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Nuvei Set to Acquire Brazil’s Pay2All
Acquisitions // August 05, 2024

Canadian payments FinTech Nuvei is set to acquire Brazilian payments institution Pay2All. The deal, announced Monday (Aug. 5), is designed to expand Nuvei’s capabilities in Brazil and its presence in the larger Latin American market. Pay2All’s payment institution license from Brazil’s central bank will let...

Exclusive: Matera Builds on Pix Success With Digital Twins and QR Codes in US Expansion
Real-Time Payments // July 23, 2024

The eternal debate in financial services technology boils down to build vs. buy,  and whether to rip and replace core banking operations. Banks have invested a lot of time and money in those core systems — they have a lot of data there too — ...

Brazil’s Central Bank Delays Launch of Pix Recurring Payments Feature
Real-Time Payments // July 22, 2024

Brazil’s central bank has delayed the launch of a recurring payments feature that will be added to its Pix instant payment system. The feature, Automatic Pix, now has a launch date of June 16, the Banco Central do Brasil said in a Monday (July 22) note....

Matera Gets $100 Million to Expand Banking Software Footprint
Digital-First Banking // July 17, 2024

Banking software provider Matera has landed a $100 million investment from growth investor Warburg Pincus.  The new funding, announced in a news release Wednesday (July 17), will help finance Matera’s continued expansion into North America and fuel product development.  Matera has its roots in Brazil,...

Interviews & Exclusives
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 purposes, there’s only one kind of banking: digital. It’s reflected in PYMNTS recent “How The World Does Digital” report that showed Brazil had the highest […]

Exclusive: Matera Builds on Pix Success With Digital Twins and QR Codes in US Expansion

July 23, 2024
The eternal debate in financial services technology boils down to build vs. buy,  and whether to rip and replace core banking operations. Banks have invested a lot of time and...

PagBrasil Makes Its Move on International Payment Scene

June 24, 2024
Ultimately, it is the behavioral expectations of end-users that drive payments advances forward. And increasingly, what end-users want are streamlined, expedited and intuitive ways to pay for goods and services....

LatAm’s Booming Digital Economy Gets Lift From New Payments Models

December 02, 2022
Sometimes coming late to the game has advantages. Latin America provides an ideal use case. As applied to payments, Michael Bilotta, global head of digital goods and services at Worldline...

Quick Reads
Nuvei Set to Acquire Brazil’s Pay2All

August 05, 2024
Canadian payments FinTech Nuvei is set to acquire Brazilian payments institution Pay2All. The deal, announced Monday (Aug. 5), is designed to expand Nuvei’s capabilities in Brazil and its presence in the larger Latin American market. Pay2All’s payment institution license from Brazil’s central bank will let Nuvei act as an “issuer of electronic currency,” the company […]

Brazil’s Central Bank Delays Launch of Pix Recurring Payments Feature

July 22, 2024
Brazil’s central bank has delayed the launch of a recurring payments feature that will be added to its Pix instant payment system. The feature, Automatic Pix, now has a launch...

Matera Gets $100 Million to Expand Banking Software Footprint

July 17, 2024
Banking software provider Matera has landed a $100 million investment from growth investor Warburg Pincus.  The new funding, announced in a news release Wednesday (July 17), will help finance Matera’s...

OpenPayd Launches Instant Payments on Brazil’s Pix Network

July 14, 2024
OpenPayd says its clients can now make transactions via Pix, Brazil’s real-time payment network. The new offering, announced by the embedded finance infrastructure provider last week, comes as Brazil is...