...

EBANX Enables Localized Payment Options in Latin America for Canva

October 21, 2024
EBANX is enabling global visual communication platform Canva to offer localized payment options in six Latin American countries. With digital wallets, instant payments, and credit and debit cards enabled by...