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Brazil’s PicPay Begins Offering Instant Payments via Meta and Microsoft
Brazil’s PicPay Begins Offering Instant Payments via Meta and Microsoft
November 11, 2024  |  Faster Payments

Digital bank PicPay is offering access to Brazil’s Pix instant payment system via WhatsApp. The new artificial intelligence (AI)-powered offering, announced Monday (Nov. 11), is made possible by...

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PagBrasil and B89 Team to Extend Pix Payments Beyond Brazil
PagBrasil and B89 Team to Extend Pix Payments Beyond Brazil
November 06, 2024  |  Partnerships

Peru’s B89 teamed with PagBrasil, which develops cross-border solutions for Brazil’s Pix payment system. The partnership will let B89 — a digital financial solutions company...

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Matera CEO Thinks US Banks Should Take a Page From Brazil’s Success With Pix and QR Code Payments
Matera CEO Thinks US Banks Should Take a Page From Brazil’s Success With Pix and...
November 06, 2024  |  Payments Innovation

Digital transformation for banks and credit unions in the U.S. is ripe with opportunities, some of which can strengthen customer relationships in ways that only...

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Global Push for Real-Time Payments: EU, Brazil and South Africa Lead the Way
Global Push for Real-Time Payments: EU, Brazil and South Africa Lead the Way
November 06, 2024  |  Real-Time Payments

Real-time payments are becoming increasingly popular worldwide, with new implementations and innovations emerging regularly. The European Union has been a traditional leader in real-time payments,...

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Brazil’s Central Bank Previews Contactless Pix Payments
Brazil’s Central Bank Previews Contactless Pix Payments
November 05, 2024  |  Digital Payments

Contactless Google Wallet payments are coming to Brazil’s Pix system. The country’s central bank this week previewed the new offering — Pix by Proximity —...

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

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...

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Putin: No Plans to Create BRICS Cross-Border Payments System
Putin: No Plans to Create BRICS Cross-Border Payments System
October 25, 2024  |  Cross-border Payments

Russian President Vladimir Putin reportedly said Thursday (Oct. 24) that there are no plans to create a new system for cross-border payments between BRICS countries....

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Instant B2B Payment Solutions Find Traction in Emerging Markets
Instant B2B Payment Solutions Find Traction in Emerging Markets
October 18, 2024  |  B2B Payments

Change rarely occurs in isolation. With more businesses in emerging economies going digital with their purchases, pressure is building to modernize the payment process as...

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EBANX Enables Merchants to Prepare for Pix Recurring Payments
EBANX Enables Merchants to Prepare for Pix Recurring Payments
October 15, 2024  |  Connected Economy

EBANX has enabled merchants to use its payment services to prepare to integrate the upcoming recurring transaction capability of Brazil’s Pix, Pix Automático (Automatic Pix)....

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