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Mercado Bitcoin, Stellar Team on CBDC Project
Mercado Bitcoin, Stellar Team on CBDC Project
May 24, 2022  |  CBDC

Latin American exchange Mercado Bitcoin is teaming with the Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) on one of the nine projects in the LIFT Challenge Real Digital,...

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WhatsApp Offers Pay Button in Brazil, India
WhatsApp Offers Pay Button in Brazil, India
May 18, 2022  |  Payment Methods

Meta Platforms-owned messaging platform WhatsApp says it wants to make it easier for users in Brazil and India to make payments with a new “Pay”...

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Brazil Central Bank OKs Singapore’s Shopee App as Payment Services Provider
Brazil Central Bank OKs Singapore’s Shopee App as Payment Services Provider
May 02, 2022  |  Digital Payments

Shopee, the Singaporean shopping app, has gotten authorization from the central bank in Brazil to operate as a payment institution, Reuters reported Monday (May 2)....

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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

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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. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

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

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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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