Brazil

Fintech & Ecommerce

dLocal and XanderPay Join Efforts to Streamline Cross-Border Payments for Hospitality Sectors Across Africa, Asia, and Latin America

As partners, dLocal and XanderPay aim to facilitate cross-border payments for hotels and online travel agencies (OTAs) in various markets of Africa, Asia, and Latin America.

Articles

Pix Parcelado Promises Brazil BNPL Market a Brighter Future While Local Fintechs Race to Embed Flexible Installments

As Brazil fintech players eagerly await the arrival of Pix Parcelado, revolutionary installment purchases without a credit card, BNPL gains extra traction in the country. Here’s what you should know.

Fintech & Ecommerce

Global Payments Revenue to Reach $2.4T by 2029

Although annual revenue growth is expected to slow from 8.8% to 4.0% within the next five years, global payments revenue is still forecast to increase to $2.4 trillion by 2029, as agentic AI, digital currencies, and fintech business models boost the growth.

News

Kushki PayOuts Fuel LATAM Gaming and Gambling Industry Profitability

As gaming and online betting surge across Latin America, Kushki is stepping in with direct PayOuts to Visa and Mastercard cards helping operators streamline payments and maximize returns.

Fintech & Ecommerce

Bridging the Instant Payment Divide: How FedNow Could Emulate UPI and Pix

While FedNow is a rapidly expanding instant payment network in the U.S., we cannot help but wonder how this growth compares to the real-time transactions behemoths like Indian UPI and Brazilian Pix. 

Fintech & Ecommerce

Rappi Teams Up With AstroPay for Latin America’s First Super-App Wallet

Latin America’s first wallet-on-file integration based on AstroPay infrastructure inside a super-app allows users in Argentina, Brazil, and Peru to set up a digital wallet directly within the Rappi super-app.

News

Stripe Customers to Accept Pix Payments Via EBANX Partnership

Stripe merchants just gained a competitive edge in Brazil’s booming digital economy, empowered with Pix payments, used by 93% of Brazilian adults, through EBANX.

Blockchain & Crypto

Bybit and Tether Strategic Alliance Targets Rapid Crypto Adoption in Brazil

Brazil demand for financial inclusion, economic stability, favourable remittance terms, and digital innovation is a natural fit for crypto adoption growth, exactly what Bybit and Tether aim to facilitate.

Fintech & Ecommerce

Processing Power of Global Payment Networks

As India’s UPI has surpassed the industry giant, Visa, with over 650 million daily transactions, we prepared a brief illustration of the global payment networks’ processing volumes and values. Can real-time payments beat the cards?

Fintech & Ecommerce

From Cards to Direct Transfers: The A2A Payment Transformation in Europe and Beyond

The global payment landscape is rapidly changing driven by a seismic shift in popular transaction methods. A closer look at payment statistics reveals that account-to-account (A2A) transfers are ascending in importance. Its growing dominance among other payment types is especially evident in the European market.

Fintech & Ecommerce

Spreedly and EBANX to Promote Local Payments in LatAm

The open payments platform Spreedly has teamed with the payment service provider EBANX.

News

PagBank Reports Record Net Profit of R$2.3 Billion for 2024

Brazilian digital bank PagBank, known for its innovation in financial services, has revealed record financial results in its annual report for 2024.

Fintech & Ecommerce

Visa Analysis Reveals Online Holiday Shopping Growth

Online retail shopping during the holiday season increased by 7.1%, according to Visa observations, though the majority of purchases still take place in brick-and-mortar stores.

Finance & Economics

JPMorgan Chase Upgrades Mexican Equities

JPMorgan Chase upgraded Mexican equities to overweight from neutral amid strong economic growth in the United States.

Fintech & Ecommerce

dLocal Becomes Certified PISP for Pix

dLocal achieved a regulatory milestone and became a certified Payment Initiation Service Provider (PISP) in Brazil, able to process Pix payments directly within the Open Finance framework.

News

First Stablecoin Pegged to Brazilian Real Launches on TRON Blockchain

Mercado Bitcoin has introduced MBRL stablecoin linked to the value of Brazilian Real on the TRON blockchain.